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...
Assisted living demand bouncing back at twice the rate of independent living: NIC analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2022
After a pandemic-induced drop in assisted living demand, things are looking up, according to experts at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Economy showing ‘nascent signs of softening,’ expert says, but mild recession may be on horizon
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2022
The consumer price index increased 7.7% from October 2021 to October 2022, marking the smallest 12-month advance since January.
CCRC occupancy increased to 86 percent in second quarter: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 18, 2022
Overall occupancy in continuing care retirement / life plan communities increased to 86% in the second quarter in the 99 primary and secondary markets followed by NIC MAP, according to an article in the...
Occupancy levels likely to have reached low point: NIC report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2021
Senior living occupancy levels appear to be inching their way back from an all-time low of 78.7% in March, according to the intra-quarterly report published last week by the National Investment Center...
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...
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...
NIC MAP Vision, Trepp partner to streamline access to ‘must have’ CMBS financial data
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 14, 2021
NIC MAP Vision and Trepp are working together to “democratize” the senior housing industry’s access to the must-have commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, financial data set, according...
NIC MAP Vision offers listings service for senior housing real estate brokers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2023
Raleigh, NC-based NIC MAP Vision has launched a new feature — a listings service for brokers of senior living real estate.
Staffing shortages persist but lessen in skilled nursing: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2022
More than two years since the start of the pandemic, staffing shortages persist in the skilled nursing sector, according to recent data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. Twenty-five...