Case study

Using geospatial technology to improve market transparency

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Client

Public-private foundation

Industry

Real estate

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Data methodology, geospatial analytics, digital platform development

The challenge

A public-private foundation in the real estate sector was keen on launching a platform that provides more transparent and accurate data on real estate transactions. Much of the publicly available data, previously based on advertised prices rather than contracted ones, made it hard to get accurate insight into the actual market activity.

Our response

At PwC, we brought together a multidisciplinary team with expertise in data methodology, geospatial analytics, and digital platform development. Our Digital Services experts designed a practical way to turn transaction data into more accessible, useful market insight that supports clearer decisions.

The solution

The final digital product included a geospatial data platform that presents transaction data through an interactive, map-based interface. The tool lets users analyse market activity at locality, sub-locality, and street level, so complex datasets are easier to handle and interpret. A key feature of the platform is its anonymisation design, which suppresses or groups results below a minimum transaction threshold and uses medians instead of averages where an individual asset could otherwise be identified.

The outcome

The organisation now uses this subscription-based digital platform, available for corporates, with continuous coverage of registered deeds from Q1 2018 to Q2 2026 which is refreshed every six months. This ensures market data can now be accessed, understood, and presented more clearly, improving transparency and accessibility, and proving the value of geospatial mapping as a tool for success in real estate.

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Ryan Sciberras

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