Real estate businesses face the challenge of staying competitive in the market. As transactions, property management, and client communications increasingly move online, choosing the right technological solutions can define success or spell setbacks.

In this article, we break down the essentials of real estate software development, highlight the most impactful PropTech trends, and explain which tools and features are shaping the industry. Drawing from our real estate development experience, we also share best practices, proven technologies, and approaches that can help real estate companies achieve greater efficiency.

What is PropTech

PropTech (property technology) is about using technology to solve problems in the real estate industry. It’s a broad term that covers apps, websites, and platforms that help people buy, sell, rent, and manage property faster and easier.

Real estate software is at the core of PropTech. It connects property owners, agents, and users through online tools, which makes it easier to post listings, manage documents, sign agreements, and see market changes in real time. With the right software, real estate businesses spend less time on paperwork and routine tasks and give better service to their users.

PropTech market overview

The PropTech sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, with market valuations varying significantly across different research sources. The global PropTech market is valued between $35–47 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $88–179 billion by 2030-2034, representing compound annual growth rates (CAGR) of 10–16%.

The real estate market is seeing rapid expansion, with Fortune Business Insights forecasting growth from $40.19 billion in 2025 to $88.37 billion by 2032 at an 11.9% CAGR. Some PropTech market reports predict even faster growth, projecting the sector could reach $179.03 billion by 2034. Investment in PropTech remains strong, totaling $4.48 billion in the first half of 2025 — a 25% increase over the previous period. North America continues to lead the real estate market, accounting for 38–40% of global PropTech value.

25% increase over the previous period. North America continues to lead the real estate market, accounting for 38–40% of global PropTech value.

Common types of real estate software

For entrepreneurs, it’s crucial to understand which solutions exist in the real estate development market. Here are some of the main types of solutions used by agents, developers, and managers.

Property management software

Property managers and landlords use these tools to handle leases, talk to tenants, schedule repairs, collect rent, and create reports. Most property management systems show all important tasks on a dashboard, so the team can track what’s happening and finish work on time.

Buildium

A comprehensive real estate solution for both residential and commercial properties, offering online rent collection, maintenance tracking, accounting, and leasing features.

CRM and ERP platforms

Agents and property management teams can use real estate CRM platforms to track all communication with users, automate follow-ups, and keep contact information in order. ERP systems let teams manage sales, payments, accounting, and property information in one place. When business owners and property managers use the right tool, they don’t waste time switching between different apps.

Strategic ERP

Combines advanced CRM software and ERP functions for project management, budgeting, and customer lifecycle management in the real estate sector.

Listing platforms

Agencies and property owners post property listings on these websites or apps. Using such real estate software, customers can search using filters, look at property photos, and try virtual tours. With proper design, such websites can boost sales of real estate agencies.

Zillow

Leading real estate marketplace providing extensive property listings and seamless MLS/IDX integration for up-to-date listings.

Homeowners Associations (HOA) software

HOA organize online voting, share documents, track payments, and send announcements using these systems. Board members and residents get transparency and easy access to information.

Innago

User-friendly platform offering automated payment collection, document management, and maintenance tracking.

Loan origination systems

Mortgage companies and banks use this real estate software to collect documents, check credit, and approve property loans. Customers can apply for a loan online and get timely updates.

Timvero

A digital platform designed to automate and simplify the entire lending process, enabling financial institutions to manage applications, credit assessments, approvals, and compliance more efficiently.

Of course, there are other types of real estate software solutions in the market. However, these are among the most widely used and provide the essential features that real estate companies need.

Top trends in PropTech and real estate software development

There are several key trends in real estate software development that will be relevant:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Real estate firms use AI to automate daily tasks. For example, AI tools read lease documents and pull out key data, fill in forms for data entry, answer questions in chat, and give advice on market trends or pricing. This helps teams process documents faster, cut down on manual errors, and reply to user requests without delays.

AI adoption in real estate software development is set to grow by over 40% globally by 2026, with PropTech investments in AI solutions expected to surpass €10 billion annually. The AI in the real estate market is projected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2030, driven by applications such as automated property valuation, predictive analytics, AI-driven tenant screening, and chatbots that automate 80% of tenant communication.

Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR)

Agents and brokers now show properties using virtual reality tours, so users view apartments, offices, or houses without a site visit. Some companies add AR tools to let customers try out new layouts or furniture in real time. This helps users make decisions quicker and simplifies the sales process.

Listings with virtual tours get 87% more views, giving potential buyers global access, reducing costs, and helping them make more informed decisions.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Building owners install sensors, smart meters, and connected devices to watch energy use, catch leaks, and control heating or lighting in one app. Teams track how the building works, fix problems early, and save on electricity bills. Users get faster service and better comfort.

The connected devices in commercial buildings are expected to more than double by 2030. Real estate software development is focusing on integrating IoT for energy management, predictive maintenance, enhanced security, and improved tenant experience.

Blockchain

Real estate agencies use blockchain tools to sign property deals and send payments with digital contracts. Blockchain keeps all records in one place and reduces time spent on paperwork. It makes transactions safer and lets both sides check the property’s history.

Blockchain adoption in the real estate industry is accelerating, with smart contracts set to become standard in property transactions by 2025. This technology increases transparency, reduces real estate transaction time and costs, and enables fractional property ownership.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) property

Many business owners and investors focus on sustainability. They track energy use, waste, and water with custom dashboards and send reports to regulators or tenants. Some property management software includes reminders to schedule equipment checks and push updates on green standards. This helps buildings follow the law and makes them more attractive for tenants who care about ecology.

Around 63% of investors cite ESG initiatives for enhanced returns. In real estate development, this focus drives green building technologies, AI-optimized energy use, simplified ESG reporting, and higher valuations for sustainable properties.

Digital twins and predictive analytics

Digital twin technology is rapidly gaining traction in real estate software development, allowing for real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and optimized space usage. Teams create digital copies of buildings to test repairs, plan maintenance, or predict failures.

With predictive analytics, owners check when equipment may need fixing or replacements, track all costs, and plan budgets more accurately. This cuts repair emergencies and helps manage the property portfolio in advance.

Edge computing

Edge computing is transforming property management by processing data onsite instead of relying on distant cloud servers, resulting in faster responses, enhanced privacy, and greater reliability. This means owners and managers get alerts or reports instantly, for example if there’s a security problem or equipment failure.

Mobile-first solutions

Real estate agents and managers work from tablets or phones. They use mobile apps to add listings, chat with customers, and control building systems. Mobile-first approaches in real estate software development have reached 80% adoption, providing property management, digital payments, and remote access through smartphones.

At Ronas IT, we develop both web and mobile applications and use the mobile-first approach if necessary.

5G connectivity

Fast 5G lets users send large files like 3D tours or HD images without delays. Even when teams are outside, they stay online and respond fast.

5G connectivity is accelerating real estate software development for smart buildings, enabling thousands of sensor connections per building with ultra-low latency. This improves property management through faster AR maintenance, predictive controls, better security, and significant OPEX savings, while also reducing cybersecurity risks and repair times.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Real estate companies set up bots to handle routine work, such as generating invoices, updating property listings, or sending out emails to users. This frees up time for teams, so they can focus on complex cases or direct work with customers.

Automating routine tasks in real estate management software, such as documentation and compliance checks, is becoming mainstream, with 60% of real estate businesses expected to use RPA by 2025 for greater efficiency, faster processes, and reduced errors.

All these trends help real estate teams and business owners do their work with less manual effort, answer users faster, and make property management more transparent and predictable. Companies that use these technologies in their real estate software development stay ahead of the market and improve service quality for users.

Features for real estate software that can improve performance of real estate professionals

These features will help real estate agents, business owners, and property management companies work faster, serve users better, improve real estate operations, and avoid manual mistakes.

Real estate software developers can implement reporting tools through dashboards. These dashboards aggregate data on sales, rental income, lease management, repairs, or market changes, presenting them in clear charts and tables. By connecting to databases in real time, owners can track key metrics, export or print reports for partners or investors, and spot operational issues early.

With custom software development, you can build automated workflows that help lenders and developers check documents, run credit checks, and review risk ratings in minutes. Real estate software can collect user data from forms, analyze credit and rental history, and output a decision or flag risky applications. This saves teams time on manual review and helps users make decisions faster.

In real estate software development, you can implement e-signature to let users approve documents online. This way your real estate software can centralize contracts, agreements, and disclosures. Users store contracts, rental agreements, and disclosures in one place. Nobody waits days to send or receive paperwork, and deals close faster.

A software solution can be integrated with MLS to synchronize property data, allowing agents to publish or update listings across multiple platforms — including their agency's website and national portals. This keeps all property details current and avoids duplicating work. Buyers and tenants see fresh listings, and agents spend less time on routine updates.

By integrating email and SMS gateways during real estate software development, you can set up automatic reminders for showings, document deadlines, payments, or inspection dates. These background processes help ensure agents don’t forget tasks, and customers see better service.

With these features property managers can automate invoicing, payment collection, and tracking within the custom real estate software. The app can send automatic reminders to users who missed a payment, while business owners get full payment history for every property.

AI can sort leads, highlight strong prospects, and suggest agents which user to call first. This lets real estate professionals avoid cold calls and focus on real buyers or tenants. In the end, teams convert more leads and fill properties faster.

With real estate software development, a system can be programmed to scan uploaded documents, validate expiry dates, check regulatory fields, and cross-reference data sources. This helps business owners avoid fines and keep up with changing laws.

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Best technologies for real estate software development

Building a successful PropTech or real estate software requires a robust and flexible tech stack combined with needed integrations. There's no single "best" solution, as the ideal choice depends heavily on your specific use case, target audience, budget, scalability needs, and desired features.

The tech stack typically comprises frontend, backend, database, and cloud infrastructure. These are reliable technologies, we use them in our projects.

Frontend

• React.js: Known for its component-based architecture, strong community, and reusability, making development efficient.
• Next.js: Ideal for building scalable, SEO-friendly, and high-performance real estate software solutions.
• Angular: Offers a structured approach, good for large enterprise-level applications.
• Vue.js: Great for smaller to medium-sized projects or integrating into existing ones.

• React Native: Allows developers to write code once and deploy it on both iOS and Android. Excellent for delivering mobile applications quickly while ensuring great performance.
• Swift / Kotlin: Choose these if you need absolute peak performance, very specific device features, or a highly complex UI that cross-platform tools might struggle with. Generally more expensive and time-consuming.

Backend

• Laravel: Known for its elegant syntax and robust feature set, including built-in authentication, routing, and ORM. Laravel is well-suited for building maintainable, secure, and scalable backends for real estate software solutions and integrates smoothly with front-end technologies.
• Node.js: Excellent for building fast, scalable network applications, real-time features (like chat or bid updates), and microservices.
• Django: Versatile, readable, and has a massive ecosystem of libraries, particularly strong for data science, machine learning, and AI.

Databases

Choosing the right database depends on the type of data and how your custom software needs to access it.

Best for structured data, complex relationships, and transactions where data integrity is paramount.

• PostgreSQL: Open-source, powerful, and robust. Excellent support for spatial data, which is crucial for mapping and location-based features in custom real estate software.
• MySQL: Another popular open-source choice, reliable, and widely supported.

Best for large volumes of unstructured or semi-structured data, high scalability, and flexible schemas

• MongoDB: Flexible, scalable, good for user profiles, property listings with varying attributes, and rapidly evolving data models.
• Redis: Excellent for caching, real-time analytics, session management, and leaderboards.

Cloud Infrastructure

• Amazon Web Services (AWS): Offers a vast array of services for computing, storing data, managing databases, implementing serverless functions, etc.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Known for its strengths in AI/ML, big data, and Kubernetes.
• Microsoft Azure: Strong for enterprise clients, good integration with Microsoft tools and services.

Integrations

Integrations are often the most critical part of a real estate software solution, connecting your software to the vast ecosystem of real estate data and services.

• MLS: RESO Web API and direct MLS APIs for property data.
• Maps: Google Maps and Mapbox for location and spatial analysis.
• Real estate CRM software: Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, or custom CRM APIs for lead and client management.
• Payments: Stripe, PayPal, Square for secure online transactions.
• Document Management: DocuSign, Adobe Sign, Google Drive, Dropbox for e-signatures and storage.
• Communication: Twilio, SendGrid, Intercom for messaging and support.
• Authentication: Auth0, OpenID Connect/OAuth 2.0 for authentication.
• Virtual Tours: Matterport API for 3D tours.
• IoT: SmartThings, Alexa, Google Home for smart property management.
• Compliance: APIs for license verification and regulatory checks.

This list can help you figure out which technologies and integrations your custom software solution might require. As a software development company, we’re not limited by these technologies — if your project requires it, we can use other tools.

Our experience in real estate software development

At Ronas IT, we develop projects for businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprise-level organizations. We have expertise in several sectors, including the real estate industry. Here are a few examples of custom software we developed for our clients:

At this project, we built custom real estate software for the UK Retreats team. The app should enable users to easily search for unique UK stays and homeowners to manage property listings. Understanding the UK Retreats audience preferred mobile access, we suggested our client to create a web application using the mobile-first design approach. Key features included a map of stays nearby and a simple admin dashboard for property management, supporting both looking up owners of property and efficient listing uploads. This approach fit the client’s budget and allowed us to quickly launch a reliable platform.

When delivering our software development services, we used React for the web app, Next.js for the landing page, and Laravel with Laravel Nova for the backend and admin panel, all hosted on a hybrid cloud infrastructure for scalability. Our development process included integrating Stripe for payments, Google Maps, and Mailgun to provide robust transactions and communications. As a result, we developed a working MVP that attracted over 850 users in the first month.

We partnered with the owner of a residential complex who needed custom real estate software to handle maintenance and repair requests from residents more efficiently. Our main challenge was to create a user-friendly web panel. In addition to making an interface mockup, we also designed the visual style and animations to ensure the task management process was straightforward and intuitive.

To meet the needs of real estate professionals, we introduced easy-to-use navigation and robust filters, allowing managers to sort tasks by status, priority, work type, or location. Secure sign-in with restricted access made sure only authorized service staff could view certain sections of the app. For the admin panel, we focused on a simple, distraction-free UI to help administrators manage tasks smoothly and effectively.

If you require any type of real estate software solutions, you can request our software development services. We can help you with business analytics, UI/UX and graphic design, real estate app development, and post-release support. Just contact us to get a consultation — after that, you will have an idea of project scope, costs and timeline, and will be able to decide whether our services suit you.

Wrapping up

PropTech is transforming the real estate market by digitizing every aspect of property management, sales, leasing, and investment. In this article,we explored the sector’s strong growth, the most common types of real estate software, and the latest trends reshaping the industry, from AI and IoT to blockchain and mobile-first solutions. Feature-rich platforms are helping real estate professionals and companies improve efficiency and service while making property operations more streamlined and transparent.

Successful real estate software development today requires careful technology selection, a focus on integration, and a user-centered approach — from the initial idea to full product development. Partnering with an experienced team for software development services can help create reliable, scalable, and innovative solutions tailored to your needs. Whether you need ready-made tools or fully custom software, adopting the right technologies will keep your real estate business competitive and prepared for the future.