Key winning factors:
- Leadership in serving the
real estate business with product innovations for property seekers
- Strong track record of serving the needs of the regional property community across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia
SINGAPORE, 3 December 2014 - Asia's leading property site PropertyGuru was presented with the Silver award in the Best Online Service category at the Overseas Property Professional (OPP) Awards for Excellence 2014 Gala Dinner held in West London last Thursday night.
This is the 4th time PropertyGuru has clinched an award in the Best Online Service category, a testament of the Group's focus on strong innovation and leadership, as well as exemplary service standards for real estate businesses and property seekers in an increasingly digitally savvy landscape. PropertyGuru is also the only Southeast Asian property portal in the OPP Awards 2014 list of winners.
"We are proud to have won the Silver award for Best Online Service. Innovation is crucial in our business and we are constantly seeking new ways to strengthen our consumer propositions. The award is a tribute to our strong track record of aligning successfully with the needs of property developers, agents and property seekers." said Steve Melhuish, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PropertyGuru. "Receiving such great recognition for our commitment spurs us to continue to do our best in serving the needs of the property market across Southeast Asia."
A market leader in the South-East Asian online property portal scene, PropertyGuru has been first in the market to introduce various features and products to cater to the needs of its audiences. This involved the launch of Transactor, a module which creates simple, concise and easy to digest real estate reports and SmartSelect, the World's first personalised property research engine which allows users to zero-in on their ideal property based on their own set of criteria.
This latest OPP award adds to PropertyGuru's stellar record of accolades. PropertyGuru strives to be the most engaging, relevant and preferred real estate site in the region, helping property seekers make more informed property decisions.
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About PropertyGuru Group
PropertyGuru Group is Asia's leading online property portal group used by more than 10 million property buyers, viewing over 90 million property pages and generating over 400,000 enquiries for real estate developer and agent advertisers - every month - across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The Group has developed and launched 15 mobile applications in four countries and three languages. At the end of 2013, the Group recorded almost 2 million downloaded mobile apps, resulting in a slew of three MOBEX awards sweep. Headquartered in Singapore, PropertyGuru was founded in 2006 by two entrepreneurs with a vision to simplify the property search process and help buyers, sellers and investors make better property decisions faster. Taking advantage of Asia's growing affluence, property demand and online explosion, the company is market leader in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, receiving its first VC investment funding in 2008 and secured approximately $60m investment in 2012 from Deutsche Telekom, South East Asia's largest digital investment to date. PropertyGuru was also the first to integrate its website with social media, first to launch Singapore's only dedicated property newspaper - read by more than 100,000 readers island-wide every month - and it has also developed a property events platform, with approximately 30 shows held annually across four countries, addressing 30,000 potential property buyers on the ground.
PropertyGuru offices in the region include:
ABOUT STEVE MELHUISH
Co-Founder
and Chief Executive Officer
Steve is an award-winning entrepreneur. In the last two decades, Steve built profitable companies throughout Asia and Europe. In 2006 along with his partner Jani Rautiainen, founded PropertyGuru. Under the auspice of this newly established brand, PropertyGuru provided a one-stop online shop for the listing and sale of residential and commercial properties to individual and institutional buyers and investors. Prior to Steve's current role, he held executive positions in various venture capital firms including Skype, AOL, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Extreme Media, iPass and Ariadne Capital. Steve's expertise in leading global teams resulted in a US$500 million turnover for a business unit for Cable & Wireless. In 2007, Steve was awarded the Spirit of Enterprise Award in recognition of his contributions to entrepreneurship in Singapore. Steve is a non-executive director for two other firms, an angel investor and member of the Business Angels Network South East Asia.