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2016 Real Estate Trends

New year brings similar questions

For both the residential and commercial real estate markets, 2015 brought questions. Would interest rates rise? Would Millennials buy? Would the market keep rising, or are we on the verge of another bubble? As the year draws to a close, these questions remain, though the prevailing mood is optimistic. While the overall market continues its […]

Technology

Bing: Better Maps?

Using live traffic cameras

Bing is far from being one of the popular kids on the internet playground. But here’s some good news: Bing has updated Bing Maps with the option to view 35,000 live traffic cameras in 11 unnamed countries including the US and Spain. Pretty cool, no? This looks like a helpful tool in checking major roads […]

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Hot Properties

Top Listings of 2015

In the luxury real estate market, prices fluctuate but palaces, manors and landmarks are always hot properties.

People

Happy to be Hosted

Block Real Estate Services LLC

Moving to a cloud-based commercial property management and accounting platform typically sounds like a daunting transition. Kim Mann, CPA/property controller for Kansas City-based Block Real Estate Services LLC, makes it sound more like a walk in the park. “Going from self-hosted to hosted was the easiest conversion that I have ever done,” Mann said. “When […]

News, People

Yardi Think Tank

UK Retail Asset Management

The fifth in Yardi’s series of thought leadership Think Tanks, held in association with Property Week, brought together retail centre owners and managers to discuss their experience and opinions on how to remain successful in a competitive retail environment. London’s retail scene is arguably the best in the world, with billions of pounds spent annually […]

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NYC Liberty Bridge

Headed toward reality?

For many Jersey City is “the sixth borough,” even though at times it feels like it’s a world away from New York City. There are only a few miles from Manhattan to Jersey with the Hudson River crossing of about a mile. Yet, moving from one side of the Hudson to the other means taking […]

Giving, People

Unsung Heroes

Easy Lift of Santa Barbara

Organizations throughout Santa Barbara strive to make the community an even better place to live. Easy Lift is one such organization that has provided affordable transportation for seniors, children, and the disabled since 1979. Transportatio n is a vital yet often overlooked need in our community. Yet for 363 days each year, it is Easy […]

Technology

Clarity in the Cloud

Wilson Blanchard Management Inc.

Moving to Yardi’s cloud-based Voyager 7S platform was a big leap for Wilson Blanchard Management Inc., a Canadian condominium overseer. With responsibility for nearly 37,000 units in the Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area and offices in Toronto, Hamilton and Cambridge, the company is one of the largest and most respected condominium management firms in Canada. […]

People

Implementation Support

Yardi Professional Services

The Yardi Professional Services Group (PSG) is available to help clients get the most out of their new software as quickly as possible. PSG assists clients with project management, implementation services, needs analysis, data conversion, training and technical support. With the backing of PSG, clients can experience timely, seamless product implementation. JBG Companies is a […]

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Global YASC Events

Continued growth planned for 2016

With events in London, Sydney, and Singapore, Yardi’s continued expansion of its worldwide advanced software training offerings was well-received by clients in November 2015. The Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference, with a strong foundation of support from the company’s U.S.-based clientele, will continue to grow in 2016. “Offering YASC to our overseas clients is a product […]

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Housing Solutions

For Struggling San Franciscans

Compass Family Services and One Homes hope to help the Bay Area’s most vulnerable citizens find a safe, stable place to call home.

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Under Delancey Street

New York's Lowline Project

With a planned debut in 2020, the LowLine project promises to create a calm, cultivated woodland atmosphere in an abandoned trolley terminal sprawled out beneath New York City's Delancey Street.

Technology

OnePlus X

Enhanced X Experiment

China’s OnePlus has been enjoying the spotlight since the OnePlus One smartphone debuted more than a year ago. The handset surprised and impressed with its hard-to-refuse price point: a top-end phone is rarely under $300. A year later, OnePlus did it again with its follow-up OnePlus 2, improving the technology, but keeping the price relatively […]

Technology

Geekitecture

Changing the work environment

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius Geekitecture – a new term I’ve just invented to describe the development of office space by new technology titans – is becoming a real trend. Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are showing off innovative architectural plans for […]

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#GivingTuesday

Worldwide Altruism + Fun

Black Friday and Cyber Monday celebrate the biggest sales of the season. Those events are great opportunities to buy products for loved ones on your shopping lists. But isn’t that all part of the gift exchange? What about the spirit of the season that beckons us to give without expecting anything in return? Those questions address […]

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