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 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...
Assisted living recovering more quickly than independent living: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2022
Senior living (independent living and assisted living combined) occupancy in the second quarter increased for the fourth quarter in a row, and assisted living is best poised for recovery within the sector,...
Demand for occupancy slows after months of increases
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 05, 2022
Demand for skilled nursing occupancy flattened in April after months of increases, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report released by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Operators express waning optimism regarding operating margins: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2022
Rising operating expenses will limit the degree to which operating margins will grow in the next six months. This has contributed to waning optimism, according to the latest Executive Survey Insights report...
Riverside, CA, first primary market to reach pre-pandemic stabilized occupancy level
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2022
Riverside, CA, is the first of the 31 primary markets that NIC MAP follows to reach its pre-pandemic stabilized occupancy level, according to the intra-quarterly snapshot released Thursday by the National...
Public-private partnerships system of generating capital is failing SNFs, research says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2022
The system of public-private partnerships for generating capital is failing the skilled nursing sector, according to the findings of a newly released research paper commissioned by the National Investment...
Interest rates increase could have ‘silver lining’ for senior living, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2022
The Federal Reserve’s move Wednesday to raise interest rates by 0.75% could slow new construction in senior housing, National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham...
Occupancy loss, recovery in SNFs varies by market: NIC analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2022
Occupancy loss among freestanding skilled nursing facilities during the height of the pandemic mainly was a function of a demand contraction, which varied across the markets. That’s according to an analysis...
New residents moving in with greater care and service needs: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2022
Residents moving into senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities require higher levels of care and services than new residents did before the pandemic, according to the latest Executive Survey...