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Your complete guide to the Yardi Forum

Everything you need to know about the Yardi Forum, a premier technology training event designed specifically for Yardi affordable housing and PHA users.

02 / 12 / 26

Join us on the road at these senior living events (2026)

Don’t miss these senior living industry events packed with networking opportunities. Team Yardi will be there. Come meet us!

02 / 02 / 26

Outreach Live 2025: Multifamily insights & AI innovations

Explore the top takeaways from Outreach Live 2025, including AI advances, smarter marketing strategies and tools that help multifamily operators streamline leasing and elevate the renter experience.

12 / 18 / 25

REIT report: New podcast spotlights energy reporting practices

Randy Moss, industry principal for Yardi Energy, provided insight into sustainability reporting issues facing REITs and commercial real estate (CRE) in a recent podcast sponsored by Nareit.

11 / 25 / 25

YASC Multifamily Spotlight: What’s new & why it matters

The YASC Multifamily Spotlight showcased Yardi’s latest innovations in AI, leasing and resident engagement, which help clients simplify operations and improve renter satisfaction.

11 / 05 / 25

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Affordable Cities

Where are the most affordable places to live in the U.S.? Demographia’s 13th Annual Affordability Survey brought to light a list of affordable markets in the U.S. based on their median multiple, a number obtained by dividing the median house price by the median household income. The Median Multiple is widely used for evaluating urban […]

03 / 03 / 17

Embracing Coworking

In 2016, major cities such as Hong Kong have seen a significant 45% increase in the amount of coworking office spaces being offered. Similarly, the past two years have resulted in more than 100 operators providing coworking environments in China’s top cities and more than 20 in Singapore according to JLL reports. Although numbers still […]

02 / 25 / 17

Our Greatest Hits

Happy birthday to us! Though it seems like just yesterday when we were brainstorming ideas for our first blog posts, The Balance Sheet celebrated its fifth birthday this month. Time flies when you’re creating great content. It is a great joy to be able to produce interesting real estate related posts for you week after […]

02 / 24 / 17

Silver Screen Seniors

While one-fifth of today’s movie audiences are over sixty, Hollywood films include few older characters and lots of ageist stereotypes.

02 / 23 / 17

Tunnel Time?

Late last year, entrepreneur Elon Musk sent out a series of tweets complaining about the heavy traffic in LA. Can’t argue with him there –  Southern California has the country’s worst traffic, according to a study released by the data company Inrix. Musk called being stuck in traffic “soul-destroying.” But he didn’t just whine, he […]

02 / 16 / 17

Senior Living Trends

Though uncertainty abounds, according to Senior Housing News, the trends and concerns set to dominate the senior living industry in 2017 are nothing new.

02 / 14 / 17

Most Sustainable Companies

Forbes recently released the 2017 World’s Most Sustainable Companies list. Yardi is proud to acknowledge one client and two partners whose sustainable initiatives earned placement on the list. Toronto-based magazine and research firm Corporate Knights has issued a list of the world’s most sustainable companies since 1995. The list is comprised of companies with market […]

02 / 10 / 17

Targeted Marketing

If your digital marketing campaigns simply generate leads, they are underperforming. Create campaigns that attract the highest quality leads and provide insights into tenant habits with a single business intelligence tool. Yardi Orion® Business Intelligence  (BI) is a mobile-ready platform with more than 200 built-in key performance indicators. The software offers flexible reports and dashboards. The […]

02 / 02 / 17

NFL’s Hollywood Park

Designer HKS and developer Hollywood Park Land Company are changing the face of mixed-used facilities. The duo behind the Hollywood Park complex will tap into several revenue streams with a built-in consumer base. After more than a decade of anticipation, the 238-acre Hollywood Park project is finally underway with gusto. Ground broke back in 2014. […]

02 / 01 / 17

Smarter than Ever

By consolidating portfolio-wide data and automating reporting, Yardi Orion Business Intelligence makes life a lot easier for property managers and executive decision makers. Instead of manually compiling spreadsheets that can be difficult to analyze, Orion users can instantly view a single dashboard with comprehensive performance data on their desktop or mobile device. Now, with updates […]

01 / 30 / 17

NMHC Panel

Before the presidential election, the consensus economic forecast was more of the same slow-growth environment that has prevailed since the Great Recession ended. However, the election of Donald Trump changed expectations for domestic output, prompting interest rates to rise. Yardi Matrix vice president Jeff Adler and CBRE Americas head of research Jeanette Rice spoke to […]

01 / 27 / 17

Enhancing Energy Efficiency

Yardi Energy focuses on energy management and sustainability for real estate, including commercial, retail and residential buildings. Yardi offers several products as part of the Yardi Smart Energy Suite, most of which are built into Yardi Voyager property management software, offering its clients a unique experience utilizing a single stack of products to effectively manage […]

01 / 26 / 17

Controlling Costs

The National Association of Home Builders reports 200,000 unfilled construction jobs in the United States. That is an 81 percent increase in unfilled positions since 2014. The lack of skilled labor has contractors turning to creative solutions. A Growing Problem The shortage of construction workers hit hardest in July 2016. Sales for new construction reached […]

01 / 25 / 17

Multifamily Outlook

The multifamily market has seen phenomenal growth in rents and property values for several years. Can the good times continue to roll in 2017? We think they can, though the rate of rent increases is going to slow down, transaction yields have likely bottomed and oversupply is going to negatively impact some markets. However, we […]

01 / 20 / 17

CES 2017

New year, new tech. Sin City begins 2017 in style, for a few days becoming the world’s greatest technology hub filled with innovations we didn’t know we needed. The automotive industry in particular is evolving at a fast pace. Trends in connectivity, fuel efficiency and social behavior drive its development. Manufacturers are also offering upgrades […]

01 / 18 / 17