Property24 Aims To Use Software Innovation To Provide A Leading Property Portal. As South Africa’s number 1 property portal, it is passionate about helping people find their perfect homes. With over 300 000 property listings for sale and to rent from leading real estate agents, there’s never been an easier and more convenient way to search for property. From Sandton, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town to Soweto, Pretoria and Bloemfontein, the company helps home buyers and renters find apartments, houses, townhouses, vacant land and farms. It is dedicated to making sure that it is available wherever house hunters are, and whenever they need it, which is why it has mobile apps available for all major platforms. Its advanced search tools are available via its desktop and mobile website and its mobile Apps for iOS, Android and Windows.
Software innovation is the driving force behind the success of Property24 as it strives for outstanding user experiences on its websites, desktop, and mobile applications. It created the leading property marketplaces in SA, Russia, Kenya and the Philippines.
Property24 is owned by Naspers. It operates independently of the 24.com group of companies, having its headquarters in the Great Westerford Building in leafy Newlands at the foot of Table Mountain. Property24 falls within the Naspers classifieds division, the OLX Group.
The company follows SCRUM – an agile, iterative, development methodology. These are the rails that it follows to increase its productivity. Online scrum tooling, continuous integration and feature branches help it to maintain a good rhythm. The company is unselfish with its ideas and loves to share as its teams have regular code reviews, knowledge sharing sessions, and show and tell presentations.
It has created a comprehensive property platform that is successfully deployed in multiple international territories. In SA alone, it has over 700 independent property websites running on its platform, with 4 300 estate agencies and 37 000 estate agents using its systems on a daily basis. On top of this, in SA it has over 2.5 million unique monthly consumers finding their perfect home on its website, and over 3.5 million in Russia.
