Technology

Refilling offices: Is proptech the solution?

Staff are cautiously beginning to return to the office after 18 months of working from home. Owners of office assets are keen to recoup losses. Does proptech hold the answers?

Proptech fundraising heading for a record year

Venture capital funding for proptech companies hit a record in the first half of 2021, and the momentum is expected to continue.

Three key trends to watch in proptech

Rising investment in real estate technology amid pandemic-era shifts in working mean proptech’s time has come. Here are some key takeaways from PERE’s 2021 Technology Report.

Yardi on how to improve visibility into real estate debt

Technology can help real estate lenders and borrowers gain transparency and mitigate risks in loan management, say Chris Barbier and Alex Droste.

Jiangong Real Estate Group: Micro-cities mean big ideas on a small scale

Having already rolled out some experimental ‘micro-cities’ in Hangzhou, China, Jiangong Real Estate Group’s Li Li explains why they could be a game-changer in industry and real estate investment

Sanne: Lock up your data!

Data is transforming the way real estate managers do business. But many are lagging when it comes to data security, say Sanne’s Chris Thoume and Ash Hunt.

MSCI on calculating the risk to real estate income

Covid has shown the need for data tools that enable investors to understand the risk that tenant defaults pose to cashflows, argues René Veerman.

RealPage on finding value through data quality

A combination of people, process and technology is key to ensuring high-quality data leads to optimized real estate investment decisions, argues RealPage’s Mark Trocolar.

Alter Domus: Automation for capital administration is gaining traction

The industry is embracing automation as capital continues to flow into the alternative investment sector, argue Alter Domus’s Gary Shelto and Dean Schaffer

PATRIZIA: Smart buildings from the customer perspective

With smart building technologies proliferating, Philippe Le Fort and Conan Lauterpacht discuss what investors need to know about the space