NIC Notes

By John Ruffier, Chair of the Lowndes Senior Housing Practice Group In case you are not one of the over 3,000 people attending the 2019 NIC Fall Conference in Chicago, we thought we’d share a …

What Will Interest Rates Do in 2017?

Our good friends at HJ Sims Investments recently published their “Market Outlook” for 2017, which features some interesting speculation on where interest rates will go under a Trump Administration. A key excerpt: It usually takes …

Making Seniors Housing Affordable for Middle-Class Residents

Senior Housing Business magazine’s October-November 2016 issue had an interesting “question of the month” – asking how to make the industry more affordable for the middle class.  Unsurprisingly, there were many differing opinions on the …

What Lies Ahead in 2016?

Senior Housing News recently published an interesting article entitled “Senior Housing Crystal Ball: To Execs’ 2016 Predictions”. As would be expected, there are a lot of concerns over the competition for staff talent and the …

New Report Judges Cities on Suitability for Seniors

The Milken Institute just released a report on the “Best Cities for Successful Aging” which ranked 352 U.S. metropolitan areas based on how well their physical and social surroundings support health, engagement, productivity and purpose …