Real Estate Finance is primed for digital transformation, reveals Oxane Partners' survey

LONDON - Oct. 14, 2019 - PRLog -- Oxane Partners, a leading technology-driven solutions provider to alternative investments industry, today released its Real Estate Finance Technology Report 2019. The report reveals that real estate debt investors in the UK and Europe are still evolving in digital maturity and technology adoption but there are good indicators that point to near-term, far-reaching progress and that the sector is primed for digitalisation.

In this report, Oxane Partners explored the digital ecosystems, awareness mapping, priorities and drivers for technology adoption that is underway in real estate finance. Oxane Partners surveyed 75 senior real estate debt professionals and found that while Microsoft Excel is still the mainstay with the majority relying on manual processes, the respondents tellingly admit that Excel has outlived its utility.

The survey reveals there is high awareness of technology solutions as well as consistency amongst respondents on solutions most valuable to them. Most respondents cite data aggregation, data management, and analytics - the foundation of all modern technology platforms as their top most priorities. The responses reflect that the industry has begun contemplating about technology solutions more seriously and with rising expectations around compliance, transparency and reporting, is set to embark on its journey of digitalisation.

"We have seen first-hand how firms are able to completely recalibrate their strategic and operational priorities and drive better performance with the use of technology", commented Vishal Soni, co-founding partner at Oxane Partners. He adds, "We believe the real estate debt industry is approaching an inflexion point and expect significant digital maturation over the coming 24-36 months. This will be driven by three intertwined forces - increased technology requirements of real estate debt professionals, increased transparency driven by continued institutionalisation of real estate debt as an asset class and a rapidly rising opportunity cost of simply maintaining the status quo. The challenge for technology solution providers is to build platforms which allow easy integration with existing systems and are flexible enough to host complex bespoke real estate debt transactions."

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