Gartner's Top 10 Technology Trends 2017 suggests the overall direction of travel for all industries including the property market, is one of a world that is becoming an intelligent, digitally enabled mesh of people, things and services.

What then might a smart digitally enabled property market look like in 2025 when we have 5G and Connected Homes where IoT devices, and even the home itself, might have Digital Twins receiving tons of data for analysis by AI enabled software?

Is it likely episodic one-off snapshot reports such as EPCs, Home Buyer Surveys and Building Surveys will begin to be replaced by continuous always-on diagnostic, performance and optimisation services that are part of a home’s online profile on a digital-home-pro Digital Platform?   How will we find and access such services?

Might properties for sale or rent appear as notifications and map-pins on a Google Map on your Smart Phone with GEO tagged AR content available to view on a Google Map or on Smart Phone camera displays perhaps in response to a Conversational Interface voice activated command: 

“Siri, show me properties for sale in a 25-mile radius!”

Title deeds indicating property ownership, the history of ownership and even the transfer of title deeds and exchange of contracts might be mediated through public distributed Blockchain technology.

Such a future presents both a tremendous opportunity as well as a devastating and disruptive threat for businesses working in the property market.

Evaluating when and whether to experiment and invest in such technologies or to wait for further maturation is a matter of keeping an eye on Gartner's Annual Hype Cycles which provide a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications, and how they are potentially relevant to solving real business problems and exploiting new opportunities.