Proptech
The software and services changing how Queensland property is listed, sold and managed.
RTA replaces its core systems as online forms pass 80 per cent
The Residential Tenancies Authority's 2025-26 annual report dates its new core systems to 2 June 2026 and counts 988,333 requests through RTA Web Services in the year.
Virtual tours, 3D models and floor plans: accuracy and the law
How the digital parts of a property listing are produced, what accuracy their makers state, and what consumer law and Queensland's agents law say when one is wrong.
ACCC accepts REA undertaking: agencies need not list every property
REA Group has given the ACCC a court-enforceable undertaking to stop requiring agencies to put all or most of their listings on realestate.com.au for three years.
Keypads, fobs and key safes: Queensland's lock and entry rules apply
A code or an app can open a Queensland rental or a home for sale, but the tenancy Act's rules on keys, lock changes, entry notices and accompanied viewings still decide who may walk in.
The software inside a real estate agency, and what trust law asks
An agency runs on five kinds of software. Queensland law says little about most of them and a great deal about the one that holds trust money: what it must do, and what an auditor checks.
RTA Web Services: how Queensland bonds are lodged and refunded online
How the Residential Tenancies Authority's online bond services work: the login, lodgement, the 48-hour fast track refund, contributor changes and what is still done on paper.
From agency software to the portal: how a property listing travels
A listing is typed once and copied to every portal. How the feed works, what Queensland trust rules say about advertising money, who measures portal audiences and what an ad may claim.
Domain and REA take their rival marketing claims to the Federal Court
Australia's two largest property portals are each asking the Federal Court to rule on the other's advertising figures, including a claim shown on a Gold Coast Airport billboard.
Automated valuation models: what is behind an online price estimate
How an automated valuation model turns sale records into a price estimate, how providers express its accuracy, how lenders are expected to use it, and where it struggles.
Free government property data in Queensland: what each map shows
Queensland Globe, QTopo, QImagery, FloodCheck and the State's planning maps are free to use. Here is what each one shows, how it is searched and what none of them can tell you.