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The great and the good of property gathered together at Grosvenor House on Park Lane for the 2018 Property Awards.

Earlier this year, Property Week, in association with Freeths, surveyed members of the property industry to find out what impact technology is having and will continue to have on their business over the next few years.

The property industry has not had the best reputation when it comes to community engagement, but in an era where technology is enabling the market to get closer to the public there should really be no excuse.

As a young woman working in the construction industry, Savannah De Savary grew frustrated with the inefficiencies she perceived. Despite never intending to start a company, the problems she saw inspired her to find solutions through tech.

The EG Tech Awards is all about championing the tech and real estate stars, innovators and adopters embracing digital transformation as the historically slow-moving property sector is propelled headfirst into a far more reactive, agile future.

Built-ID has launched a new community engagement tool, Give-My-View. The platform empowers communities and gives them a voice in decision–making.

Just 2% of the general public trust developers and only 7% trust local authorities when it comes to planning for large-scale development, according to a survey of more than 2,000 people by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland.

Digital platforms are an increasingly common way for many people to engage and communicate in general, and using digital interactive tools, such as that from Built-ID illustrated here, can offer visually engaging and familiar 'gamified' ways to engage people with proposals.

Community engagement app maker Built-ID has hired three new team members to grow its business and support its Give-My-View platform.

We are firm believers that town centres are the heart of communities and there is an opportunity to introduce a more dynamic mix of residential uses, workspace and leisure facilities, creating places to live, work and play.

The human element is one of the most fundamental factors at the heart of real estate, whether it be understanding how occupiers utilise a space, how residents choose a home or how office space attracts and retains talent.

A few weeks ago, I published an article discussing the dearth of female-founded PropTech startups. Part of the reason for this, as we saw in the article, is due to PropTech sitting at the intersection of tech and real estate, two industries that historically have lower female participation than other sectors.

The UK’s rising stars in the commercial property sector have trekked into London to be recognised at the British Council for Offices’ fourth annual NextGen Awards ceremony.

GovTech startups are helping to transform the way the UK is run. As huge strides are made in artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital communications, it’s unsurprising that governments and public services are looking to utilise these tools to work more efficiently.

Changing the industry will come from people and companies outside property, according to Barry Jessup, director of developer First Base.

The UK’s nascent prop tech sector has the potential to rebuild how we live. Within a short amount of time, we could be buying homes with a single click or helping to shape a new community with a tap on an app.