Buying off the plan has always asked for a leap of faith. A buyer signs today, hands over a deposit that, as The Urban Developer noted this month, can run to $100,000 or more held in trust for two years or longer, and waits for a home that does not yet exist.

Australian property has turned, and the businesses that connect buyers, renters and sellers are among the first to feel it. Cotality's Home Value Index, released on 1 September, showed national values fell 0.9% in August. It was the fifth monthly decline in a row and left values 3.6% below the March peak, with Cotality finding that 93% of capital city suburbs recorded a fall through winter.

Most of the 2026 Proptech Map is made up of technology companies. One category is not, and it may be the one that explains all the others. When we began rebuilding the map with The Proptech Gurus this year, Proptech Australia’s update counted 519 businesses across 14 categories, up 39 per cent on the 374 we identified in 2023. The map now lists 571 organisations. The message in those numbers is simple: Australian proptech is no longer a handful of startups. It is an ecosyste

Here's a fun problem. In August 2026, two of Australia's most respected property data houses looked at the same month, using the same underlying transactions and came back with answers that were nearly four times apart. Cotality's Home Value Index said national values fell 0.9%, putting the median dwelling at $912,885 and the market 3.6% below its March peak. PropTrack's Home Price Index said the dip was 0.2%, with values 2.7% below peak and still 1.8% up on a year ago (PropT

For three years, buying property has been a contest of speed – beat the next bidder, beat the auction clock, beat the fear of missing out. That contest has just eased. Cotality's national Home Value Index fell 0.9% in August 2026, a fifth consecutive monthly decline that leaves values 3.6% below the March peak.

In August, Australians bought more electric cars than petrol ones for the first time. The numbers are stark. VFACTS data published by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries on 3 September, combined with Tesla and Polestar registrations reported by the Electric Vehicle Council, put battery electric vehicle sales at 27,078 for the month, ahead of 25,824 petrol cars and 23,608 diesel.

Building and Construction companies are tackling arguably the most expensive and wasteful issue that faces the property industry – the reality gap between a home that's been approved and a home that is built. In this year’s Proptech Map, the association has found 23 proptechs who are working diligently to help combat and resolve time challenges and building waste issues that inflate the cost of building.

There are 69 companies in the Asset & Facilities Management category of the 2026 Proptech Map, which makes it our second-largest cluster, and arguably our most consequential. Why do we say that? This genre of technology will stay with a building for 60 years and more, whereas other segments, such as sales and marketing technologies, might touch a property and its owner for perhaps a few months before a transaction is complete and the world moves on.

At Proptech Australia, we believe that the intersection of technology and real estate holds the key to a smarter, more efficiently built environment. And it is the conversations we have today that will shape our future.

Dynamic Methods, Australia’s leading provider of real estate forms and contract technology, has announced that its premier platform, Forms Live, will officially launch as an independent service in Queensland on 30 June 2026. The strategic move allows Queensland real estate agents and property managers to continue to use the digital platform they are familiar with, together with a new set of forms created by legal powerhouse Dentons Lawyers.

Proptech Australia member Search X has announced the appointment of Ben Ikin as Chief Executive Officer, marking a major milestone in the company’s continued expansion across the property technology, compliance and professional services sectors. Mr Ikin will lead the next phase of growth for SearchX and its expanding group of PropRT businesses, including SignedX, PropRT Conveyancing and WealthApp.

The property landscape is set for a digital transformation with iGUIDE, the advanced 3D property visualisation technology, officially launching in Australia. This expansion follows REA Group’s 61.5% acquisition of Planitar Inc. in October last year, marking a significant milestone for the local proptech ecosystem.

A powerhouse trio of proptech veterans has officially unveiled Sonar AI (getsonar.ai), a sophisticated performance intelligence platform designed to bridge the critical sales data gap in real estate agency management.

Two of Australia’s leading property technology innovators, Dynamic Methods and RESO (Real Estate Sales Online), have announced a strategic partnership designed to simplify end-to-end real estate transactions. The alliance will see the companies join forces to significantly expand their sales capabilities across their flagship products, Forms Live and RESO.

The Tranche 2 compliance software market has exploded almost overnight. A deadline as significant as 1 July 2026 was always going to attract attention, and it has. New platforms are appearing weekly, each promising to handle everything Australian real estate agencies need to meet their AUSTRAC obligations.

Proptech Australia member Little Hinges has released a landmark white paper, "The rooms that actually sell homes”, challenging industry assumptions about how buyers and renters evaluate property.

In a throwback to late 2025, we present a podcast featuring Proptech Australia president Kylie Davis with the then Head of Growth at start-up Avenue Bank, Lawrence Williamson.

SYDNEY, Australia – WayScape has launched a new platform billed as a “fundamental redesign” that will bring together the disparate software systems used by real estate agencies.

Strata management market leader Onsite – a new member of the Proptech Association – was recently selected to join the Techstars Sydney cohort that held a “Demo The Future” expo at Darling Harbour just before Christmas.

Proptech Australia’s 2025 Proptech Forum – hosted in Melbourne for the first time – has been hailed as a success, exceeding expectations for attendance and creating deep engagement on its theme, "Navigating an AI-Enabled Future."