Assisted Living
Properties that provide supportive care from trained employees. Residents are unable to live independently and require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).
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Independent Living Initial Rate Growth Moderates, While Assisted Living Accelerates
Data from the recently released 3Q 2025 NIC MAP Actual Rate Report showed that: For independent living properties, the year-over-year growth in initial rates slowed to 7.6% in September 2025, down from 17.5% in June 2025. Meanwhile, the year-over-year growth in asking rates rose by 0.5 percentage points to 8.2% in September 2025. For assisted living properties, year-over-year rate growth…
Choice vs. Necessity: Why Independent Living Holds Pricing Power in 2025
The pricing power in senior housing is no longer uniform; it is stratified by segments and shaped by turnover, affordability pressures, and the balance between choice and care necessity. The second quarter of 2025 reinforced an important theme for the senior housing industry. Independent living (IL),…
Studios Still Matter, But Space Is Gaining Traction: What Unit Mix Trends Reveal
In this article, NIC Analytics revisits senior housing unit mix (the proportion of studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom units, and increasingly, even three-bedroom or larger units), and occupancy trends across independent living (IL) and assisted living (AL) properties using data from the second quarter of 2025. The analysis offers a current snapshot…