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Insights in Seniors Housing & Care

Business Environment  |  Economic Trends  |  Senior Housing

Amid Uncertainty, Debt Is Available for Qualified Borrowers

By: NIC  |  December 28, 2021

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 making loans. Government sponsored lenders are dialing back restrictions. And new debt sources are filling the capital gap, which should help boost deal-making activity going forward.

Business Environment  |  Economic Trends  |  Market Trends  |  Senior Housing

Senior Housing Delinquencies Decline in 2Q2021, and Other Lending Trends

By: Anne Standish  |  November 12, 2021

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 and nursing care loans including construction loans, mini-perm/bridge loans, and permanent loans from the third quarter of 2016 through the second quarter of 2021. The NIC Lending Trends Report helps to deliver on NIC’s mission to enable access and choice by further enhancing transparency of capital market trends in the senior housing and care sector. Below are a few key takeaways from the NIC Lending Trends Report for second quarter 2021. Access the full report on nic.org.

Business Environment  |  Ideas and Discussion  |  NIC Fall Conference  |  NIC conference  |  Senior Housing

The 2021 NIC Fall Conference Was a Home Run in Houston

By: NIC  |  November 12, 2021

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 a lingering pandemic, and strictly observed safety protocols, including required proof of vaccination, as well as hundreds of cancelled flights nationwide, ‘the NIC’ made a triumphant return to in-person networking and thought leadership. Attendees, nearly 70% of whom are in senior executive roles, were, for the first time in 20 months, able to convene to build relationships, make deals, and share the latest data and insights, in person and face-to-face.

Business Environment  |  Ideas and Discussion  |  Regulatory Environment

SBA Offers Financing Options:  A Conversation with Alex Cohen of Liberty SBF

By: NIC  |  November 02, 2021

Senior living providers and investors are familiar with the financing options from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD. Less well known are the government-subsidized loan programs for healthcare facilities through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Liberty SBF is a specialty finance company that offers SBA, conventional and bridge loans.

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