Inman names 2026 Best of Proptech award winners. Luxury Presence wins Best Overall Proptech of the Year Today, October 29, 2026 This is the first year Inman has combined its Best of Proptech and Best of AI honors into one program. A team of Inman executives from across the company reviewed the nominations and made the selections. With so many strong nominees, Inman added a runner-up in most categories for the first time this year. Highlights from this year's winners: * Luxury Presence, used by more than 100,000 agents, won Best Overall Proptech of the Year. BrokerBot, an AI assistant built for brokerages, was runner-up. * 100, which uses AI to catch fraud in rental applications, won Proptech Startup of the Year. Edensign, a Harvard Innovation Labs startup that uses AI to virtually stage listing photos in seconds, was runner-up. * Livia, which lets agents call, text or email to describe a buyer's wishes in plain words, then hands back a ranked shortlist from their MLS, won Best AI-Native Startup. * Cotality won the new Responsible and Ethical AI Award. * Ashley Fidler of MoxiWorks was named AI Visionary of the Year, and Josh Miller of Epique Realty was named Proptech Founder / Visionary of the Year. "Congratulations to every winner and runner-up. The technology these teams built is solving real problems for agents, brokers, lenders and buyers, and you can see it in the results they shared with us. We're proud to recognize the people behind it," said Tom Bohn, CEO of Inman.

Seamless collaboration, faster claims: Cotality Supplement(TM). C&R Editor October 27, 2026 8:34 Cotality's new white-label claims portal unites claims and contractor teams, automates tedious tasks, and accelerates approvals Cotality(TM), a leader in property information, analytics, and workflow solutions, today launched Cotality Supplement(TM), a configurable workflow portal designed to streamline the property claims supplement process. By uniting carriers and contractors on a single automated platform, Cotality Supplement replaces a historically tedious manual workflow with a smart, connected solution that accelerates claims approvals. Contractor-submitted insurance supplements often bog down claims with slow, manual workflows. Carriers are caught between rising supplement volumes and the intense pressure to close claims quickly. Cotality Supplement solves this conflict. As a fully customizable, white-label solution, the portal reduces administrative overhead while delivering real-time visibility into the operational drivers behind supplement costs. This brings a new level of intelligence to the entire team, ultimately helping to reduce the need for additional supplement requests. "Supplement requests have long been the single greatest friction point in property claims, frustrating carriers and contractors alike," said Garret Gray, President of Global Insurance Solutions at Cotality. "Neither the insurer nor the property owner can afford weeks of manual back-and-forth. Cotality Supplement solves this conflict with a single, transparent workflow. We're helping carriers resolve claims in days rather than weeks, giving contractors a more efficient way to submit documentation, and providing claims leaders the visibility needed to stop recurring supplement cycles entirely." While supplement requests are an inevitable part of property restoration, the endless trail of emails, phone calls, and manual follow-ups should not be. The Cotality Supplement portal provides contractors with a single, intuitive location to upload estimates, photos, and permit documentation directly. This improved submission process eliminates administrative back-and-forth, keeping projects on schedule and building stronger partnerships between carriers and contractors. The platform automatically routes requests to the appropriate team and generates side-by-side variance reports showing what changed between the original and supplemental estimates - including additions, removals, and pricing changes. Integration with carrier estimating platforms supports low-touch processing for eligible supplements. Beyond processing individual requests, the platform provides deeper analytics into supplement trends and root causes, helping claims leaders identify systemic opportunities to optimize their broader operations.

Retrofit lifts 89% of 1960s council homes by an EPC band. A retrofit of two 1960s council blocks in Heathfield, East Sussex, has lifted 89% of homes by at least one EPC band. Osborne Energy and Cotality carried out the work on all 18 flats at Lennox Court in partnership with Wealden District Council. Three homes reached EPC A and six reached EPC B. Residents and leaseholders stayed in their homes throughout. The blocks had failing insulation, an ageing roof, and failing rainwater systems, which together caused heat loss, condensation, and persistent damp. The works included extracting and refilling the cavity wall insulation, a new warm roof system, and high-performance windows. Cotality collected baseline data from each property before work began, including initial EPCs, structural condition, wall and roof specifications, existing ventilation, and energy efficiency metrics. It used the data to plan the measures so the walls, roof, and windows worked together. Pat Richardson, who has lived at Lennox Court for 35 years, said damp had been a constant battle. When she took her Christmas tree down from the window, water was running down the glass behind it. Commenting on the impact since the work was completed, she said: "It's warm, there's no damp smell. I'll just walk in here and feel a different person. I really do." Russell Smith, director of energy solutions at Cotality, said: "Lennox Court shows what effective retrofit coordination is really for. Every decision on site traced back to data we gathered from each home before a single scaffold went up, so the roof, walls, and windows were designed to work together rather than as three separate jobs. That is how you take the risk out of upgrading 1960s homes, and how a technical programme becomes a home where someone like Pat feels well again." John Puttick, managing director at Osborne Energy, said: "Early involvement and daily communication between our project team and the retrofit coordinator allowed us to resolve issues before they ever impacted residents. We prioritised strong community relationships, using regular consultations to keep everyone well informed and ensure the project ran smoothly. Residents remained in their homes throughout, therefore minimising disruption was just as important as delivering high-quality roofing, insulation, and glazing. Bringing repairs and upgrades under a single programme meant residents only had to live through one set of works." Phase two of Awaab's Law comes into force on 30 November 2026. It extends statutory response times beyond damp and mould to further hazards, including excess cold. Are you a social housing professional? Sign up for a FREE MEMBERSHIP to upload news stories, post job vacancies, and connect with colleagues on its secure social feed.