A propertyfinder Story

Bringing ease and transparency to the market, connecting consumers to their perfect property

Since 2007 propertyfinder has been providing the tools to help consumers find the properties that fit their needs. We work with brokers to list properties in one convenient site, and make it easier to see all of the information about those properties while browsing from your desktop or on the move.

Over 1 million visitors to propertyfinder Group sites each month with about 7 million page views.

Over 150,000 unique property listings across the propertyfinder Group network.

More than 15,000 daily visits to our sites.

Property portals in 7 Middle East markets.

We are proud of our diversity; our 300+ employees in the Group hail from over 40 different countries and we are still growing!

Users spending more than 10 minutes per visit.

Al Bab World, a property print magazine launches in UAE.

2005

2007

Australia's REA Group Ltd. acquires 51% of AlBabWorld.com. The portal is rebranded as propertyfinder.ae, deepening listings product offering to include featured listings.

propertyfinder and Yahoo!'s Maktoob enter strategic partnership - Maktoob real estate powered by propertyfinder.

2008

2010

propertyfinder.ae's CEO Michael Lahyani buys back REA Group's stake in propertyfinder.ae, along with co-founder Renan Bourdeau, Together they own 100% of the shares.

propertyfinder Group launches first international site.

Qatar's new home for online property listings becomes propertyfinder.qa

Launch of Prestige Magazine, a tailor-made luxury property publication.

propertyfinder.ae named winners at the Arabia Fast Growth 500 awards and two other regional awards.

2012

2013

Launch of Egyptian property portal at propertyfinder.eg

Launch of Bahrain property portal at propertyfinder.bh

Acquisition of realestate.com.lb

Premium listings introduced to product portfolio.

BECO Capital leads a round of financing and Dany Farha takes a seat at the board.

Launch of sarouty.ma, propertyfinder's listings portal in Morocco.

Rebranding of realestate.com.lb as propertyfinder.com.lb

Introduction of propertyfinder iPhone, iPad and Android apps for UAE.

Early 2014

September 2014

propertyfinder Group launches new look across all markets, improving the feel, function and speed of the site.

propertyfinder Group launches New Projects section of website to promote new developments.

propertyfinder Group acquires Saudi property portal eSimsar.com

Launch of additional suite of products into offering portfolio, including virtual property tours, agent call tracking, agent profiles (coming soon!)

2015

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