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26/10/2026

A number from the Proptech Pulse 2026 that might surprise you: only 9% of ANZ proptech leaders name regulatory uncertainty as a top blocker of adoption.

That is in a year when AML/CTF tranche two arrived, Victoria rewrote its auction rules and energy-rating disclosure moved closer. The rulebook has rarely changed this fast.

But the same leaders are clear about what actually stalls adoption: change management and training, at 42% - the most-chosen answer by a wide margin, ahead of integration and budget.

In other words, the rules are changing, but deals still stall where they always have - at the point where a business has to change how it works.

If you have rolled out new tech this year: what slowed it down more - the rules, or the routine? (Proptech Pulse 2026, n = 146)

25/10/2026

New week, same three objections.

When the Proptech Pulse 2026 asked ANZ proptech leaders what concerns their customers raise most about automation, capability didn't top the list. Staff acceptance and workflow disruption came first (47%), then accuracy or errors (45%), then privacy and data use (42%) - n = 146.

In other words: customers aren't really asking whether the technology works. They're asking what it does to their people, their mistakes and their data.

If you're selling or rolling out proptech this week, odds are one of those three lands in your first meeting. Which one do you hear most - and what's your best answer to it?

24/10/2026

Here's the widest gap in the Proptech Pulse 2026: 70% of ANZ proptech leaders know governments are exploring residential energy-performance ratings at the point of sale or rent - but only 3% say their product already supports energy-efficiency information.

The middle is all intent: 23% have it on the roadmap, 12% are considering it, and 49% have no plans at all. Nobody wants to build to a standard that might change. Fair enough. But that is exactly how whitespace stays open - right up until it doesn't.

Energy and running-cost data is already something buyers and renters ask about, regulation or not. Is energy data anywhere on your roadmap - or are you waiting to see which standard wins?

23/10/2026

Here's a number from the Proptech Pulse 2026 that says a lot about where the sector's head is at: 76% of ANZ proptech leaders say common data standards would make adoption easier - and 29% say significantly easier (n = 146).

Think about that for a second. In an industry where everyone competes on product, three out of four agree that what's holding adoption back is shared plumbing nobody owns. And a standard only works if competitors sit at the same table and agree on it - which makes it community work, not product work.

The report puts it plainly: the sector is asking for connective tissue - marketplaces, standards, collaboration - so that already-built technology can reach the systems it needs to touch.

Who should hold the pen on common data standards - the big platforms, the industry bodies, or the proptechs themselves?

22/10/2026

Victoria's new reserve price rules are in force - and the auction market moved almost immediately.

Melbourne sent 500 homes to auction last week, down 28.9% on the week before, and this week's bookings are roughly 70% below the same week last year, according to Cotality's preliminary results. Cotality's Tim Lawless says the sharp decline coincides with the introduction of the reserve price transparency rules.

What the rules actually require, per Consumer Affairs Victoria: the reserve must be published at least 7 days before the auction, as a single dollar figure. Online ads must be updated within one business day. And the sold price must be published within 7 days of going unconditional - and stay online for at least 18 months.

The interesting part: fewer auctions, but a better result - Melbourne's preliminary clearance rate rose to 56.2%, the strongest in four weeks. Disclosure seems to be filtering which campaigns go under the hammer at all.

Every number regulation pushes into the public record becomes something to build on: compliance workflow on one side, richer pricing data on the other.

If you sell into or build for Victorian agents - what changes first in your world now that the reserve is public: the campaign, the pricing conversation, or the software?

21/10/2026

Here's a number from the Proptech Pulse 2026 that decides more go-live dates than any product roadmap: 49% of ANZ proptechs say missing or incomplete data is the biggest data challenge they meet across customers. Legacy systems limiting access come next at 28%, inconsistent formats at 17% - and 13% say their customers simply lack the time to clean the data themselves.

Which is why implementation timelines are so often set by the state of the customer's records, not by the software. The adoption play is to treat the data audit as step one of the rollout: scope the clean-up, give it an owner, and price it in - rather than discovering it in week three.

If you're building or buying proptech right now: who owns the data clean-up in your implementation plan - the vendor, the customer, or nobody yet?

Proptech Pulse 2026, n = 146.

20/10/2026

Here's a detail from the Proptech Pulse 2026 that most AI coverage misses.

When 146 ANZ proptech senior leaders rated how important human oversight is in automated workflows, the most common answer wasn't the maximum. It was 4 out of 5 - chosen by 37%. Another 28% did choose 5 (critical), 65% sit at 4 or 5 overall, and not a single respondent picked 1.

So the market isn't rejecting automation, and it isn't asking for full autonomy either. The report calls the centre of gravity "human-supervised automation": the system drafts, checks and routes, and a qualified person decides.

The practical upshot for anyone building or buying: visible review steps and clear human accountability are what most of this market is actually paying for.

Where would you let software run without a human sign-off today - and where would you never?

19/10/2026

The first AML/CTF fines have landed. AUSTRAC announced on 30 September that it has issued infringement notices to real estate, accounting and jewellery businesses that failed to enrol - up to $21,840 for a company, $4,368 for an individual, and the penalties can accrue daily while the failure continues.

About 90% of the businesses AUSTRAC first flagged have since registered or tried to, per CEO Brendan Thomas. But as of late August, agency registrations sat at 17,970 against roughly 45,000 offices nationwide - and AUSTRAC says it is actively looking for the rest.

Our Proptech Pulse 2026 research saw this split coming: on the commercial sub-sample (n = 111), 43% of proptechs were already moving on AML/CTF demand - building it into product, prioritising specialist integrations or handling it through services - while 24% planned to monitor and wait. Movers outnumbered waiters nearly two to one, and enforcement has now put a price on waiting.

If you build for agencies: has AML/CTF demand shown up in your sales conversations yet - or are your customers still waiting too?

18/10/2026

Sunday question for the week ahead. The Proptech Pulse 2026 asked ANZ proptech leaders what most builds a customer's confidence to adopt a new solution. The clear winner was not a feature list or a security pack - it was a pilot or trial that demonstrates value, named by 55% (n = 146).

The report puts the sales playbook in nine words: prove it, plan it, and show it has worked elsewhere.

So here is the Monday test. If a prospect asked for a pilot this week, how quickly could you say yes - and what would it actually prove by the end?

17/10/2026

Here's a split from the Proptech Pulse 2026 worth a second look. Asked about Australia's AML/CTF tranche two reforms, exactly half of ANZ proptech leaders - 50% - said they were very familiar with the changes. Another 25% were aware but not across the details. And 25% were not aware at all (n = 146).

Fieldwork closed weeks before the obligations commenced on 1 July 2026, so that was the sector's starting line on day one: half across the detail, a quarter skimming, a quarter not watching. The companies that learned the rules early mostly did it because their customers made them - and the quarter that didn't are catching up in real time now, one customer question at a time.

Where was your familiarity sitting when the deadline hit - across the detail, or learning as the questions arrive?

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