<div class="media-wrap image-wrap align-center" style="text-align:center"><img class="media-wrap image-wrap align-center" src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1750291951410.jpeg"/></div>Walton Chu, Founder &amp; CEO of Australian proptech Teamlink, expects units to outperform houses now the RBA is hiking. “Auction clearance rates are down – as are new listings – so the property market was already cooling before this week’s interest rate rise,” says Chu. “The big benefit of apartments is relative affordability,” he continues. “The price gap between houses and units is already the biggest on record.” With rental vacancy rates also being at historic low levels, Chu believes units are a great choice for investors, particularly now the borders are opening up again and overseas investors are also coming back to the market.<div class="media-wrap image-wrap align-center" style="text-align:center"><img class="media-wrap image-wrap align-center" src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1750291986612.jpeg"/></div>All of these factors put together mean that real estate agents are likely to find the listings market getting a lot more competitive. “With many property vendors being educated and savvy, real estate agents need the best digital tools to tap into all sources of buyer demand and streamline their process to reduce manual effort,” says Chu. “And that’s the big benefit of our Teamlink platform because it connects everyone in the end-to-end sales process in real-time.”“This post was originally published on<a href="https://proptechnews.com.au/teamlink-founder-expects-units-to-outperform-houses-now-the-rba-is-hiking/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://proptechnews.com.au/teamlink-founder-expects-units-to-outperform-houses-now-the-rba-is-hiking/">proptechnews.com.au</a>”

Teamlink Founder Walton Chu predicts apartment demand will rise as RBA rate hikes make houses less accessible.

Teamlink's Founder Walton Chu Expects Units to Outperform Houses Now That the RBA Is Hiking

<div class="media-wrap image-wrap"><img class="media-wrap image-wrap" src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1783314919022.png"/></div>A buyer falls in love with an oﬀ-the-plan unit. They enquire. Somewhere between the agency&#x27;s inbox and the developer&#x27;s spreadsheet, that enquiry sits for two days, and by the time anyone calls back, the unit is gone. It&#x27;s a scenario the property industry has quietly accepted for years. Proptech exists to close that gap, and the Proptech Australia Awards exist to recognise the platforms doing it well.This year, Teamlink has been named a ﬁnalist across ﬁve categories at the 2026 Proptech Australia Awards.<h3>Why this recognition matters</h3>Being shortlisted this widely, across product category, leadership, team execution and sales performance, points to something broader than a single strong campaign or feature launch. It reﬂects sustained work across the platform itself and the people behind it, evaluated against a market where genuine, sector-wide adoption is still the exception rather than the rule.<h3>Teamlink&#x27;s ﬁve ﬁnalist categories</h3>Teamlink has been named a ﬁnalist in:<ul><li>Oﬀ The Plan</li><li>Proptech Leader of the Year </li><li>Proptech Team of the Year </li><li>Residential Proptech of the Year </li><li>Sales &amp; Marketing</li></ul><h3>The problem Teamlink was built to solve</h3>Teamlink centralises what used to sit across a dozen disconnected tools: inventory, leads, deals and reporting, all in one system that developers, agencies and buyers draw from in real time. Instead of astock list circulated by email and updated whenever someone remembers to, availability updates instantly across every agent and agency working a project. A building stack view lets agents see level-by-level, unit-by-unit status at a glance, rather than cross-checking spreadsheets or chasing pricelists.On the demand side, enquiries from major property portals route into one centralised lead management system, matched to the right agent and tracked from ﬁrst contact through to settlement. For developers running projects across multiple agencies, the same system that manages stock and leads also tracks performance across every channel, without losing control of pricing or access along the way.Since launching in 2020, Teamlink has grown to support more than 550 partner agencies, over 335 live projects and upwards of 17,000 units on platform. That scale is part of why this ﬁnalist run stands out: this is a platform already operating at the size these awards are built to recognise.<h3>What it means for the industry</h3>Oﬀ-the-plan sales are one of the more operationally demanding corners of real estate. Long sales cycles, multiple agencies working the same stock, and constant coordination between developer and agent create exactly the kind of fragmentation proptech is meant to solve. Five ﬁnalist nods across product, leadership, team and sales performance suggest the industry is watching not just whether a platform exists, but whether it changes outcomes for the people using it day to day.<h3>Thank you</h3>This achievement reﬂects the work of our team across product, sales, marketing and partnerships, and the trust of the developers and agencies who use Teamlink every day. None of it happens without the people who built the platform and the partners who backed it early enough to prove it works at scale. Thank you to Proptech Australia for continuing to champion innovation across the industry, and congratulations to every other ﬁnalist named this year. We&#x27;re proud to keep building the technology helping shape the future of Australia&#x27;s property industry.

Teamlink's Standout Year at the 2026 Proptech Australia Awards

A 5x Finalist: Teamlink's Standout Year at the 2026 Proptech Australia Awards

<div class="media-wrap image-wrap"><img class="media-wrap image-wrap" src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1783055236871.png"/></div>Teamlink took home Innovator of the Year in the Sales CRM category at the 2026 Real Estate Business (REB) Innovation Awards, recognising the businesses changing how Australian real estate actually works. It&#x27;s a ﬁtting result for a company that built its CRM on a fairly contrarian premise. Most sales CRMs in real estate exist to serve one agency at a time: a closed system for tracking contacts and managing a single pipeline. Teamlink&#x27;s CRM, built into the teamlink.global platform, was designed around a diﬀerent idea entirely. As Australia&#x27;s ﬁrst and only complete property ecosystem, Teamlink links agencies, developers, and active buyers together, and the CRM reﬂects that.<div class="media-wrap image-wrap"><img class="media-wrap image-wrap" src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1783055334744.jpg"/></div><div class="media-wrap image-wrap"><img class="media-wrap image-wrap" src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1783055383330.jpg"/></div>When a buyer registers interest on teamlink.com.au, that signal doesn&#x27;t sit in one agency&#x27;s inbox. It moves through Teamlink&#x27;s network of 550+ partner agencies, giving agents access to lead intelligence that&#x27;s already been qualiﬁed across multiple channels before it lands in front of them. Leading developers across NSW, Brisbane, and Melbourne are already running project pipelines through the platform, tracking engagement on a new launch from ﬁrst enquiry through to settlement in one place. Agencies working the same patch can coordinate rather than chase the same buyer in the dark. Compliance sits inside the same system too, so agencies aren&#x27;t bolting on a separate tool to stay on top of their obligations. It&#x27;s a model that matches how property is actually bought and sold in this country: buyers moving between oﬀ-plan projects, established homes, and longer-term investment decisions, often dealing with more than one agency along the way. A CRM built for a single oﬃce was never going to capture that. Teamlink&#x27;s was built too. The award caps a strong run for the company, which has grown its agency network past 550 partner oﬃces since launch. For agencies already on the platform, the win is an external endorsement of the technology they&#x27;re already using day to day. For agencies still weighing up their options, it&#x27;s a useful data point: an independent panel of judges looked at what Teamlink&#x27;s CRM does and decided it stood apart in 2026. Teamlink says further development is underway, with new lead automation tools and deeper developer project integration both in the pipeline. About Teamlink Teamlink is Australia&#x27;s ﬁrst and only complete property ecosystem, operating across two platforms: teamlink.com.au for buyers searching properties, and teamlink.global for agencies and developers managing their pipeline, listings, and client relationships. Teamlink connects over 550 agencies with active buyer demand across Australia. To learn more or enquire about joining the Teamlink network, visit teamlink.global. 2026 REB Innovation Awards: Innovator of the Year, Sales CRM

Teamlink took home Innovator of the Year in the Sales CRM category at the 2026 Real Estate Business (REB) Innovation Awards, recognising the businesses changing how Australian real estate actually works.

Teamlink Named Innovator of the Year: Sales CRM at the 2026 REB Innovation Awards

<div class="media-wrap image-wrap"><img src="https://teamlink-prod-all.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/blog/images/1783060158725.png"/></div>Teamlink was named a ﬁnalist for Property Listing Platform at the 2026 REB Innovation Awards, standing alongside Domain.com.au, one of the most established names in Australian property search. It&#x27;s a notable position for a business built on a different model altogether, and one that says as much about where the industry is heading as it does about Teamlink itself.Domain&#x27;s strength is the listing portal: search, browse, click through. It&#x27;s a model reﬁned over two decades, and it works. Teamlink takes a different approach, built around the off-the-plan market and an integrated ecosystem connecting developers, agencies, and buyers on one platform. Buyers search on teamlink.com.au. Agencies and developers manage their pipeline on teamlink.global. And with more than 550 partner agencies plugged into the same network, activity in one part of the ecosystem shows up as opportunity in another.That difference in focus is the real story. The REB judging panel had every major and minor platform in the country to choose from for this shortlist, and chose to put a listing portal and a connected property ecosystem side by side. Here&#x27;s what that model means in practice, from three angles:For developers: better project exposure and real-time visibility into buyer engagement, from ﬁrst enquiry through to settlement, without waiting on open-house numbers to gauge demand. For agents: lead intelligence that&#x27;s already been qualiﬁed across the network before it reaches them, plus visibility into what&#x27;s happening elsewhere in their patch so they&#x27;re not chasing the same buyer in the dark.For buyers: a single, connected search experience across off-the-plan and established property, backed by a network of agencies working from the same information rather than competing in isolation.Domain has had twenty years and a substantial balance sheet behind its model. Teamlink has built its ecosystem in a fraction of that time, and this shortlist placement is a sign the two approaches are now being measured on the same terms.About Teamlink Teamlink is Australia&#x27;s ﬁrst and only complete property ecosystem, operating across two platforms: teamlink.com.au for buyers searching properties, and teamlink.global for agencies and developers managing their pipeline, listings, and client relationships.Teamlink connects over 550 agencies with active buyer demand across Australia. To learn more or enquire about joining the Teamlink network, visit teamlink.com.au

Teamlink was named a ﬁnalist for Property Listing Platform at the 2026 REB Innovation Awards, standing alongside Domain.com.au, one of the most established names in Australian property search.