Acquisition · Professional & Local Services

Aurum PropTech buys Housing.com parent for ₹458 crore

By Startup Enthusiast · 16 July 2026

What they do

Aurum PropTech operates a platform for property discovery, transactions, financing, rentals and management

It acquired 100% of Locon Solutions, owner of Housing.com, from REA Group in an all-equity deal valued at ₹458 crore

The deal is among the largest in the proptech space and follows Aurum's earlier acquisitions of PropTiger and NestAway

Aurum PropTech has acquired 100% of Locon Solutions, the parent company of Housing.com, from REA Group.
The deal is an all-equity transaction with an enterprise value of ₹458 crore.
Aurum issued 1.98 crore of its equity shares to REA India at ₹231.42 per share as consideration.
Post-deal, REA India's stake in Aurum PropTech rises from 5.54% to 24.9%.
Aurum PropTech also approved 51 lakh fully convertible warrants to promoter Aurum RealEstate Developers at ₹231.42 each, aggregating up to ₹118 crore.
The promoter group's holding post-warrants will be 41.17% on a fully diluted basis.
This acquisition follows Aurum's earlier purchases of PropTiger (Sep 2025) and NestAway (Jun 2023).

The deal is described as among the biggest in the proptech space.
Housing.com was founded in 2012 and has been a major property listings platform.
Aurum has been actively acquiring real estate tech companies, including PropTiger and NestAway.

Aurum PropTech runs a platform that covers property discovery, transactions, financing, rentals and management across the real estate life cycle.
Housing.com is an online real estate marketplace offering property listings, digital ads, lead generation, content, home loan brokerage and visualization products.
Locon Solutions reported unaudited revenue of ₹309.9 crore in FY26.
Its turnover was ₹687.5 crore in FY25 and ₹447.5 crore in FY24.

REA Group (seller) — REA Group is an Australian digital real estate advertising company. It sold its stake in Locon Solutions to Aurum PropTech.