The real estate sector is also facing far-reaching transformation processes. In addition to the goal of climate neutrality, digitalization is becoming increasingly important. Property technology - or PropTechs for short - start-ups that develop innovative technological solutions for the real estate sector play a key role in this. Current results of the ZIA-IW Real Estate Sentiment Index show: Investment in research and development (R&D) is trending upwards, as is the number of collaborations with PropTech companies.
In the current IW Summary Report 44/2025, Ralph Henger and Michael Voigtländer analyze the latest data on R&D expenditure in the real estate sector and on cooperation with PropTech start-ups. They place the results in the context of the ecological transformation and its challenges for the sector. You can find the short report here or on the IW website.
