"Housing.Com has acquired Realty Business Intelligence, an organisation focused on risk assessment for realty projects, for Rs 10 crore in cash towards purchase of 100 per cent equity of the latter," the company said in a statement.
With this acquisition, Housing.Com customers will now be empowered with credible real estate market intelligence and risk assessment to aid informed decision making for investments in new projects, Housing.Com's Chief Executive Rahul Yadav said.
"Backed by this acquisition, we will further augment our due diligence efforts to ensure verified listings, risk free transactions and secure investments while giving Realty BI access to a vast database of realty developers and end consumers," Yadav said.
Earlier this year, Housing.Com had acquired Indian Real Estate Forum (IREF) to provide trustworthy information and end-to-end services to all stakeholders.
"With these acquisitions, we consolidate our leadership position as a comprehensive online realty player and a game changer striving to bring positive change in the real estate industry through its consumer centric products and solutions," Yadav added.
The company has been working with banks, housing finance companies and non-banking finance companies across the country to provide a unified collateral risk assessment platform assuring a minimum 50 per cent reduction in overall costs and back-end work related to due diligence.
"We believe there are huge synergies between both the companies as they are striving to bring transparency in the realty industry.
"Backed by our comprehensive project due diligence and monitoring services and association with Housing.Com, we aim to scale our business across key metros as well as expand our customer base to now empower retail investors to assess risks associated with investments," Realty Business Intelligence Founder and CEO Rajeev Nohwar said.