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StreetEasy gave New York apartments a memory
In a city where every apartment has a story, StreetEasy made the old chapters searchable. Then it built a business around the people reading them.
PropertyGuru’s billion-dollar return to the house hunt
After expanding into mortgages, software and home services, PropertyGuru is concentrating on the search that made its name. Its US$1.1 billion takeover puts a price on the value of being where the house hunt begins.
Property Finder wants to sell you a little less doubt
The Dubai property portal began as a free magazine. Its next business is helping buyers judge the price, the listing and the person answering the phone.
Domain’s A$3 billion deal came with a new floor plan
CoStar bought Australia’s property challenger, then started clearing space. Domain’s next chapter puts richer listings, 3D home tours and a narrower business at the centre of the contest for buyers and agents.
Sutton Quebec Let Brokers Keep 100% - Then Built a 1,500-Agent Network
The Montreal franchise network made a blunt bargain with real-estate agents: keep the commission, pay for the platform. Three decades later, its real product is not a listing - it is broker independence with a safety net.
99 Group (99.co | Rumah123 | SRX)
99 Group is a Southeast Asian real estate technology company that runs property marketplaces in Singapore and Indonesia. Founded in 2014 by Darius Cheung, it operates 99.co and SRX.com.sg in Singapore and 99.co/id and Rumah123.com in Indonesia, connecting home seekers, agents, and developers through map-based search, price analytics, and the X-Value automated valuation tool. After absorbing REA Group's iProperty and Rumah123 and acquiring SRX, it became one of the two dominant property portal groups in the region, positioned against PropertyGuru.
Huspy
Huspy is a Dubai-based proptech and fintech company that runs a digital platform for buying and financing homes. It connects home buyers, real estate agents and banks in one place, offering online mortgage comparison and pre-approval, a broker portal linked to more than 25 banks, and mobile tools for agents. Founded in 2020 by Jad Antoun and Khalid Ashmawy, Huspy operates across the UAE and Spain, facilitates over $7 billion in annual real estate transactions, and has helped more than 25,000 people buy homes.