Mingtiandi-Yardi AI survey for Asia Pacific real estate closes Friday

The sixth edition of the Mingtiandi-Yardi survey tracking AI adoption in Asia Pacific real estate closes on 28 Aug 2026. The 18-question poll, which also covers cybersecurity, aims to chart usage of tools such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek across the region’s property industry.

The deadline for this year’s Mingtiandi-Yardi survey on artificial intelligence in Asia Pacific real estate falls this Friday, 28 Aug 2026. The 18-question poll, distributed to Mingtiandi’s more than 16,000 subscribers, tracks which AI applications property companies are adopting and the barriers to further implementation, alongside broader tech issues such as cybersecurity practices.

Responses are anonymous and take roughly five minutes to complete. Participants can earn free access to MTD Pro, Mingtiandi’s all-access news subscription, by finishing the survey. Now in its sixth edition, the survey is the only poll dedicated specifically to AI and tech adoption in the Asia Pacific real estate industry.

According to McKinsey, US corporate AI adoption jumped from 78 per cent in 2024 to 88 per cent by end-2025, but uptake is less well-documented in Asia Pacific. The Mingtiandi-Yardi survey asks respondents about their use of chatbots such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, and Chinese models including DeepSeek and Qwen, as well as specialised AI agents and enterprise software incorporating artificial intelligence.

In the survey’s fifth edition last year, 75 per cent of respondents reported that their companies had begun AI research, organised data for systems, or started implementation, up from 56 per cent in 2024. The 2025 poll also found that 52 per cent of respondents saw AI delivering operational efficiencies with measurable business impact, while 36 per cent said AI enhanced strategic decision-making through data-driven insights.

Respondents in the 2025 survey said they expected AI to be most useful for research, followed by investment analysis and asset allocation. On broader tech adoption, 48 per cent named streamlining processes as their top reason for taking on new systems, with improving asset management information ranking close behind at 46 per cent.