Talk:Property technology

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Topic: Real Estate Technology -- Lots of issues with this article, starting with a need for basic copy editing or accurate translation into English; for instance the 3rd line: "Besides for own stay, there are investors who generate income ..." In addition to being unintelligible, the topic isn't the people who invest in commercial real estate, it is the companies, products and services that are on offer to the commercial real estate industry. On top of that, the article leaves out many of the emerging companies and types of technologies in the real estate technology space. Not all of them are for transaction management. Differentiation must be made among residential, multifamily, and different types of commercial products. Real estate development is many businesses - real estate, politics,finance, construction, marketing, etc. Differentiation must be made between property marketing/sourcing, institutional marketing (brokerages, property management companies, developers, title/escrow companies, financing companies), transaction of acquisitions/dispositions, property management/administration, property data aggregation, economic analysis (micro and macro), storage, funds transmission, and deal analysis, among others. Not all of them operate online, available to non-subscribers. Some are closed enterprise only; others reside "in the cloud", still others are accessed through a search engine. Then there is emerging commercial real estate technology under the rubric of "smart buildings" through technology whose systems are not open to the public.

I would like to see others, who have access to far more intel than I have and who are knowledgeable about commercial real estate technology contribute to this Wiki so that it becomes comprehensive, organized and intelligible. Nadinac (talk) 21:22, 10 June 2018 (UTC)


 * These are all good points from Nadinac below and have tried to tidy up the language and added more examples and cited sources. It's a much bigger topic than the page currently suggests and I think more sub-sections and categories need to be added. - 6485588622-bote —Preceding undated comment added 13:01, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I'd also note, that the article uses too many "involved" sources and PR platforms with a commercial interest in the topic. While the occasional use of such sources is often unavoidable in a commercial topic, it is better to rely on reputed uninvolved experts in almost all cases. Otherwise an article fails to describe a topic from a neutral observer's point of view and risks to repeat biased talking points from providers without the necessary encyclopedic distance. I have tagged a few of the more obvious cases - not necessarily dealbreakers, but they should be replaced with better sources over time. GermanJoe (talk) 12:44, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Recent addition of PropTech publication
Just a few clarifying words why the recent addition of a 2018 PropTech publication was reverted as book spam: According to the book's Amazon listing its publisher is the company PropTech Asset Management - this is a self-published book by a small, relatively new investment company (their website domain proptecham.com has been registered in May 2018, and lacks any verifiable details about importance or credentials). The author describes himself as "technology evangelist" (per LinkedIn). Mass addition of such a self-published source is obvious, promotional book spam. And the term "PropTech" and its meaning are already mentioned with superior sources anyway in another paragraph, so such an addition is also entirely redundant. GermanJoe (talk) 14:45, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Request edit on 21 February 2020
Hi, I work with Unissu a PropTech 'hub' made up of almost 100,000 users and influencers and 7,000+ companies. We are building extensive resources around the data that this provides such as funding and company data which can be split by sector and locality. We are currently working with Oxford University among others and can offer high value data to improve this Property technology page and make it more informative. I had previously edited the page myself but realise this was a conflict of interest which I apologise for. I had only meant to improve the page. We have full PropTech funding figures for 2019 from our own data and this is not behind a pay wall as with some of the other links. We would be happy to provide any data you require for this page around the subject. We could also provide an overview of commercial property technology if this was of interest. Thanks, Matt Findandimprove (talk) 10:47, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Reply 21-FEB-2020

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 * I also don't see evidence that Unissu analytics are a sufficiently reliable source. Would recommend reopening this request when your analytics are published in reviewed journal or cited by a secondary source. – Thjarkur (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Please change : In the first six months of 2019, $12.9 billion was poured into real-estate tech startups by venture investors, which surpassed the $12.7 billion record for all of 2017. In 2015, real estate tech reached record funding and deals levels, with more than $1.7bn deployed globally across more than 190 deals.

To read as : In the first six months of 2019, $12.9 billion was poured into real-estate tech startups by venture investors, which surpassed the $12.7 billion record for all of 2017. In 2018, this figure was close to $15bn across 898 funding events. In 2015, real estate tech reached record funding and deals levels, with more than $1.7bn deployed globally across more than 190 deals.

References supporting change: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-02/proptech2020.pdf Page 13

Reply 19-MAR-2020
Regards, Spintendo  12:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The requested information to be added to the article contains a reference document that is 112 pages in length, and no page number has been applied to the reference's citation template.

Please change : In the first six months of 2019, $12.9 billion was poured into real-estate tech startups by venture investors, which surpassed the $12.7 billion record for all of 2017. In 2015, real estate tech reached record funding and deals levels, with more than $1.7bn deployed globally across more than 190 deals.

To read as : In the first six months of 2019, $12.9 billion was poured into real-estate tech startups by venture investors, which surpassed the $12.7 billion record for all of 2017. In 2018, this figure was close to $15bn across 898 funding events. In 2015, real estate tech reached record funding and deals levels, with more than $1.7bn deployed globally across more than 190 deals.

References supporting change: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-02/proptech2020.pdf Page 13