The 90% share property settlement business most buyers never see
Why a 55% margin exchange is stronger than most property software, but harder to export
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PEXA is the digital closing room behind many Australian home deals. The buyer wants keys, the seller wants cash, the bank wants security, and the registry wants the title right. Nobody wants this handled like a group chat where three people reply “seen” and vanish.
1️⃣🏠 It earns when property legally moves. PEXA has helped process 24M+ settlements and holds about 90% share in Australian property transfer settlements. It monetizes the moment when money and ownership must match.
2️⃣🧾 It is not a property portal. REA sells visibility before the deal. PEXA sells settlement certainty when the deal closes. That is a different value chain spot: fewer eyeballs, more legal and banking dependence.
3️⃣💵 The jewel is much cleaner than the group. The Exchange margin is around 55%. Group free cash flow rebounded to about A$56M, while non core impairments and restructuring made reported profit look worse than the core asset.
4️⃣⚠️ The moat is shared workflow. Banks, lawyers, conveyancers, registries, and tax offices all need the same process to work. The weak points: regulation, rival exchanges, property volume swings, UK adoption risk, and wasted capital outside the core.
5️⃣📊 Watch adoption, not hype. Track settlement share, fee per transaction, Exchange margin, refinance share, FCF conversion, leverage, and UK transaction use. Pattern: great workflow businesses sit where delay is costly and error is scary.
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