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Aussie investors heightening proptech demand
The demand for greater technology when purchasing property is being bolstered by more Australians looking to take on home ownership, according to an expert.
Speaking to Smart Property Investment as part of the proptech special, Managed co-founder and director Nick Bouris shared how local proptech is worlds apart from the US, largely driven by a notion of fulfilling the Great Aussie Dream.
âItâs actually interesting because we are such a small population, and I think we have the best proptech market in the world, and that has a lot to do with the fact that weâre totally obsessed with real estate here in Australia,â Mr Bouris said.
During the same conversation, Mr Bouris noted that this obsession is and will continue to heighten demand for technology when investing in property moving forward.
âWe pour all of our consumer and investment dollars into property, and naturally technology and industry builds around demand,â he said.
âIf you compare this to America or the UK, home ownership isnât such a priority â no one talks about monthly repayments, itâs all monthly rent. Even wealthy people rent and they chuck their investment dollars into stocks or managed funds.
âAs a result, we see technology growing and evolving around other industries like social media technology like Snapchat and Instagram, meal bill splitting apps like Venmo, micro-investing platforms like Acorns. Thatâs why America leads that kind of technology; vanity consumerism reigns supreme over there.â
When it comes to local proptech providers, Mr Bouris said there are âtonnes of innovations that are changing the marketâ.
According to Mr Bouris, these include âproperty management tools like FLK IT OVER [which] is digitising forms (paperless offices); Inspection Express and Inspect RE, [which] are doing a kick-ass job at managing open homes and routine inspections; [and] AgentBox and Campaign Track, [which] do a great job at managing the sales process and providing insight to sellers along with agentsâ.
In terms of his own company, Managed, Mr Bouris said it, too, aims to change the market by âautomating payments and replacing older trust accounting software like RESTâ.
âThere are a few points of difference that weâre quite proud of at Managed App. But, principally, I would certainly say with the help of our banking partners, the ability to facilitate and automate payments for agencies, landlords, tenants and tradespeople,â Mr Bouris added.
âThis is by far the major headache for these parties and is allowing our agency customers to grow and scale their business.â
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