‘Red-hot inflation’ drives senior living asking rates to record high
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 08, 2022
Senior living asking rates were driven to record highs in June compared with the previous year, as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in response to “red-hot inflation,” according to Omar Zahraoui,...
What the inflation rate increase to 8.5 percent means to senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 14, 2022
The inflation rate is higher than it’s been in almost 40 years, and the consumer price index increased 1.2% in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8% in February, the Bureau of Labor...
Occupancy higher at entrance fee CCRCs compared with rental CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
The occupancy rate for entrance fee continuing care retirement / life plan communities was greater than 90% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Omar Zahraoui, principal at the National Investment...
Senior living lending increases as investors adjust to changing capital market
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
The issuance of new permanent debt for senior living increased during the third quarter of 2023, according to a lending trends report released by NIC Analytics.
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...
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.
Loan activity at record low for senior living: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 11, 2023
The issuance of new permanent debt reached a time series low for senior living — and a near record low for skilled nursing — in the first quarter based on the six years since the National Investment...
Fed ‘may have gone too far’ with rapid interest rate increases, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2023
A risk exists that the Federal Reserve “may have gone too far” with rapid interest rate increases over the past 14 months or so “and won’t know until they’ve gone farther,” Mary Ludgin, senior...
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,...
April’s jobless rate ties January’s record low at 3.4%
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
After a slight bump in March, the nation’s jobless rate slipped to 3.4%, tying it with January’s record low. That’s the lowest jobless level in 54 years.