Senior housing is no longer outperforming every other asset class when it comes to investment returns. The annual total senior housing return through the first quarter of 2017 was 12.72%, which is slightly lower than the annual total industrial return of 12.80%, according to data analyzed by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). […]
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It’s well known that most baby boomers are still several years away from moving into traditional senior housing communities—but the path boomers will take prior to moving in may have a few unexpected twists and turns. One micro-housing platform created with millennials in mind is seeing boomers as a core part of its consumer base, demonstrating […]
If some senior housing providers don’t act fast, they could end up like Blockbuster Video—largely dismissed by once-loyal consumers and ultimately cast aside to make room for a newer, more innovative competitor. That’s because the senior housing industry is headed into a period of “disruptive innovation,” a trend that also doomed the now-defunct home video […]
The third quarter of 2017 proved to be a very busy time for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the seniors housing space, as seniors housing accounted for $1.5 billion of the total $5 billion in overall transactions volume for the quarter, according to a blog post from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Nursing care accounted for the […]
Senior housing operators might have a humility problem. Namely, they pride themselves on managing nearly all aspects of a community in-house, when a partner might do a better job in certain areas, said Robert G. Kramer, founder and now strategic advisor at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). More providers have realized the […]
The third quarter of 2017 saw greater transaction volume in skilled nursing than in senior housing, as well as a 52% drop in senior housing transactions year-over-year, according to a blog post by Bill Kauffman, senior principal at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). In the third quarter of 2017, seniors housing and care […]
Though still not healthy, assisted living occupancy has improved slightly from historic lows. The occupancy rate for assisted living properties averaged 86.6% during the third quarter of 2017, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 86.5% average assisted living occupancy recorded in the second quarter of 2017. At the time, the 86.5% figure represented a […]
The 2017 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Fall Conference just wrapped up in Chicago—or the home base of Senior Housing News. It was unseasonably hot in the Windy City, but that seemingly didn’t put a damper on industry players’ networking or dealmaking. In case you weren’t able to make the event, […]
With residents of southeast Texas still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, analysts are working to assess the full scope of the damage on senior housing properties in the area. Houston has 26,969 square feet of senior housing property, valued at $100,000 per square foot, according to a new white paper from market intelligence […]
Assisted living communities are currently offering steeper move-in discounts than independent living providers, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). “What we saw is that the monthly rate discount for independent living continues to be less than for assisted living,” NIC Chief Economist Beth Mace told Senior Housing […]