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Aimco Raises More Than $400,000 to Benefit Military Families and Students

Military personnel returning from duty, and college-bound students living in subsidized affordable housing are the beneficiaries of funds raised in the 9th annual Aimco Cares Golf Classic sponsored by Apartment Investment and Management Company.

ReferBoost Launches ReferLink

ReferBoost, a Chicago-based software company that helps property managers improve their online reputation, recently announced a service called ReferLink, which allows property managers to update email lists and use multiple dashboards to run campaigns.

The JBG Companies Named NAIOP 2012 Developer of the Year

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, today announced that The JBG Companies has been selected as the national 2012 Developer of the Year.

Record Low Mortgage Rates Lead to Jump in Refinance Activity

Mortgage applications increased 16.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 13, 2012. 



Economy Watch: Bernanke Downbeat, Unclear on Stimulus

The chairman of the Federal Reserve was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, testifying as part of his “Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” and his assessment of the economy, at least for the short term, wasn’t particularly cheerful.

Yardi PAYScan Mobile 2.0 Available at App Store and Play Store

Yardi announced today that Yardi PAYscan Mobile™ 2.0 is available at Apple’s iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store. This tablet-specific version of Yardi PAYscan Mobile, designed for companies that use Yardi PAYscan™, updates an application released in August 2011. Yardi PAYscan Mobile 2.0 is fully enhanced to utilize the expanded screen space on iPad and Android tablets to show more detail and easily view scanned invoices. It also provides new reporting capabilities to search vendors, purchase orders and invoices, as well as report historical spending by vendor. “Along with leveraging the larger screen real estate, PAYscan Mobile 2.0 utilizes the power…

Berkeley Point Capital Welcomes Jim McDevitt as its President

Jim McDevitt is joining Berkeley Point Capital LLC as its president.

The Rainmaker Group Grows Software Teams

The Rainmaker Group, a provider of revenue management and profit optimization solutions to the multifamily housing and gaming/hospitality industries, announced the addition of five new team members hired to help further enhance the company’s multifamily revenue management platform, LRO™.

TODAY’S DEALS: HFF Secures Acquisition Financing for Washington Asset

Cumberland Holdings lands acquisition financing; a 160-bed skilled nursing facility trades for $8.2 million in Georgia; and NAI Hunneman’s investment sale group brokers a $1.7 million sale in Taunton, Mass.

MG Properties Buys Apartments in SoCal and NoCal

MG Properties Group, a private San Diego-based real estate investor and operator, has completed the acquisition of two multifamily properties, one in Temecula, in southern California, and the other in Daly City, in northern California.