Mace: Innovating in an industry with low margins

What was hot on the conference stages and exhibition floor at the biggest ever pure proptech gathering in the UK attended by nearly 2,000 people in London on Tuesday?

PlaceTech visited Drees & Sommer's latest R+D hub to find out about the tech in the building, the startups the company is working with, and the firm's innovation strategy.

Massive valuations in IPOs such as Uber, Lyft and Pinterest show what a seller’s market it is in tech right now and the property side is no exception. Nicola Byrne sat down with Ben Lerner, mergers and acquisitions advisor, to talk about the ripple effect of investment on consolidation and maturity in the proptech industry.

Charlie Wade, managing director of VTS, joined PlaceTech to chat about his work at JLL, what it was like in Silicon Valley, his move into the world of tech and more.

Property professionals and technology entrepreneurs from across the world were travelling to London on Monday to attend FUTURE: PropTech.

Automated valuation models are among the emerging technologies predicted to sweep through the industry's professional ranks in the coming years. 

KPMG asked 740 “tech industry leaders” about their innovation priorities and found IoT the biggest likely winner in the next three years and increasing scepticism of artificial intelligence.

Emma Cullen, chief operating officer of Palmer Capital, joined PlaceTech to chat about her interesting career journey and Palmer's digital transformation.