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How to get started on your AI journey

While much of the real estate industry has spent 2025 talking about AI and its many uses in daily life, few organisations have fully embarked on enterprise-level AI journeys. Let’s look at how organisations can assess their options when it comes to u…

How to use AI to interact with your data

Aritificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the real estate industry by helping owners, operators, investors, and tenants to automate tasks and create efficiencies, resulting in better customer service and improved client retention. The technology …

Tell better stories with data visualisation

“Different stakeholders want to hear different stories from data, so giving them the tools to tailor what they need is key.”  Ian Niblock, Senior Director Product Development, MRI Software    When making big strategic decisions, the ability to tell a…

What are the key elements of a data platform?

Traditionally, the two key elements of a data platform have been data lakes and data warehouses. These elements are used for very different things and can be categorised in the following way:   Data lake A central repository that allows you to store …

Data democracy – How accessible is your data?

We all understand the importance of clean data, but are you making the right data available to the right people? Is it presented it in an easily accessible, digestible format?  Some organisations struggle with data they can’t access, because it eithe…