The hospitals experienced a severe fall in the activity of mergers and acquisitions at the door of the first quarter of 2025. There were only five charlatans and zero mega-emeritors transactions (agreements where smaller income is $ 1 billion or more). Compare this with the first quarterfinals of 2024 and 2023, which had 20 and 15 M&A agreements, respectively. The fall in the activity of mergers and acquisitions of hospitals is due to factors to a large extent outside their control: the gust of the new Trump administration policies and the results generalize economic uncertainty. Hospitals are postponing strategic decisions…
Author: Rachel Collins
You arrive at the scene to find a patient who fights to breathe. They cannot speak clearly, there is no present family, and nobody knows their medical history. What mediations are they in? Do they have allergies through life? Are they diabetic, asthmatic or recover from surgery? EMS suppliers face situations like this every day, which requires them to make decisions of seconds without access to the information that the hospital staff takes for granted. Until recently, that was simply the nature of prehospital care. But national interoperability networks are beginning to change that. EMS data deficit Emergency responders are…
When it comes to homebuying, realtors like to say “marry the house, date the rate” — but the phrase makes Erin Sykes “cringe.” “We’ve heard it a lot over the last few years,” the Florida-based realtor tells tells CNBC Make It. “It’s not good advice.” The phrase suggests that homebuyers should commit to a house — like a marriage — while treating the mortgage rate as something temporary — like dating — with the assumption that they can refinance later when rates drop. But that expectation ignores the cost of refinancing, which can range from 2% to 6% of the loan balance — an…
It is no longer a blip, but a trend. Home sales are weakening, and they are not expected to improve anytime soon. A monthly index measuring signed contracts to buy existing homes fell 2.6 percent in August compared to July. That is the fifth drop in the past six months and below expectations. The National Association of Realtors’ so-called pending home sales index is now down the same amount compared to August of 2016, hitting the lowest level since January of that year. “August was another month of declining contract activity because of the one-two punch of limited listings and home…
The supply of homes for sale is finally rising, but fewer buyers are able to afford these homes. That could result in a much slower spring market. Spring is usually the high season for housing, but high home prices have been taking their toll for months. The numbers point to potential trouble ahead. The median price of a home listed in February jumped 7 percent annually to $294,800, according to Realtor.com. The price increase came as the number of listings rose 6 percent, with an additional 73,000 listings compared with a year ago. “This is the fifth consecutive month that…
The pandemic-induced housing boom may not be over quite yet. Despite recent months of softening sales, buyers came back remarkably strongly in May. Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, jumped an unexpectedly high 8% in May compared with April, according to the National Association of Realtors. Analysts expected a 1% drop. This is the highest level of sales activity for May since 2005. Sales were up 13% from May 2020, when the housing market was just beginning to come back from the coronavirus lockdown. Pending contracts are a forward-looking indicator of closed home sales. “May’s strong increase…
Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, slipped 1% from June to July, according to the National Association of Realtors. Compared with a year ago, sales were down 19.9%. The figure, a future indicator of closed sales, has fallen for eight of the past nine months as rising mortgage rates made housing less affordable. Higher rates pushed the typical mortgage payment up by 54% from a year ago, according to the NAR. The drop in sales was smaller than previous months and could be a sign of the market settling, even if for a brief period.…
The process of buying a home has seemingly never been simpler: Find a property on a listings website like Zillow, Redfin or Trulia; reach out to the listing agent; tour the property; and make an offer. But for years behind the scenes, experts say, consumers have not been fully aware of the ultimate cost — and potential conflicts of interest — when searching for a home. Now, a landmark settlement with the National Association of Realtors is poised to upend this model. According to consumer advocates, and even some Realtors, it’s a win for homebuyers and sellers. “Price transparency is a good…