Nov 2 (Reuters) - Ventas Inc beat third-quarter estimates for funds from operations (FFO) on Thursday, led by strong demand for its assisted living and senior housing properties.

The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns and leases seniors housing and healthcare properties across the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ventas reported normalized FFO per share of 75 cents, above Wall Street estimates of 74 cents, according to LSEG data.

The company also tightened its outlook range for normalized FFO per share for the full year, raising the midpoint of guidance range to $2.98 from $2.97, in line with analysts' estimates.

Total company same-store net operating income rose 7.9% in the quarter.

The Chicago, Illinois-based company posted net loss of $69.6 million compared with a profit of $3.1 million a year earlier.

Total expenses in the quarter rose to $1.23 billion from $1.04 billion a year earlier. (Reporting by Vaibhav Sadhamta in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)