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PROPTECH AUSTRALIA NEWS
2026 Proptech Awards: Celebrating a New Horizon of Innovation
The last 12 months have been an amazing and often challenging time for proptechs. Yet the passion and innovation in our community continues to rise with new products and solutions for residential and commercial real estate.
Feb 26
Cloudflare Backs Proptech Innovation with Start-up Program for Proptech Awards Finalists
Global network Cloudflare has offered all Start-Up and Scale-Up finalists of the 2026 Proptech of the Year awards up to $300,000 in credits to provide access to its developer platform and global network.
The credits are available at $10k, $100k and $300k tiers as part of the company’s Start-Up program. It will provide access to the Cloudflare Developer Platform and Global Network to build fast, secure and scalable applications
3 days ago
Proptech Awards raises $6,500 for The Rise Initiative's mental wellness mission
Sydney, 14 July, 2026 – The 2026 Proptech Awards has raised $6,500 for the real estate charity, The Rise Initiative, through a charity auction held during the gala awards night on at The Ivy, Sydney, earlier this month.
Nearly 300 guests from across the Australian proptech and real estate sectors gathered for the industry's premier awards night, celebrating innovation, leadership and excellence in property technology.
3 days ago
Proptech Spotlight – Transforming fragmented data into AI-ready assets
In the race to adopt AI, many proptech organisations are discovering a hard truth – their data is not ready. Fragmented, inconsistent and incomplete datasets are holding back the very innovations that promise to transform the property industry.
That is the focus of the next Proptech Spotlight webinar, hosted by Proptech Australia President Kylie Davis on Tuesday, 21 July at 1 pm Sydney time. This free online session brings together two industry experts to tackle one of the s
Jul 8
Verifiable Credentials: What They Mean for Proptech
The Australian Government wants to make credentials digital — driver licences, income statements, qualifications — in a way that's cryptographically secure, privacy-preserving, and instantly verifiable. They've released a proposed framework and are asking the industry how it should be implemented.
Property is one of the most credential-heavy sectors in the economy, and verifiable credentials (VCs) will change how tenant verification, agent licensing, and ownership checks wor
Jul 7
AI and Asset Management Lead the Way as Proptech Australia Announces 2026 Proptech Award Winners
Sydney (3 July 2026): Proptech Australia announced the winners of the 2026 Proptech of the Year awards at a gala dinner at The Ivy Ballroom in Sydney on Thursday night, with nearly 300 industry leaders, entrepreneurs, sponsors and supporters in attendance.
Jul 3
ANALYSIS
Five Things the 2026 Proptech Award Winners Tell Us About the Future of Property Technology
Every year when I sit down to review the Proptech Award entries, I get a snapshot of where our industry is really at. Not where the hype cycle says we are. Not where the conference keynotes say we should be. But where the actual companies — the ones building, shipping and selling — are right now.
This year, we had 166 entries competing for 35 awards. That's a record. And the standard was exceptional.
But what was most interesting wasn't the volume. It was the patterns.
4 days ago
$274m plus in proptech investment shows acceleration of the industry
The past two years have been extremely busy for proptech investment in Australia. At the Proptech Association Australia, we have identified 18 separate transactions. We were only able to source the values of nine of those 18 transactions but that alone represents at least $274m in investment since late 2019. Much of this activity is established players purchasing scaling proptechs to expand or deepen their product set to enhance innovation and get closer to customers. We a
Jan 24, 2025
Inside the minds of software product managers
Australian technology recruitment company Real Time has released an industry talent report based on hundreds of conversations with in-demand software product managers. Inside the Minds of Australia’s Greatest Software Product Talent , published in February 2024, examined what motivated product managers, along with the issues they described as current struggles. Real Time Director Ellis Taylor said it was important to find out what attracted product managers to a new role, a
Feb 19, 2024
APAC GenAI spending to triple
Asia-Pacific companies are quickly ramping up investments in generative AI and entering a higher stage of maturity, according to new research from the Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI). The research arm of Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, reported that while APAC spending currently lagged that of North America, the adoption, effectiveness and growth were among the highest globally. Forecasts revealed a 140% increase in total APAC Ge
Feb 19, 2024
Fact checking Australia’s housing affordability and supply issues
By Kylie Davis As Australians struggle with the challenges of affordable housing, the cliches of greedy landlords, sleazy real estate agents and dodgy builders are dredged up repeatedly. And now there’s a new one – discriminatory proptech. They are unhelpful narratives that seek to assign blame onto the many, based on the behaviour of a very few, thereby avoiding dealing with the structural issues in housing, construction and investment in this country that are unique to us
May 8, 2023
Are you ready for Proptech 3.0?
By Kylie Davis One of the biggest technology trends coming down the pipe is the rise of Web 3.0 which is going to significantly change how we use, engage with and trust all technology – not just proptech. If like me, you were blissfully unaware that the web had model numbers*, it helps to review the past and current iterations of the web to understand this idea better. Web 1.0 was the first generation – when the internet started. I remember this well. My husband, who was th
Feb 15, 2023
INDUSTRY NEWS
The quiet cost the new AML rules added to every property deal — and the model that removes it
Since 1 July 2026, every real estate agency in Australia that brokers a property sale is a reporting entity under AUSTRAC's Tranche 2 AML/CTF regime. Most of the conversation this year has been about the visible work: enrolling with AUSTRAC, writing an AML/CTF programme, training staff, filing the annual report.
There's a quieter cost that hasn't had the same attention, and it's the one now showing up on invoices.
3 days ago
Five Things the 2026 Proptech Award Winners Tell Us About the Future of Property Technology
Every year when I sit down to review the Proptech Award entries, I get a snapshot of where our industry is really at. Not where the hype cycle says we are. Not where the conference keynotes say we should be. But where the actual companies — the ones building, shipping and selling — are right now.
This year, we had 166 entries competing for 35 awards. That's a record. And the standard was exceptional.
But what was most interesting wasn't the volume. It was the patterns.
4 days ago
Verifiable Credentials: What They Mean for Proptech
The Australian Government wants to make credentials digital — driver licences, income statements, qualifications — in a way that's cryptographically secure, privacy-preserving, and instantly verifiable. They've released a proposed framework and are asking the industry how it should be implemented.
Property is one of the most credential-heavy sectors in the economy, and verifiable credentials (VCs) will change how tenant verification, agent licensing, and ownership checks wor
Jul 7
NRL great Ben Ikin joins Queensland PropTech firm SearchX as CEO to lead national growth
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.
Jun 18
Regional Frontier: Navigating the Rural Property Market
As we look across the 2026 landscape, the rural property market is transitioning from a period of "startup chaos" to one of "scale-up structure".
According to the latest findings from the DAS (Digital Agriculture Services) Australian Rural Property Sales Report 2025, the market is currently a story of quiet resilience, characterised by record-high median prices even as transaction volumes face a significant cooling period.
Apr 30
The Generic Compliance Tool Problem Nobody in Real Estate Is Talking About
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.
Apr 13
MEMBER NEWS
Market Leader Forms Live Launches Independently in Queensland
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.
Jul 1
NRL great Ben Ikin joins Queensland PropTech firm SearchX as CEO to lead national growth
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.
Jun 18
iGUIDE launch boosts property search with immersive 3D technology
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.
Apr 30
RexLabs alumni reunite to launch performance intelligence platform Sonar AI
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.
Apr 30
Proptech Powerhouses Dynamic Methods and RESO Announce Strategic Alliance to Simplify Real Estate Sales Workflows
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.
Apr 30
The Generic Compliance Tool Problem Nobody in Real Estate Is Talking About
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.
Apr 13
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