Senior housing occupancy has grown for the third consecutive quarter since the pandemic began,, according to new occupancy data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Occupancy in 31 NIC MAP primary markets inched up 0.2% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of last year, representing […]
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Senior housing and care deals accounted for the highest transaction volume of any health care sector last year. Of the 1,094 health care transactions tracked in 2021, 403 mergers and acquisitions (36.8%) involved long-term care, according to a recent CliftonLarsonAllen report that cited Irving Levin Associates data. Independent living/active adult, assisted living and memory care, […]
The omicron variant of coronavirus drove Covid cases to an all-time high in the early days of 2022, putting senior living providers under intense pressure to start the year. In particular, providers are facing staffing challenges as infections among the workforce compound an existing and extreme labor crunch. Furthermore, evolving guidance from federal and state […]
Senior housing occupancy rose to 81% in the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of one percentage point, marking the second consecutive quarter of occupancy growth. That’s according to quarterly NIC MAP Vision data released Thursday. The increase is 2.3 points higher than the pandemic low point of 78.7%. “This report was really bullish, encouraging, […]
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) is strengthening its data analytics platform. The industry group this week announced the acquisition of VisionLTC, a data analytics platform based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The platform will be integrated into the group’s NIC MAP data service to create a new platform, NIC MAP Vision. […]
Covid-19 has been an unexpected boon to the residential housing market. The resiliency of the market, which has seen home sales numbers and prices eclipse 2019 levels, is a positive trend for the senior living industry, given that people often sell their homes to pay for transitions into communities. Existing home sales increased for the […]