Category: News

Memory Care Cruise

Bonding Over Senior Health

“Connecting Circles of Care and Bridging Bridges of Hope”, a seven-day Alaskan cruise, will bring together caregivers, medical professionals and families to bond and learn about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Multifamily Social Summit

Do Good + Build Brand Trust

As a firm believer in the value of social media for real estate businesses, Yardi returns to the Multifamily Social Media Summit in Napa this year as a key sponsor and content partner. The conference is the industry’s only event targeted for property management firms with a focus on leveraging social media and content marketing […]

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BOMA W2 Challenge

Water + Waste Reduction Effort

A grant from Yardi is helping owners and managers of hundreds of properties improve water and waste management practices in a Water and Waste Challenge program sponsored by the Building Owners and Managers Association International. The W2 Challenge is a two-year initiative designed to benchmark water and waste consumption and associated costs, and then develop […]

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Urban Vacancies

Baltimore Housing

In Baltimore, astrophysicists and city planners are working together to find new ways to manage abandoned buildings and future development.

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Ways to Reduce Noise

Better Apartment Living

When J Turner Research president Joseph Batdorf released the most recent survey on top residents complaints, he issued the following statement: “Apartment residents remain concerned with a broad range of customer satisfaction issues but far and away the immediate opportunity to improve customer service and resident satisfaction levels is by addressing dissatisfaction with onsite staff […]

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Scotland Build to Rent Market

Yardi Think Tank Update

The rise of the build-to-rent sector is changing the way we live – but gaining support from local authorities is critical to its success. Now firmly established in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds, the market is also taking off in Scotland – but how is this market different, and what are the challenges for investors […]

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Rock Island Arsenal

New Housing, Cuts to BAH

Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is slowly but surely making progress on its latest $47 million housing project. As of the December, fewer than 10 out of 71 new homes were completed by Atherton Construction Company and Debcon Inc. Earlier this week, Quad City Times reports that more than half of the homes are completed. Older […]

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Easier Access

To Yardi eLearning Platform

We have the perfect holiday gift for Yardi eLearning users: fewer usernames and passwords to remember. Yardi eLearning is the newest addition to the YardiOne platform, which means users can get to training resources at the click of an icon. “There are a lot of benefits that come with being part of YardiOne,” said Patty […]

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Focus on Asia

New Real Estate Tech Era

Reliance on spreadsheets and manual processes in Asia will likely fade as investors and technology providers lay the groundwork for sweeping modernization, according to a recent survey of technology adoption in the region’s real estate industry. Yardi sponsored the survey and subsequent report on current and anticipated technology applications by real estate investment firms, developers […]

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Staying Put

Rise in American Immobility

Americans are not moving and no one can pinpoint why. Without a clear cause, the trend is difficult to reverse, as are its effects on the economy and workplace productivity. United States Census Bureau data reveals that only 21.7 percent of renters relocated in 2017. That’s a new historic low. Homeowners moved at a rate […]

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Social Housing

Overcoming Tech Challenges

Peter Altobelli, vice president and general manager at Yardi Canada Ltd. and Sean Bremner, maintenance director at Baptist Housing, presented a session on Social Housing Technology to a packed room at Housing Central. The conference was held in Richmond, BC and hosted by the British Columbia Non-Profit Housing Association. During the presentation, Altobelli and Bremner […]

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Managing Disruption

Insights from Yardi Canada

The spotlight shone on Yardi Canada for much of late November and early December at major industry events in Toronto. The company was the closing roundtable sponsor at the Global Property Market Real Estate Forum and sponsored the Toronto Real Estate Forum’s keynote session. Yardi Canada was also the top-level Title Sponsor and staffed a […]

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2017 in Review

A big year for Yardi

2017 – what a year! It was 12 months of milestones and accomplishments for us here at Yardi. We thought we’d take a look back at some of our most popular blog posts to give you a sense of what readers found most interesting in the last year. They included news about awards, product launches, […]

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Housing, San Jose

Fighting Homelessness

The City of San Jose and Santa Clara County have developed a two-tier plan to mitigate homelessness, a crisis that plagues the region. The breakthrough began in 2014 when the County received funding through CalWORKS, California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids. The program empowered 20 local agencies with $20 million to identify housing, provide […]