Our story
From a garage start-up to a global media business - this is our story.
Our story leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group started as a seedling of an idea: could the internet change the way the world experiences property?
In 1995, in a garage in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne (and with the internet still a new concept to many), our founders could never have predicted just how much their idea would change the way people experience property.
Today, leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group is one of the great Australian start-up success stories. Spanning three continents and with more than 2,800 people, we鈥檙e re-imagining what鈥檚 possible and delivering exceptional experiences to our customers and consumers every day.
We鈥檙e excited by the future and how we can shape it. But we also know it鈥檚 important to remember where we鈥檝e come from.
Our history
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1995
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The genius begins in our founder's garage.
1999
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group floats on the ASX with the help of News Ltd.
2004
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Australians embrace digital property with over 1 million monthly unique visitors.
2007
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squarefoot.com.hk launches in Hong Kong.
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realcommercial.com.au launches, making searching for commercial property easier.
2009
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realestate.com.au reaches 5 million unique visitors per month.
2010
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realestate.com.au goes mobile with the first realestate.com.au iOS app.
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Innovation ramps up with the very first Hack Day.
2011
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Xi-an office opens with Thoughtworks.
2012
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realestate.com.au app reaches 1 million downloads.
2013
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MyFun launches in China.
2014
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 establishes community partnership with The Big Issue.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 establishes community partnership with Launch Housing.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 headquarters at 511, Church St, Richmond opens.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires rental application platform, 1form.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 enters US market with a 20% investment in Move, inc, operator of realtor.com.
2015
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group is 20 years young!
2016
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquire iProperty Group with reach across South East Asia.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 moves into the share housing market with the acquisition of Flatmates.
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Global growth continues with 14.7% investment in India's PropTiger.com.
2017
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Spacely launches to connect people to short-term spaces for work.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 enters the home loans market.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires 80% of Smartline.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 establishes community partnership with Orange Sky.
2018
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires Hometrack.
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Customer self-service platform, Ignite, launches.
2019
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires 100% ownership of Smartline.
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realestate.com.au launches first to market content in app experience.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group named as one of Australia's Best Workplaces for the first time.
2020
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 moves to a controlling interest in India鈥檚 Elara Technologies with operates Housing.com makaan and proptiger.com.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires an initial stake in Realtair.
2021
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group receives carbon neutral certification.
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HomeTrack evolves to PropTrack.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires a minority stake in Campaign Agent.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站's financial services business expands with the acquisition of Mortgage Choice and integration with Smartline begins.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires a minority stake in Simpology.
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In exchange for a minority share in the business, leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站鈥檚 Malaysia and Thailand assets are transferred to PropertyGuru.
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Elara Technologies rebrands to leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 India.
2022
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 reaches $1 billion revenue.
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property.com.au launches, as Australia's home of property research.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 India becomes the #1 property portal, with a record number of visits to housing.com.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Group named as one of Australia's Best Workplaces for Women for the first time.
2023
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realEstimate launches, powered by PropTrack's leading Automated Valuation Model.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 India ranks third in India's Great Place to Work 100 Best Companies list.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 named in the inaugural Best Workplaces for Technology list.
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realestate.com.au Rental Applications launches as 1form retires.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires 100% ownership of Campaign Agent.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires a minority stake in Easiloan
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires a minority stake in Arealytics
2024
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires 100% ownership of Realtair.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 acquires a minority stake in Athena Home Loans.
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leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 celebrates the opening of leyu·乐鱼(中国)体育官方网站 Cyber City in Gurugram, India