Alex Collins, a seasoned PropTech professional with 15 years of industry experience, recently joined Cloudstaff to help businesses navigate the world of outsourcing. Drawing on his extensive background, Alex offers valuable insights into the unique challenges and opportunities facing PropTech companies today. Ethical and Responsible Outsourcing Alex is passionate about educating the industry on ethical outsourcing practices. He emphasises the importance of compliance with loc

Sales is a process, not an art form, delegates at the 2024 Proptech Forum were reminded by ProptechGuru founder, Mark Hollands.  In a lively roundtable discussion, Hollands addressed the critical question of when proptech founders should transition from selling their product or service to establishing a dedicated sales team. While acknowledging the inherent ability of founders to champion their own products and services, attendees recognised the inevitable need for dedicated

PROPTECH PANEL: The Valuation Tech Revolution: Data driven innovation disrupting real estate In our recent panel, our panelists shared their expertise on the latest advancements in proptech and discussed their implications for investors, valuers, and the broader real estate industry. Our panellists include:  Carolyn Trickett , Growth Principal at JLL Spark Global Ventures and board member at the Proptech Association of Australia Mark Wallis , Senior Product Manager at PropTr

Data Army’s Proptech Cloud Offers Australia Post Movers Dataset Data Army sub-brand, The Proptech Cloud, now offers the Australia Post Movers Statistics Dataset to enable analysis and visualisation of national migration patterns. The statistics will support better decision-making for businesses and government departments that work with property and real estate information. The dataset is significant for developers and investors in real estate, as well as supporting government

The Proptech Association Australia made the following submission to the NSW Rental Services Commissioner on behalf of members.  Australian proptech ecosystem made up of 480 proptechs and products. Of these roughly 10% are in the property management space  The overwhelming majority of PM proptech is less than 10 years old The majority are also focused on helping property managers to administrate, manage, account for, maintain and inspect property by replacing manual processes.

Navigating the Future of Property Investing with Proptech Innovations In our recent Proptech Panel, we delved into how technology is revolutionising the property investment landscape, led by Kylie Davis , president of the Proptech Association . Our panelists include Alex Fedoseev from HtAG , Ajay Ayyar from PropertyDirector.com.au , and Richie Ragel from Milk Chocolate® Property The session illuminated how data and tech innovations are shaping smarter investment strategies.

Half of prospective buyers of intelligent building technologies are hesitating to make a move because of adoption and integration complexities, according to new research conducted by Facilio, a leader in the sector. Facilities managers find it increasingly difficult to integrate modern solutions with legacy systems, the survey says. One-third (33%) of respondents say today’s fragmented technology landscape adds to the complexity of initiating smart building projects. Facilio’

i4T Global, a leader in the proptech and field service management (FSM) sectors, has appointed Sachi Wickramage as Chief Executive Officer.  Mr Wickramage’s career includes the delivery of more 50 large-scale Cloud SaaS projects for global companies and the implementation of more than 100 mobile app ventures.   He said i4T Global will further expand its operations in the Australian market, focusing on residential and commercial property maintenance management. The company is

A Venture Capital (VC) committee has been established by Proptech Association Australia to help member companies unlock their investment potential and better understand the institutional investment landscape. The initial focus will be to provide information resources on VC funding, highlighting the different types of funding available and the varied priorities of individual VC companies. Committee chairman, former New Yorker now based in Sydney since 2022, Ari Ginsburg, said

www.scottehler.com Founder to lead the company into a new era of industry cooperation and technology development The prospective purchase of Dynamic Methods by realestate.com.au will not proceed. The founder and CEO of Dynamic Methods, David Howell, said his company would move forward without interruption or issue, continuing to deliver digital forms and contract services to Real Estate Institutes (REIs), agents and property managers across Australia. Mr Howell said Dynamic

Non-bank lender Real Flow has secured a $50 million financing warehouse from iPartners to accelerate its growth in Australia and New Zealand. CEO Justin Steer said it had been a busy six months for the award-winning proptech which specialises in both vendor and real estate agent loans. Real Flow’s New Zealand brand, List Now, also received a strategic investment from Trade Me Property and the companies will jointly run an interest-free promotion to support the industry. In ot

A proptech platform, designed to enable fast and efficient land transactions between residential developers and home builders, has created a new site function for managing exclusive stock agreements. On the back of its successful launch late last year, LandNow has responded to the strong market demand in Western Australia for new homes to create the latest software upgrade for land developers.  Simple to use, the Exclusive Release function allows land developers to prioritise

REACH Australia and New Zealand has announced its largest annual cohort with nine trailblazing companies to participate in the accelerator program for 2024. Created by early-stage technology fund Second Century Ventures, and backed by the National Association of Realtors®, REACH is marking its fifth year of operations in ANZ. The 2024 cohort will officially meet and begin working together at the REACH GENESIS Conference in Brisbane from March 14 to 16. REACH Australia Managin

MRI Property Tree users can now access the latest in sensor technology in the home to improve the safety of tenants and reduce risk for landlords through a new smoke alarm integration with Australian proptech startup, Sensor Global. Sensor Global has developed a revolutionary new automated ecosystem that uses IoT (Internet of Things) technology connecting rental property smoke alarms to the cloud allowing them to be managed and tested remotely, to better ensure tenant safety

Disruptive proptech company LandNow is bringing builders and developers together with a live online  marketplace to manage, search and secure land. In a first for the industry, prop-tech startup LandNow launched in November in Perth, with a massive 200 RSVPs from the building and property development industry gathering in one room. Hosted by comedian Arj Barker, and joined by LandNow’s founders and advisory board, the event was deemed a roaring success by those who attended,

By Cecille Weldon, Sustainability Advisor and Board Member Proptech Association of Australia is a non-voting member in the Residential Energy Efficiency Disclosure Initiative (REEDI) Governance Forum. This gives us a seat at the table where the big decisions are being made … the development of a National Framework for disclosing the Energy Efficiency of new and existing Residential Property Background The Trajectory for Low Energy Buildings, is a national plan agreed by all E

Award-winning Australian proptech Downsizer has partnered with India’s Tata Consultancy Services to accelerate technical development of its unique SaaS platform and support global growth at scale. The partnership is expected to see Downsizer leverage the TCS Co-Innovation NetworkTM (COINTM) to consolidate its position at the intersections of fintech, proptech and insurtech. The existing Downsizer SaaS platform offers a real-time sales dashboard to property developers. It also

Reapit, backed by technology-focused private equity firm Accel-KKR, has announced the acquisition of Inspect Real Estate (IRE), a provider of digital solutions for property professionals. The move bolsters Reapit’s suite of products and supports its global mergers and acquisitions strategy to integrate and deliver innovative products and services for residential estate agencies of all sizes worldwide. IRE has a broad portfolio of solutions in ANZ – including IRE One, TenantAp

Sydney and Madrid-based digital property investment platform PropHero has appointed Sophie Hayek to the newly created role of CEO Australia. The move has been designed to allow the award-winning proptech to continue its strong local growth while accelerating its global expansion plans. Delivering property investors a simple, transparent and feature-rich digital experience, PropHero helps clients invest in residential real estate in Australia and Spain. With Ms Hayek now runni

PlanRadar has been appointed key software vendor for engineering inspections and reports on Tasmania’s largest transport infrastructure project. The $786 million project to connect Bridgewater and Granton with a 1km bridge across the Derwent River, will replace an existing 75-year-old lift-span bridge. Major construction began last year with completion estimated in 2024. The new bridge will cut travel times for the 22,000 people who currently use the route each day, while als