• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »
  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going to be difficult to top Q4:25, which set records for the highest number of publicly announced transactions in both a single quarter and a month, as well as price volume in a single day,” stated Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor. “However, investor sentiment remains strong, operations are... Read More »
Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped more than 10.5% intraday. While a broader market selloff amid geopolitical uncertainty didn’t help, the reaction was primarily earnings-driven. Occupancy improved, but NOI and margins fell quarter-to-quarter, so the question is, are they spending big to fill beds? At year-end 2025, Brookdale’s portfolio comprised 370 owned and 178 leased... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Latest Senior Care Valuation Statistics Are Released

60 Seconds with Swett: Latest Senior Care Valuation Statistics Are Released

The 31st Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report has been published and is available to LevinPro LTC andLTC News subscribers now! With M&A at record levels and more buyers and sellers evaluating transactions today, we know how important having timely, accurate and relevant pricing data is in making their investment decisions. That is why we worked hard to get this Report out earlier in the year than ever before, and it was compiled with the largest proprietary dataset we have ever put together, including hundreds of confidential prices, cap rates and operating metrics. Thank you to all of our industry friends who helped us in that effort, because the large sample size allowed us... Read More »
2025 M&A and Valuation Stats Preview

2025 M&A and Valuation Stats Preview

Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage, Bryan Lockard of JLL Valuation & Advisory, and Brittany Spicer of National Health Investors to discuss last year’s M&A market and to preview our Senior Care Acquisition Report. Panelists reviewed key statistics, including average pricing and cap rates. They also discussed 2026 expectations, new entrants and potential challenges facing the industry. The webinar concluded by asking panelists who they would rather be in 2026: a buyer or seller of Class-A or Class-B stabilized assets, or a best-in-class operator.    Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Latest Senior Care Valuation Statistics Are Released

60 Seconds with Swett: Values Soar Across All Sectors

We have been hard at work collecting and enriching our 2025 M&A data, and many listeners can attest to receiving a number of calls and emails from me over the last couple of months, and the result was the most deals we have ever compiled in any year, as well as the most property financials and cap rates. So a big thank you to all of our industry friends who helped in this effort.  Prices soared in all sectors, and set a couple of records. The average price per unit for assisted living properties reached $268,600, more than $20,000 higher than the previous record set in 2019. The independent living sector also hit new heights, with an average price per unit of $263,600. Average... Read More »