Proptech promises reinvention, but it often perpetuates outdated real estate systems with sleeker digital interfaces rather than true structural change. True industry disruption requires giving ...

As the U.S. economy improves, the question of where real estate resides in the economic cycle, and how that relates to proptech, is a matter of conjecture with no clear answer. Proptech entrepreneurs ...

In the beginning, there was real estate technology. Then, real estate tech. For about the last decade, the term “proptech” has come to be accepted as meaning digital innovation in the real estate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ilona writes about how tech & culture shape the future of money. While proptech headlines often highlight automation, analytics, ...

Building and owning a home has been part of human life for as long as civilization itself. But in the past few decades, the lens through which we view real estate and property development has slowly ...

The built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of carbon emissions worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency. While a portion of that is from the energy and materials required to ...

After a surge in proptech investment in 2021 and 2022, the flow of funds into the sector has tailed off in 2023. But industry insiders insist it continues to have a bright future, given the increasing ...

Proptech is proving a boon for beleaguered property agents, under pressure to comply with fast-evolving legislation on crime prevention and security. Strict identity checks, for example, help combat ...

The affordable housing sector is expected to propel proptech investments in the country. The segment is projected to grow steadily at 15% CAGR, from $6 billion in 2023 to $16 billion by 2030, ...

The real battle for proptech is over where consumers start, and the companies that control that entry point control everything that follows. Proptech has spent a decade building better tools. The next ...

The Nigeria Proptech Association has said that the country’s proptech industry’s market size has reached an all time high of $11.7bn and is expected to hit approximately $23.7bn by the year 2027.