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Q1 2017 Transactions Update: Portfolio Deals Drive Volume Gains

Q1 2017 Transactions Update: Portfolio Deals Drive Volume Gains This blog is a follow-up to the preliminary transactions data from last month’s post.  Here is the latest data as of Q1 2017. Transaction Dollar Volume Increases Transactions volume for seniors housing and care registered $4.6 billion in Q1 2017. Seniors housing had a strong quarter, accounting for $4.1 billion of…
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The Northeast’s Seniors Housing Market

In recent blog posts, I’ve given you a “deep dive” into the seniors housing markets in the Southeast, California and Texas.  Today, I’ll provide a high level look at the seniors housing market in the Northeast.  For an even deeper dive, check out the original article in the May edition of the NIC Insider Newsletter. The Economy.  There are…
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U.S. economy created 211,000 jobs in April 2017

The Labor Department reported on Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally-adjusted 210,000 positions in April, well above the consensus 190,000 estimate.  This followed gains of 79,000 in March, originally reported as 98,000 and 232,000 in February, originally reported as 219,000.  The weak March payroll increase appears to have been weather related.  Monthly revisions result from additional reports received…
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State Medicaid Programs in Quite a State

The public discourse recently has narrowed on the big capital “R” reforms potentially coming down from the federal government on states regarding their Medicaid funding. Meanwhile,  states themselves have a lot on their plates regarding Medicaid, despite the uncertainty of the future of the program and its financing. Some states, like North Carolina and Kansas, are still grappling with Medicaid…
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Institutional Buyers Drive Transaction Volume Increase

The preliminary data for seniors housing and care Q1 2017 transactions volume showed a significant uptick from the prior quarter. Volume totaled $4.4 billion in the first quarter. The increase in volume was mainly driven by the public REIT divestitures and the institutional players, namely Blackstone, stepping in to acquire properties. The first quarter of the year is usually one…
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