Why Is Now The Time For PropTech In Australia? with Kylie Davis and Scott Willson

Sep 14, 2021

In this episode The Propcast
talks to Kylie Davis, President of PropTech Australia Association
and Scott Willson, CEO of Forbury to talk about the trends in
Australian PropTech adoption, along with the obstacles PropTech can
face down under. They also discuss the mission of PropTech
Australia Association, and find out more about Forbury’s CRE
valuation software which has recently launched in the
UK.

Key Insights From This Episode

• I’m really looking forward to Australian
  PropTech’s potential to transform how we live and work and interact
  with the built environment around the world –
  Kylie Davis
• it’s not just about investment and dollars when
  we’re talking about residential real estate, we’re talking about
  the most important asset people have – it’s people’s homes and it’s
  where their hearts and their families are –
  Kylie Davis
• In the last 18 months is a real awareness of,
  there are better ways to do things and actually it’s not risky to
  do it. It’s risky not to do it – Scott
  Willson
• I’m excited how quickly Australian PropTech is
  growing. I’m excited about how our market is really of interest to
  overseas PropTechs – Kylie
  Davis
• There will become a time when the effort that
  goes into avoiding the change, or avoiding learning the thing that
  you don’t want to learn, becomes actually greater than actually
  just getting into stuck into it and embracing it –
  Kylie Davis
• Don’t underestimate how hard it is to get the
  true modern product market fit, and really understand what job
  you’re trying to solve – Scott
  Willson
• So big data’s been around for a while, but I
  think we’re starting to make sense of it – Kylie
  Davis

About Our Guests

Kylie Davis

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyliecdavis/?originalSubdomain=au 

Kylie Davis is a leading
commentator and speaker on Proptech and innovation in real estate
in Australia. She is the founder of the Proptech Association of Australia
and has successfully established
and sold two startups. Her most recent ventures have been
HomePrezzo and Real Content which were acquired by
ActivePipe in July 2020. Kylie has an MBA from the
University of NSW and a 25-year career across media and big data,
holding senior editorial and marketing roles at Fairfax, News Corp
and CoreLogic. Kylie is an advisor on advisory boards including
Cribz, Property Investment Professionals Australia and consults to
the Real Estate Institute of NSW and OpenAgent. She was a finalist
in the thought leadership category of the 2019 REB Women in Real
Estate Awards

Scott Willson

https://www.linkedin.com/in/willsonscott/?originalSubdomain=nz 

Scott is the CEO of
Forbury, the market leading valuation platform for
commercial real estatae in Australia and New Zealand. Scott grew
the Forbury business from the ground up, and as CEO he has
developed analysts, software developers, and product, sales and
marketing managers into a high-performing team. Using a highly
analytical approach, Scott undertakes process improvement,
forecasting and financial modelling, and strategy development. His
ability to simplify complex information extends to his management
approach. He is proud of Forbury’s achievements and status as the
number one business of its kind in Australasia. Scott speaks
passionately about this success, conveying the power of the Forbury
product and the Forbury people. Scott holds an Honours Commerce
Degree specialising in Operations Research.

About Our Host

Louisa Dickins

https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-dickins-ab065392/?originalSubdomain=uk 

Louisa started her career in
property working at a well-known estate agency in London. Realising
her people skills, she moved over to Lloyd May to pursue a career
in recruitment. She now is a Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven
by PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees
their 5 core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a
constructive recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real
estate. Louisa is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech
Association (UKPA).

About LMRE

www.lmre.tech 

LMRE believe there is a better
way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more comprehensive, client led focus
delivering exceptional talent to the place at the time. They are
passionate about the industry and passionate about people’s
careers. LMRE spend time with each client to become and an
extension of the business, and their transparency and core values
help them grow with the sector. LMRE simplify recruitment and
innovate with our clients and evolve the people driven, PropTech
community.

Resources Mentioned

LMRE website www.lmre.tech 

Forbury website www.forbury.com

Proptech Association
Australia www.proptechassociation.com.au

Link to Kylie’s articles:

www.proptechassociation.om.au/author/kyliecdavis 

For full episode transcript head to
www.lmre.tech/blog