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In this edition of the NIC Insider: Strongest Investment Performance in Nearly a Decade, Occupancy Nears 90% for Senior Housing While Active Adult Softens, and More
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Senior housing investment performance in the first quarter of 2026 continued to gain speed, posting a total return of 3.9%, the property type’s highest total return since the fourth quarter of 2017. Overall, senior housing during the quarter outperformed the broader NCREIF Property Index’s (NPI) total return of 1.2% by…
Senior housing occupancy increased 0.4 percentage points in the first quarter, with the number of occupied senior housing units once again reaching record levels. Year-over-year inventory growth continued to decline, hitting new record lows while average annual asking rent growth accelerated for both independent living and assisted living. These and…
In April NIC MAP released first quarter data for the 875 active adult rental communities they track across the U.S. These communities cater to mostly healthy adults age 55+ who want to live in a community designed for active lifestyles and interaction with peers and who do not yet need…
Live from the NIC Spring Conference in Nashville, this episode of NIC Chats brings together Procare HR founder and CEO, Brett Landrum, and Go Icon CEO, Ryan Galea, to explore how aligning staff and resident engagement can transform outcomes in senior living communities. Host Lisa McCracken, NIC’s head of research…
Host Lisa McCracken sits down with Julie Robinson and Andrew Wantoch of Clarion Partners — a roughly $70 billion private investment manager — to talk about their growing commitment to senior housing. The duo shares how Clarion approaches the sector with intention: from market-level labor analysis and purpose-built, private-pay asset…
In the Fall of 2022, the NIC Board of Directors adopted a Strategic Plan with a core objective to “expand the tent” into five Focus Areas over the following five years. Now well into that journey, Active Adult, AgeTech, Capital for Operations, Middle Market, and Partnering for Health have proven…