Developers and lenders in the seniors housing sector have for years only allowed new construction to proceed at a modest pace. The development community’s aim was to avoid the mistakes […]
Lawmakers cracking down on unethical practices by condo associations State lawmakers have always looked to curb unethical behavior, and the trend is to continue. Recent grand jury cases have […]
Developers and lenders in the seniors housing sector have for years only allowed new construction to proceed at a modest pace. The development community’s aim was to avoid the mistakes made in past booms, when too many inexperienced operators built too much new product. However, developers have recently picked up the pace a bit as an aging population has steadily boosted demand.
And according to a new report from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, the seniors housing annual inventory growth rate in the first quarter of 2017 was 3.4%, up 0.2 percentage point from the prior quarter and the fastest pace since at least 2006.
“It was another active quarter for inventory growth, with nearly 4,800 units added to the seniors housing stock” in 31 primary markets, says Beth Burnham Mace, chief economist for Annapolis, MD-based NIC. “At the same time, demand slowed during the quarter, as is typically the case in the first quarter due to the seasonal effects of the winter months. Some of the slowdown in net absorption may also reflect the severity of the 2016/2017 flu season.”
The pace of new construction helped push down the US occupancy rate for seniors housing properties, according to NIC. The rate in the first quarter averaged 89.3%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage point from the prior quarter and was down 0.6 percentage point from one year earlier.
That was 2.4 percentage points above its cyclical low of 86.9% during the first quarter of 2010 and 0.9 percentage point below its most recent high of 90.2% in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Seniors housing annual absorption was 2.8% as of the first quarter of 2017, up 0.1 percentage point from the fourth quarter of 2016 and up 0.2 percentage point from one year earlier, NIC adds.
The expansion of the nation’s inventory has not hurt rental rates. During the first quarter of 2017, the average rate of senior housing’s annual asking rent growth was 3.3%, up from 3.1% in the first quarter of 2016.
“Considering the continued strong inventory growth and sustained levels of construction, this solid same-store rent growth is notable,” says Chuck Harry, NIC’s chief of research and analytics.
As reported in GlobeSt.com APRIL 17, 2017 | BY BRIAN J. ROGAL
Lawmakers cracking down on unethical practices by condo associations
State lawmakers have always looked to curb unethical behavior, and the trend is to continue. Recent grand jury cases have seemed to be about condo associations and the giving of more rights to owners concerning the association’s financial records.
A bill passed through both houses of the State legislation and had broad bipartisan support.
Now, the new proposed law will move to Governor Rick Scott for approval. The new law would criminalize the act of giving kickbacks to condo board members, withholding or destroying financial records, fraud or theft of association funds.
On the flip side, some in the industry were alarmed by the new proposed legislation. Some believe that this will keep honest individuals from serving out of fear of being criminalized for errors or mistakes and that the bill seems to assume that all who serve have devious intentions.
Others joined in that sentiment feeling that the grand jury overreacted from the acts of a small few who were involved in actual criminal acts while serving on a condo association board.
All parties involved in this discussion do believe that ethical behavior should be of the highest concern for all who serve and an expectation of all condo owners have towards those on the board.
The disagreement lies in the actual need for a formal law to be on the record for Florida.
If Gov. Scott passes the bill, it will go into effect on July 1st.
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UncategorizedLawmakers cracking down on unethical practices by condo associations State lawmakers have always looked to curb unethical behavior, and the trend is to continue. Recent grand jury cases have […]