Property rental start-up HouseMe has confirmed its recieved a multi-million rand investment from one of South Africa's leading national property development companies. It hasn't disclosed the name of its investor or the exact amount.
Owen Wilson, the chief financial officer of REA Group, will succeed Tracey Fellows as chief executive of the real estate group in January.
Domain, the No. 2 property site in Australia, will acquire industry-backed commercial property site CommercialView.com.au in a deal worth as much as $12.3 million U.S.
Zoopla.co.uk, Britain's second-largest real estate classified, is ending the Facebook Marketplace integration that began on September 5, 2018. It will no longer share rental ads on the social media giant, allegedly to protect agents' interests.
New feature allows the 78 percent of home-seekers who connect via mobile to text real estate agents.
Japanese digital real estate giant Lifull has completed the acquisition of Spain-based, Australian Stock Exchange-listed Mitula Group. The Mitula Group owns a number of real estate horizontals in addition to its core classified aggregation business.
PurpleBricks.co.uk, Britain's largest hybrid agency has extended its services to sellers let down by EMoov.co.uk's collapse. Clients have until December 21 to contact PurpleBricks, which will take on their property and market it free of charge.
REA Group, the operators of the No. 1 property site in Australia RealEstate.com.au, have launched a ratings and review portal that the company says will help agents “extend their digital reach.”
StreetEasy instigated a near street brawl when it introduced a $3 per unit listing fee for rental apartments in New York City last year.
Embattled Chinese rental property provider Ziroom is facing yet another lawsuit. The latest involves 26 Ziroom tenants and more than 20 lawyers who say the company’s apartments contained unsafe levels of formaldehyde, Voice of China reported Thursday.
