The next most active market for reverse mortgages in the world is Australia and the signs of the global credit crisis are affecting the availability of their “equity release” products. Australian financial firm Canstar Cannex announced last month it would no longer rate reverse mortgage products, citing that eight lenders had left the market […]
Entries Tagged as 'International Senior Housing'
Australian Reverse Mortgage Lenders and Products Disappearing
March 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: International Senior Housing · Reverse Mortgages · Senior Housing Finance · Senior housing
UK CCRC Begins Sales Of Units
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Mayford Grange, a new age restricted retirement village in Surrey, announced its grand opening last month and have received strong interest from United Kingdom residents. Mayford Grange is part of the Retirement Villages company that operates over a dozen senior living facilities in the United Kingdom (UK). The village will comprise 46 private apartments grouped […]
Tags: CCRCs · International Senior Housing
UK Senior Living and Healthcare Award Nominees Announced
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments
For those looking information on leading senior care & living companies in the United Kingdom, HealthInvestor announced their nominees for 2009. The HealthInvestor Awards promote excellence and recognize innovation in the healthcare sector. The winners will be announced at a black tie dinner held on 3 June at the Hilton Park Lane, London. The nominees […]
Tags: Assisted Living · Assisted Living Facilities · International Senior Housing · Nursing Homes · retirement communities
Sunrise Senior Living SEC Filing Shows Lenders Are Knocking On The Door
February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ) (”the Company”) filed a 8-K last with with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that provided notice to its investors that it had received a demand letter from Natixis, London Branch, in its capacity as agent and security trustee in connection with loan agreements, dated March 24, 2006 (the […]
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Australian Senior Housing Company Shares US Housing Pains
February 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Not only is the economy affecting seniors selling their homes in the United States, it is affecting seniors around the world. The Australian ran an article in it’s business section on retirement living company Aevum, a publicly traded stock in Australia, that discussed the troubles it is facing with respect to the asset values of […]
Tags: Assisted Living · International Senior Housing · Senior Housing Architecture · Senior Housing Finance · Senior Housing Sales
Canadian Senior Home Care Businesses Keep Plugging Along
February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Calgary Herald ran an article last week entitled, “Senior home care companies booming“, that went so far as to state that many of its home care businesses that cater to seniors are seeing steady growth in 2008. The article focuses on one or two national Canadian home-care companies but fails to provide a broader […]
Tags: International Senior Housing · Retirement Lifestyle · Senior Living · Senior housing · independent living
Funding Controversy Over Funding For UK Nursing Home
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Pilgram Home, a Christian nursing care home in the United Kingdom, faced a funding scare recently over the opinions of it’s residents regarding homosexuality. The local city council originally had revoked its grant to the nursing home because the home hadn’t been acting according to the requirements of the Labour government’s Equality legislation and Sexual […]
Tags: International Senior Housing · Nursing Homes · Senior housing
Serena Senior Care Announces Consulting Services for Development of Senior Housing Projects In Mexico
February 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Serena Senior Care recently announced its new consulting services for new Senior Living developments in Mexico that focuses on providing advice to investors looking to server the retirement living market in Mexico. With an estimated 1.1 million US retirees and estimates showing over 10 million migrating to retire in Mexico over the next 10 years, […]
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UK Firm Seeks To Build Rural Retirement Community
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
The Press in the UK, ran an article that talked about how the owners of Shepherds Purse Cheese are looking to construct a £42 million CCRC near their North Yorkshire farm. The project called, Thornton Fields, would be located on 60 acres of their family land near Thornton le Moor and would accommodate up to […]
Tags: CCRCs · International Senior Housing · Senior Housing Developers · Senior housing · retirement communities
Canadian Affordable Seniors’ Housing Ideas Design Competition Announced
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
The Atlantic Seniors Housing Research Alliance recently announced its Affordable Seniors’ Housing Ideas Design Competition in conjunction with its ASHRA Seniors Housing Needs Conference scheduled for May 2009 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The competition is designed to study the housing needs of aging Atlantic Canadians over the next 20 years and what kinds of housing […]
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Senior Housing Design Trends For 2009
January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Bradford Perkins, founder of Perkins Eastman, wrote “10 top design trends in senior living facilities” for Building Design and Construction last week and discusses design trends that affect the senior housing market not only here in the United States but internationally. While the US population’s aging is discussed frequently, many of the concepts for retirement […]
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New Twist on Nursing Home Care Model
January 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Kay J. Miller, M.S.W. of Life Care Retirement Communities (LCRC) in Des Moines, IA, recently returned from Kyoto, Japan where she presented the Green House® Project to a global audience. This innovative long-term care potion emphasizes cultural change for residents and staff. Green Houses are part of a broadening movement to humanize care for elderly […]
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