Nonprofit healthcare borrowers, which include hospitals, nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities, borrowed less in 2014 than in any year since 2001, according to the report.
With issuance volumes down, “hospitals planning to borrow should know that now is a good time to negotiate underwriting fees, particularly if they can go the bank placement route if underwriters are unwilling to budge,” the report stated.
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