Community Associations Network Industry News

ALEXANDRIA, VA, OCT. 16 2007—Community Associations Institute (CAI) has launched a new state-of-art, online resource for employers and job seekers in the community association industry. The comprehensive, user-friendly service is powered by one of the leading providers of career website technology.

Accessed through CAI's online Career Center, Job Market is dedicated exclusively to the community association marketplace. It replaces CAI's Job Bank, a job site with job listings and resumes, but with far less functionality.

For individuals, Job Market is a free, secure and convenient way to market themselves to management companies, associations, law and accounting firms and other professional service providers. Job seekers can post their profiles anonymously and apply for jobs for free. The profiles can remain posted indefinitely, and employers can access all profiles for free. If a recruiter or employer is interested in a particular profile, the candidate's resume is provided to the employer—but only if the job seeker grants permission. The fee ($35 for members, $60 for non-members) for each resume is paid by the employer. There is no cost to the job seeker.

The site also provides an advanced job-alert system that notifies candidates of new opportunities matching their specific criteria.

For recruiters and employers, Job Market is an easy, effective and low-cost way to find experienced community managers, attorneys, accountants and other professionals. The member cost to post job openings is $195—$100 off the non-member rate.

"Compare the $195 member price to the cost of generic job-search websites, newspaper helped-wanted listings or the fees charged by some professional search consultants," says CAI Chief Executive Officer Thomas M. Skiba, CAE. "Employers can pay four or five hundred dollars to list jobs on more generic websites—and even thousands in fees to find the right employee."

As part of a special introductory offer for employers, positions posted by March 1, 2008, will remain active for 60 days, instead of the standard 30.

"This enhanced member benefit is designed to connect employers and job seekers, and that's especially important in a growing and dynamic industry," Skiba says. "There is an acute shortage of experienced community managers in many areas of the country, and we know that other service providers also can struggle to find good talent. We're confident this new resource will help employers find the professionals they need, and we think the dynamic functionality of the site will attract even more people from other professions who want to explore career opportunities in the community association business."

More than 250 resumes were posted on Job Bank during the previous six months. Employers posted more than 650 jobs during the same period. CAI expects Job Market to generate even more traffic, especially since job-seeker profiles can be anonymous.

Visit www.caionline.org/jobmarket to learn more or post a job description or profile.

For members and general inquiries, contact the CAI Direct customer service team:
Community Associations Institute
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-548-8600
Fax: 703-684-1581
Email: CAIdirect@caionline.org

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Debbie Houston, president of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services, has announced that the North Carolina Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), a national educational foundation that advocates for community associations across the country, has presented Ammons Development Group (ADG), the company responsible for developing Heritage Wake Forest, with the Developer of the Year for the N.C. Chapter award as well as Heritage Wake Forest with the Association of Distinction award. The ADG and Heritage Wake Forest will receive their awards at the N.C. Chapter of the CAI’s annual fall conference, meeting and trade show titled, “Seeds of Change,” which will take place on Friday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Cary Embassy Suites. For more information on the conference, call (919) 677-1840.

Located near the downtown district of Wake Forest, Heritage Wake Forest features beautiful custom-homes with a wide variety of home plans and architectural styles. The community features several amenities, which include the Heritage Swim and Tennis Club as well as the award winning Heritage Golf Club. For more information on Heritage Wake Forest, visit http://www.heritagewakeforest.com.

“We are very proud of Heritage Wake Forest,” said Houston. “Ammons Development Group and the Heritage Wake Forest community association have both worked hard to make Heritage Wake Forest an outstanding place to live.”

About Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston Builder Services:
Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services is a full service sales and marketing division specializing in new home developments and construction. Established in 1979, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services has represented both local custom builders and national corporate builders in over 500 new home communities throughout the area. Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services provides comprehensive sales and marketing that includes buyer profile development, market research, target marketing, advertising, promotion and public relations. Also provided are professionally-trained sales managers, professionally-trained and dedicated on-site sales associates, a marketing department to develop and implement targeted marketing strategies and access to top relocation representatives and more than 700 Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston sales associates through out the Triangle. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services visit their Web site at http://www.hpwnewhomes.com.

About Heritage Wake Forest:
Heritage Wake Forest is located near the downtown district of Wake Forest and has homes priced from $180,000 to $1 million built on the award winning Heritage Golf Course. The community offers many recreational amenities including a swim and tennis club and numerous parks and playgrounds. Heritage also maintains 120 acres for soccer fields as well as walking and biking trails. For more information, please call at 919-453-2000 or visit their Web site at http://www.heritagewakeforest.com.

About Ammons Development Group (ADG):
Andy Ammons, president of ADG, is the second generation to carry on the ideals that have established the company’s solid reputation for excellence throughout the years. Andy’s father, Jud Ammons, founder of Ammons, Inc.., is best known for completing north Raleigh’s first planned unit development, Greystone Village. Over the past two decades, Jud was instrumental in the development of more than 3,000 acres.

About the Community Association Institute (CAI):
The CAI was founded in 1973 as a multi-disciplinary, nonprofit alliance serving all stakeholders in community associations. The CAI provides education and resources to America’s 231,000 residential condominium, cooperative and homeowner associations and to the professionals and suppliers who serve them. The CAI has more than 15,000 members in 55 chapters throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. For More information on the CAI, visit http://www.cai-nc.org.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC
Real Estate PR

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LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- AxisPointe, Inc., the national leader in warranty documentation management, outsourced call-back management, and subcontractor certification, announced today it has seen a significant up-tick in interest in and adoption of its warranty and document management solution in the multi-family market. Marquee multi-family and condo projects in Las Vegas have recently adopted AxisPointe and experienced nearly immediate return on their investment for their developers. These projects include Boca Raton Luxury Condominiums, Panorama Towers, Vantage Lofts, Newport Lofts, and Loft 5. AxisPointe's market-leading post-construction services will be on display October 2-4 in booth 418 at the Multi-family Executive Conference in Las Vegas.

Multi-family developers face challenges entirely unique to their housing market. First, a large number of housing units or condos will often close in a very short time, which causes a spike in demand for closing walk-throughs, orientations, closing packets, and warranty management by developers. Second, managing documents (like homeowner association regulations) and warranties is a difficult logistical task, especially when units can be highly customized. Third, multi-family housing units or condos are often purchased for investment, and it is essential to maintain continuity of warranty documentation with each resident or occupant.

"We have seen exponential growth among developers eager to bring consistency and continuity to their warranty and document information, no matter what the ownership scenario, from outright sale, rental, or REIT purchase," said Andrew K. Smith, president and founder of AxisPointe. "Our suite of post-construction services stands alone in the competitive landscape with surging adoption rates nationwide. We exist to help builders and developers improve profitability and mitigate risk while increasing satisfaction and referrals."

For every multi-family ownership scenario, AxisPoint's SmartBuilder Suite can provide the unit owner or developer with HomeProfile, a warranty and document management system that offers a unit-specific online account, and printed archive of all its warranties, use-and-care manuals, and documents. The Suite also offers BuilderOnCall, a U.S.-based multi-lingual (English, Spanish, Korean) outsourced call center that fields service calls for builders and provides service ticketing and issue escalation; BuilderCertified, a service that leverages teams of researchers and Web-based tools to gather and track subcontractors' insurance documentation and monitor expirations; and HomeWorx, an outsourced service that assumes the developer's final home walk-through and punch list duties, so customers receive a thorough, consistent orientation from a local, friendly, trained service representative.

This 2007 Multi-family Executive Conference will be held October 2-4 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The conference focuses on operations with a fresh mix of education, exhibits, and networking opportunities. Attendees will learn how to enhance properties, make smarter deals, and deliver top returns to partners and investors. AxisPointe will be in booth 418.

About AxisPointe

AxisPointe - creator of HomeProfile - offers turnkey, outsourced post-construction services for residential home builders and multi-family housing developers. With special expertise in sectors where builders and developers have the highest legal exposure and greatest risk to their reputations (warranty management, call-back processing, and subcontractor insurance certification), AxisPointe offers four products in its SmartBuilder Suite:

HomeProfile, a digital, online, and print service that offers builders and developers a turnkey, outsourced solution of all post-construction warranty and document management, including service ticketing and delivery of a builder-branded manual.

BuilderCertified, a turnkey, outsourced service that leverages teams of researchers and Web-based tools to track subcontractors' licenses and liability insurance expirations, so builders and developers can effortlessly pass their yearly insurance audits.

BuilderOnCall, an outsourced call center for builders and developers in the U.S., which provides service ticketing and issue escalation.

HomeWorx, an outsourced service that assumes the final walk-through and punch list process, so customers receive thorough, consistent orientations from trained service representatives.

All four services offer remarkably affordable outsourced, time-saving solutions to builders and developers' most pesky problems: call backs, document tracking, and post-construction customer management. Learn more: www.AxisPointe.com; (801) 753-0070.

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