The Covid 19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of many proptech solutions as people have sought ways to collaborate and work remotely. Here is our round-up of the proptech companies and startups to watch in 2026 and beyond.
Proptech is a generic term for any technology developed for the property industry. Proptech has been responsible for changing the property industry’s operation, making it more efficient and secure. Notable examples are Rightmove, accountable for moving residential sale listings from print media to digital media and Airbnb, which has made it possible for homeowners to rent out their homes for part of the year.
The current wave of proptech is driven by a desire to harness new technologies to improve the property market. Proptech companies are providing solutions for the entire breadth of the UK residential property market, catering for landlords, tenants and investors.
The proptech market in the UK is growing rapidly. There are currently over 400 proptech companies in the UK, with many startups joining. We have picked 17 proptech companies serving the residential property market that we think are worth watching.
Stitch AI provides business messaging solutions enabling estate agents to connect with customers via WhatsApp. Lead opportunities from Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket and other property websites are converted instantly into WhatsApp conversations. Stitch’s software harnesses the popularity of WhatsApp to generate more leads and foster closer relationships with buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants.
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Budgerty is a UK-based proptech platform offering interactive financial planning tools for property investors, sourcers, and professionals. It replaces traditional, error-prone spreadsheets with a suite of calculators and dashboards that allow users to analyse property deals, projecting cashflow, returns, and costs over time. It can also compare different investment strategies with adjustable figures via sliders (e.g. “Buy-to-Let”, “Rent-to-Rent”, etc.) and conduct sensitivity analysis, simulate mortgage scenarios, calculate repayments, factor in one-off and ongoing expenses, and assess affordability. Budgerty offers a free tier (for basic calculators), and a subscription-based Advanced Property Deal Calculator, which unlocks deeper functionality, more detailed reports, multi-strategy comparisons, and export features.
PropertyBox is a powerful platform on a mission to revolutionise how estate agents create high-quality property listings – quickly, easily, and cost-effectively. The intuitive solution that the platform offers enhances listings with professional visuals and essential marketing tools, helping agents win more instructions, impress vendors, and speed up sales.
By simplifying the process and keeping costs low, PropertyBox ensures that agents stay ahead in a competitive market while delivering exceptional results.
PropertyBox offers a free trial, giving you the opportunity to experience its full range of benefits before making a long-term commitment. This allows estate agents to see firsthand how the platform enhances property listings, streamlines workflows, and helps win more instructions, all at a reasonable price.
Credas is the leading provider of AML (Anti-Money Laundering) checks for the property sector, trusted by estate agents across the UK to streamline compliance processes. As the first ID verification provider certified to deliver the highest level of confidence, they set the standard for reliability and innovation in identity verification.Their platform is fully customisable to showcase their client’s brand, keeping their business front and centre with clients. By handling all PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) and Sanctions remediation on the client’s behalf, they reduce paperwork and increase successful verifications, freeing up time to focus on what matters most—helping buyers find their perfect property.
RentProfile develops software to streamline and automate the setup of new tenancies. The company was created in 2016 when one of the founders became a victim of a rental scam. RentProfile began offering landlord and tenant background checks. Their latest product, Onboarding, simplifies the entire process of creating new tenancies from the initial tenant application to digitally signing the tenancy agreement. RentProfile’s customers include national estate agent chains like Jackson-Stops and Century 21 and independent landlords.
The word coadjute means to work together for a common purpose or benefit, and this company are indeed true to their name. Coadjute’s technology connects estate agents, surveyors, conveyancers and mortgage brokers, improving communication and speeding up the process of property sales.
Coadjute connects the existing software that property businesses use so they can synchronise and share data and documents.
Goodlord is an all-in-one cloud-based lettings platform specifically for letting agents. The software manages the entire tenancy process from offer letter through to rent collection. Goodlord claims that their customers can process twice as many tenancies with the same headcount. Goodlord is not available to private landlords.
Fixflo is for landlords with large portfolios that want to streamline their property maintenance. There’s an app that offers tenants tips on fixing simple problems themselves. Tenants can report more complex issues via the app, including uploading pictures.
Landlords can use the Fixflo app to instruct contractors and provide them with details of the problem. The software also automates obtaining approval from the occupiers for access to the property, ensuring that landlords are fully compliant with regulations.
Habito was created in 2016 to streamline the mortgage application process. Their software, makes finding, applying, and securing a mortgage easy.
Their mortgage advice & application service is free, while they also offer Property survey and legal work from £2,000.
FlatFair is determined to shake up the residential lettings market with their No Deposit solution to renting. The FlatFair founders see deposits as outdated as they offer just five weeks of protection for landlords, and accessing the money at the end of tenancies can be slow.
For tenants, deposits present an unwanted upfront cost of renting. No Deposit from FlatFair offers landlords ten weeks protection, and tenants pay just a small check-in fee. It will be interesting to see whether this model for residential lettings takes off.
Ideal Flatmate is like a dating website but for partnering tenants with landlords and flatmates. Their matching test ensures that flatmates are a good fit and more likely to stay together for longer. Ideal Flatmate is for live-in property owners with a spare room to rent, landlords, professional property managers and build-to-rent developers.
August is an all-in-one rental app designed specifically for small landlords and their tenants. The app helps landlords stay organised, compliant and in control, without the cost and complexity of traditional property management tools.
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There has been a considerable increase in residential developments across the UK and especially in London. The problem for buyers is knowing whether the development will be suitable for them. HomeViews mission is to provide buyers with honest reviews and insights from existing residents and property experts, which they won’t find in the marketing brochure. HomeViews can also help property companies by providing them with ratings and feedback from their residents.
Landtech provides the property industry with the tools they need to facilitate its daily operations.This includes LandInsight, a site-sourcing platform, dedicated to finding and assessing off-market opportunities faster and LandFund – where developers can Assess the profitability of your site, view residual land values, conduct sensitivity analysis, create instant cashflows and build industry leading reports.LandTech claims to streamline processes and get better results for developers.
Noda.ai is an all-in-one energy management platform designed for the commercial built environment. Its aim is to help real estate owners, facility operators, engineering teams, and sustainability stakeholders optimise how buildings perform in terms of energy use, carbon emissions, cost, and operational efficiency. noda.aiSome of its key functionality includes:
It also provides dashboards and tools for tracking energy/carbon performance over portfolios or individual buildings, benchmarking, trend analysis, and reporting.
Plentific is an all in one property management software which connects all parties on one platform: owners, operators, maintenance teams and tenants.Their software helps streamline critical services, like compliance, inspection rotas, maintenance work and tenant engagement. Whatever features you purchase, you can manage each of them in one single place. Plentific’s services also extend across multiple sectors – from the private rental sector, to gyms, schools and much moreThis is a great tool for landlords with a big portfolio or large buildings to manage. That’s because it helps you hold together hundreds of different tasks in one space.
YourWelcome provides digital guest management systems for short-term rentals, offering a tablet service that delivers guest information, upselling opportunities, and reviews.
As the short-term rental market grows, especially through platforms like Airbnb, YourWelcome’s solutions are becoming increasingly important for improving guest experience and property management.
This is by no means a definitive list of the UK’s vibrant proptech sector. The UK is a global leader in investment in proptech ventures resulting in many new startups being created daily. Proptech is changing the way the property market operates and is leading to more innovation and a better and more efficient housing market. Those who fail to adopt these new technologies risk being left behind.
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