October 9, 2024
What You Should Know About the C...
The NIC MAP Vision Senior Housing Market Outlook report makes it clear that the demographic wave is upon us. The aging Baby Boomer generation, which...
READ MORESeptember 18, 2024
Senior Housing Industry Forecast...
Anticipate the changes in the senior housing industry with this comprehensive forecast for the years ahead. Stay informed and prepared for what's to come.
READ MORESeptember 6, 2024
Future Development is More Than ...
When it comes to deciding where to build new senior housing communities, developers and investors need to look beyond the surface of migration trends.
READ MOREAugust 21, 2024
Top Metros for Senior Growth
Explore key insights for senior housing development, including the impact of migration, aging in place, and market dynamics, based on NIC MAP Vision data.
READ MOREJuly 22, 2024
Construction Starts Falling Behi...
Learn about the implications for investors and operators as the gap between supply and demand widens, driving up costs and competition. Explore insights from NIC...
READ MOREJune 24, 2024
Historic Demand for Seniors Hous...
Discover how the senior housing industry is thriving despite significant inflation-driven rate increases. Learn about the latest trends, consumer adaptations, and strategic insights from NIC...
READ MOREDecember 13, 2023
The Power of Data: Turn Senior H...
Shine a light on key senior housing industry trends and discover essential data to scale your operations and manage assets with NIC MAP Vision.
READ MOREOctober 18, 2023
Why the Industry Needs Senior Ho...
Make better informed decisions with more confidence in less time by leveraging business intelligence from NIC MAP Vision’s Market Insight.
READ MORESeptember 18, 2023
NIC MAP Vision 2Q23 Key Takeaway...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-July on key senior housing data trends during the second quarter of...
READ MOREJune 22, 2023
Analysis of Senior Housing Marke...
What is affecting current construction cycles in the senior housing market?
READ MOREMay 22, 2023
1Q23 Key Takeaways: Seventh Cons...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-April on key senior housing data trends during the first quarter of...
READ MOREMay 17, 2023
Expand Your Reach with Industry ...
Expand into new markets and accelerate your sales pipeline with contact and community level detail on senior housing operators and other key stakeholders.
READ MOREMay 10, 2023
Senior Living Costs: What’...
Senior living costs are up - especially housing. This trend has been accelerating rapidly in past few years with no signs of slowing down.
READ MOREMay 2, 2023
Following the Senior Housing Mar...
Be prepared for the challenges that you may face with upcoming senior housing construction. Take the data that we’ve collected and use it to take...
READ MORENovember 3, 2022
3Q22 Key Takeaways: Senior Housi...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-October on key seniors housing data trends during the third quarter...
READ MOREOctober 6, 2022
Senior Housing Units Vacated Dur...
According to quarterly NIC MAP® data, released by NIC MAP Vision, demand, as measured by the change in occupied units, largely outpaced new supply while...
READ MORESeptember 6, 2022
Asking Rates Grow: Key Takeaways...
Data from the recently released 2Q2022 NIC MAP Vision Actual Rates Report showed that for the sample of Actual Rates data contributors, all three care segments...
READ MOREAugust 18, 2022
CCRC Care Segment Performance 2Q...
The following analysis examines occupancy and year-over-year changes in inventory, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segment—within CCRCs and non-CCRCs in the 99 combined NIC...
READ MOREAugust 4, 2022
NIC MAP Data Release Webinar 2Q2...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-July on key seniors housing data trends during the second quarter of...
READ MOREJune 15, 2022
First Quarter 2022 Seniors Housi...
The total investment return for the senior housing sector was a positive 1.08% in the first quarter of 2022. This marked the seventh consecutive quarterly...
READ MOREJune 15, 2022
How Much Senior Housing and Care...
Introduction. An inquiry the NIC Analytics team frequently receives is “How much senior housing inventory exists in the United States?” To answer this question, the...
READ MOREJune 8, 2022
Key Takeaways from the 1Q22 NIC ...
Data from the recently released 1Q2022 NIC MAP Vision Actual Rates Report shows that all three care segments (independent living, assisted living, and memory care) hit...
READ MOREApril 29, 2022
Senior Housing Occupancy Increas...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-April on key seniors housing data trends during the first quarter...
READ MOREMarch 10, 2022
Senior Housing Proves Resilient ...
Despite the headwinds created by the Omicron surge and the consequential staffing crisis, senior housing stabilized occupancy for the NIC MAP® Primary Markets held its...
READ MOREMarch 9, 2022
Industry Leaders Share Middle Ma...
In the years ahead, millions of aging middle-income Americans will need a reasonably priced housing and care option. But innovative ideas are vital to solve...
READ MOREMarch 1, 2022
Asking Rates Grow: Takeaways fro...
Curious about what happened with asking rates and actual rate discounting in 2021 or how move-in patterns differed by care segment? Then read on for...
READ MOREFebruary 22, 2022
Skilled Nursing Occupancy Held i...
While COVID-19 cases in the country and within skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) were very high during the Omicron surge in January 2022, data shows that...
READ MOREFebruary 13, 2022
CCRC Care Segment Performance 4Q...
The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within entrance fee CCRCs compared to...
READ MOREJanuary 26, 2022
Near-Record High Demand for Seni...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-January on key seniors housing data trends during the fourth quarter...
READ MOREJanuary 17, 2022
Surge in Skilled Nursing COVID C...
Weekly virus cases among residents and staff within skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) had been somewhat steady since the vaccine rollout in December 2020. However, the...
READ MOREDecember 30, 2021
Low Level of Skilled Nursing Occ...
“In many parts of the country the occupancy challenge is not a demand issue, but a labor supply issue” - Bill Kauffman NIC MAP® Data...
READ MOREDecember 28, 2021
Amid Uncertainty, Debt Is Availa...
Though rising inflation and a new COVID variant may cloud the recovery, the right borrowers have a variety of financing options. Traditional lenders are cautiously...
READ MOREDecember 22, 2021
3Q2021 NIC Analytics Demand Puls...
This blog features the NIC Analytics Demand Pulse Metric (DPM) for third quarter 2021 (3Q2021), a measure that examines senior housing demand (occupied units) for...
READ MOREDecember 17, 2021
Recovery in Senior Housing Deman...
Since the start of the pandemic, senior housing properties have all experienced wide-ranging pandemic-related challenges, but the depth of the demand contraction has differed across...
READ MOREDecember 16, 2021
Executive Survey Insights Wave 3...
In the Wave 35 survey, nearly half of organizations with multiple properties (45%) reported staff shortages in all their properties—up from roughly one-third (30%) in...
READ MOREDecember 2, 2021
Monthly NIC Intra-Quarterly Snap...
In spring 2020, responding to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIC launched numerous initiatives to help senior living leaders understand and improve their responses to the crisis. Given the pace of change impacting...
READ MORENovember 23, 2021
Identifying Trends in CMS Skille...
The primary tool CMS has for enforcing care standards at skilled nursing properties are civil monetary penalties (CMPs), which are essentially fines for facilities found...
READ MORENovember 18, 2021
Executive Survey Insights | Wave...
NIC’s Executive Survey of operators in senior housing and skilled nursing is designed to deliver transparency into market fundamentals in the senior housing and care...
READ MORENovember 12, 2021
The 2021 NIC Fall Conference Was...
With over 2,400 registrations, the year’s most important senior housing and care conference proved yet again to be a ‘can’t-miss’ event for industry leaders. Despite...
READ MORENovember 12, 2021
Senior Housing Delinquencies Dec...
NIC Analytics recently released the 2Q2021 NIC Lending Trends report, a free report available now. The quarterly report tracks over $86.9 billion in senior housing...
READ MORENovember 5, 2021
CCRC Care Segment Performance 3Q...
The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within CCRCs (CCRC segments) compared to...
READ MOREOctober 27, 2021
5 Key Takeaways from NIC MAP 3r...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® data, attended a webinar in mid-October on key seniors housing data trends during the third quarter...
READ MOREOctober 13, 2021
NIC MAP Vision Partners with Tre...
NIC MAP Vision, a leading provider of senior housing data and analytics, has partnered with financial analytics leader Trepp to democratize the senior housing industry’s...
READ MORESeptember 17, 2021
Seniors Housing Occupancy Contin...
The path to recovery is never a straight line. While the Delta variant has changed the narrative once again and reportedly affected move-in rates in...
READ MOREJuly 30, 2021
Seniors Housing Occupancy Shows ...
The recently released NIC MAP® Data, powered by NIC MAP Vision, show that the seniors housing occupancy rate remained unchanged for the aggregated 31 NIC...
READ MOREJuly 28, 2021
CCRC Care Segment Performance 2Q...
The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within CCRCs (CCRC segments) compared to...
READ MOREJuly 28, 2021
Five Key Takeaways from the NIC ...
NIC MAP Vision clients, with access to NIC MAP® Data, attended a webinar in mid-July on key seniors housing data trends during the second quarter...
READ MOREJune 22, 2021
Length of Stay and the Importanc...
NIC’s recent acquisition of VisionLTC and the creation of NIC MAP Vision integrates the market-leading NIC MAP® Data Service with VisionLTC’s best-in-class data for investors,...
READ MOREJune 10, 2021
Cautious Optimism: Occupancy Rat...
While it is still early to say if the seniors housing and care market is showing strong and durable signs of a recovery, several indicators...
READ MOREMay 21, 2021
CCRC Care Segment Performance Tr...
The following analysis examines current conditions and year-over-year changes in inventory, occupancy, and same-store asking rent growth—by care segments within CCRCs (CCRC segments) compared to...
READ MOREApril 29, 2021
Seniors Housing Market Fundament...
NIC MAP Vision clients with access to NIC MAP® Data attended a webinar in mid-April on key seniors housing data trends during the first quarter...
READ MOREApril 16, 2021
NIC MAP Vision Expands Ability t...
NIC MAP Vision integrates the market-leading NIC MAP® Data Service with VisionLTC’s best-in-class data for investors, owners, and operators to provide significantly deeper and broader...
READ MOREMarch 31, 2021
Did Seniors Housing Occupancy De...
A lot of attention has been paid to the occupancy challenges that seniors housing operators have faced since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020....
READ MOREMarch 17, 2021
Is the “70/30 Rule of Thumb” in ...
In absence of local data, feasibility analysts use the so called “70/30” rule, where 70% of a PMA’s potential residents come from within the PMA...
READ MOREMarch 11, 2021
NIC Acquires VisionLTC To Create...
NIC MAP Vision brings senior housing and care data needed by investors, operators and others together under one brand.
READ MOREMarch 10, 2021
Skilled Nursing Occupancy Hits L...
NIC MAP® Data Service released its latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report on March 4, 2021, which includes key monthly data points from January 2012 through...
READ MOREMarch 9, 2021
4Q2020 NIC MAP Seniors Housing A...
The NIC MAP® Data Service recently released national monthly data through December 2020 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC also provided data on three...
READ MOREFebruary 3, 2021
4Q 2020 CCRC Care Segment Perfor...
As the leading data provider for the seniors housing and care sector, NIC MAP Data, powered by NIC MAP Vision tracks occupancy, asking rents, demand,...
READ MOREFebruary 2, 2021
Deal-Making Likely to Strengthen...
It may take a while before the transaction process itself returns to normal.
READ MOREOctober 29, 2020
The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19: ...
NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-October on key seniors housing data trends during the third quarter of 2020. Findings reflected the...
READ MOREJuly 31, 2020
The Impact of COVID-19: Five Ke...
NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-July on the key seniors housing and nursing care data trends during the second quarter of...
READ MOREJuly 21, 2020
Top 20 Markets Ranked by Average...
Given the significant gap between the average cost of senior housing and the average income of 75+ households, many seniors use a combination of income...
READ MOREJune 23, 2020
How Do Regulations Affect COVID-...
VisionLTC has analyzed the spread of COVID-19 through Senior Housing communities in the US, using a mix of data and found that the infection rate...
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June 17, 2020
1Q2020 Seniors Housing Actual Ra...
The NIC MAP® Data Service recently released national monthly data through March 2020 for actual rates and leasing velocity. In this release, NIC also provided...
READ MOREMay 26, 2020
NIC MAP Releases the First Intra...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgency for insights on data and trends in the seniors housing and care sector. NIC has long held that...
READ MOREMay 1, 2020
Five Key Takeaways from NIC’s Fi...
NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-April on the key seniors housing data trends during the first quarter of 2020. Key takeaways...
READ MOREFebruary 21, 2020
Got Actual Rates Data?
Scott Brinker, president and chief investment officer of Healthpeak, the nation’s third largest healthcare REIT, recently expressed frustration with the limitations of seniors housing data,...
READ MOREFebruary 20, 2020
Top 20 Most Challenging and Leas...
VisionLTC recently conducted a nationwide analysis to determine the top 20 most challenging and least challenging Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs or “markets”) for senior housing...
READ MOREJanuary 22, 2020
Five Key Takeaways from NIC’s Fo...
NIC MAP® Data Service clients attended a webinar in mid-January on the key seniors housing data trends during the fourth quarter of 2019. Key takeaways...
READ MOREDecember 2, 2019
Resident Origin & Migration...
Understanding resident origin and migration trends is important for lenders, operators, developers, and other parties involved in the business of senior housing. It is also...
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November 25, 2019
Why 85+ is the New 75+ for Senio...
It’s critical to track and analyze accurate demand-growth data to identify high-potential markets and capture unmet demand. Coupled with the rising age of entry into...
READ MORESeptember 4, 2019
Why Senior Housing should care a...
If you are limiting your marketing to seniors themselves, then you are missing an opportunity to connect with a highly influential audience. Adult children are...
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July 29, 2019
Prioritizing Marketing Outreach:...
One of senior housing marketers biggest challenges is lead generation, so we put together some tips for engaging with and cultivating referral sources for lead...
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February 13, 2018
Lead Generation In Senior Housing
Resident turnover is skyrocketing as a result of increasing acuity, so is the cost of replacing a resident, especially with referral sources like A Place...
READ MOREJanuary 25, 2018
First-of-Its-Kind Referral Sourc...
Growing resident turnover and cost of resident acquisition are putting pressure on the profitability of senior housing operators. With up to 70%+ of senior housing...
READ MOREAugust 28, 2017
A Way to Pay: The Importance of ...
Examining trends in median home values is a key factor when assessing whether, and to what extent, seniors will be able to pay for senior...
READ MOREJuly 14, 2017
Beyond National Averages: Using ...
Record breaking inventory growth is driving assisted living occupancy to lows not seen since the tail end of the Great Recession. Yet not evenly.
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