Senior housing investment takes a ‘modest step back’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
The economic recovery embraced by senior housing investors a year ago is still happening, but it has taken a “modest step back” in the face of increasing costs, inflation and interest rate hikes, Beth...
Senior housing and care lending relatively weak in second quarter: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 10, 2023
Senior living and care-related lending was relatively weak in the second quarter, likely due to yet another 0.25 percentage point rate increase from the Federal Reserve and significant disruptions among...
Economic growth begins to wane
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 31, 2021
Although the United States saw a significant rise in gross domestic product in the second quarter, growth is likely to be much slower in the coming months, according to Beth Burnham Mace, chief economist...
Skilled nursing occupancy begins year with ‘positive momentum’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 03, 2023
Skilled nursing occupancy increased 49 basis points from December to January, to end the month at 81%, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s most recent skilled nursing...
Senior living investors anticipate rising cap rates over next year, survey shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
More than 71% of investors expect rising interest rates and other pressures to push capitalization rates up over the next 12 months. That’s according to respondents in the ninth annual Wealth Management...
Long-term care lending increases in second half of 2021: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2022
Lending to long-term care providers picked up in the second half of 2021, according to results of a Ziegler / National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care lending survey released Friday.
Skilled nursing occupancy holds steady as providers face expense pressures: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 02, 2023
Occupancy among skilled nursing facilities held steady in July overall, after increasing in June, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report, released Thursday by NIC MAP Vision.
Loans for new construction bounced back in 4th quarter: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2023
After a sharp decline in the issuance of mini-perm/bridge debt for senior living in the third quarter of 2022 , senior living loans bounced back in the fourth quarter to levels seen earlier in the year,...
Property, professional liability insurance costs major culprit as operating expenses increase
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 21, 2022
Increases in property and professional liability insurance costs are major contributors to runaway operating expenses for long-term care providers, according to results of the latest Executive Survey Insights...
NIC: Loan delinquencies still above pre-COVID levels but trend down
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 11, 2022
The number of delinquent loans in the long-term care industry edged down in the second quarter, but delinquencies remain above pre-COVID levels, according to a report released Wednesday by the National...