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How to prospect in real estate
Australia’s spring selling season has arrived with fewer fresh listings than real estate agents are used to. New listings in the four weeks to 11 October 2026 were almost 12% below the five-year average, and an estimated 39,747 homes sold natio…
The future of intelligent property operations in Australia and New Zealand
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already influencing how property is managed and experienced across Australia and New Zealand. As AI adoption continues to grow across the property sector, organisations have shifted their focus on how it can improve ev…
What is a trust account? – How it works + real estate trust accounting software options
Managing financial responsibilities in real estate involves more than just rent collection and maintenance. A critical component is how you handle funds that do not belong to your business. For that, you need a clear understanding of trust accounts. …
Everyone’s using AI for lease abstraction. Almost nobody is ready for an audit.
Artificial intelligence is changing how commercial real estate and corporate real estate teams manage lease data. AI can extract information from complex documents in seconds, helping teams access key dates, clauses and financial information faster t…
Celebrating the people behind great property management
Every day, property managers make a meaningful difference to the people, properties, and communities they support. Reading through the nominations for Property Managers’ Day 2026 has been a powerful reminder of the care, dedication, leadership, and p…
Mastering real estate compliance with smarter workflows
Real estate compliance is no longer a background consideration, it’s a core part of how agencies operate every day. As regulations evolve and enforcement tightens, the consequences of getting it wrong are becoming more serious. Fines, reputational da…
Why lease data breaks at scale, and how leading financial services organisations fix it
Lease portfolios rarely fail all at once. They fracture gradually, one missed option date, one broken formula, one spreadsheet no one fully trusts anymore. For Heads of Property, Corporate Real Estate leaders, Facilities and Operations teams, and Fin…
Why manual lease abstraction is breaking finance, facilities and workplace alignment
Manual lease abstraction still sits quietly behind many property and finance operations. Across corporate real estate, facilities and finance teams, critical lease information is often extracted manually into spreadsheets, PDFs and disconnected syste…