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A Successful Start for the iProperty Group

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Hope you had a great Chinese New Year celebration and enjoyed the long weekend!

In 2011, the teams all across the iProperty Group focused their commitment on building relationships with customers and in finding ways to further enhance the experience of consumers who visit our website, to search for the dream home.

The dedication, passion and unrelenting commitment showcased by the team have resulted in the group achieving a 103% increase in revenue, and a 72% increase in the number of paying agents.

The Group also significantly deepened its relationship with property developers, highlighted by the launch of our Top Developers publication earlier this year.

To our loyal and esteemed consumers and customers, this success could not have been achieved without you as well. The growth we’ve experienced over the years is because of customers and consumers like you, who faithfully support our business. We appreciate your trust, and we’ll do our best to continue to give you the kind of service you deserve.

And to the entire team at the iProperty Group, a big THANK YOU for all your hard work and dedication. Your passion and determination, has helped us achieve one milestone after another.

Our performance in 2011 provides us with an outstanding starting point for 2012, and rest assured, we have a clear strategy for each country and will continue to focus on executing our plans to continue to deliver only the best for you.

Have a great weekend.

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2012 — iProperty Gets Innovative

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So 2012 has arrived! I hope you all enjoyed the extended holidays and ushered in the New Year with new goals, resolutions and of course in style. Hot spots around the city center and shopping malls were filled with people gathering to do the final countdown to the New Year. The skylines were filled with bright and vibrant colorful sparks of beautiful patterns from the fire crackers and it was just indeed a truly beautiful sight to behold.

The festive season is indeed a joyous occasion – a time of family bonding and of course a time for feasting. I guess many; will be hitting the gym soon to burn off all those extra calories. I know I will.

The holidays also gave me some extra time to do some reading and I came across a book entitled Discipline Dreaming.

Written by Josh Linkner, a successful serial entrepreneur, founder of a highly successful company in the promotion’s industry, Linkner’s book outlines various processes and techniques that encourage and enable innovation among employees.

Innovation has and will always be a key fundamental to the iProperty Group. We continuously strive towards developing highly innovative products and services to meet the needs of our target market.

In today’s world, the success of any business is constantly measured, not just by revenues, but by a wide spectrum of things and being in the online industry – by brand recall, by unique visitors, by leads and of course by sales amongst many other factors.

The need to stay ahead of competitors has never been more critical and innovation is indeed the key fundamental. Linker outlines in his book that the only way to sustain long term innovation and growth is through creativity – at all levels of the organisation. And I certainly couldn’t agree more.

Disciplined Dreaming shows you how to create profitable new ideas, empower all your employees to be creative, and sustain your competitive advantage over the long term. His book outlines the whole process in five easy steps that will make creativity easy for you and your organisation.

So, for 2012, let’s get innovative and believe that it will be a great and successful year.

Time to leave our comfort zones, put on our thinking and creative caps, and explore new possibilities in a disciplined way of course.

Enjoy the weekend and Happy 2012!

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2011 – A Year of Success for iProperty

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Hello December!

I don’t know about you but I feel that the last 11 months have whizzed by in a blink of an eye. But nevertheless, it’s been an amazing journey.

This year saw me become a father for the second time to beautiful baby daughter. My lovely daughter is now nearly 6 months old. I am also proud to say that my eldest daughter has been nothing short but a remarkable and caring big sister.

On the business front, 2011 has been a year of success across the iProperty Group.

2011 saw us change our name from IPGA Limited to the iProperty Group Ltd, acquire the No.1 and No.3 property portals in Indonesia, win highly acclaimed awards in Malaysia and Hong Kong, clinch the 4th place in the fastest Australian growing business by Business Review Weekly and not forgetting the birth of the region’s first comprehensive and designated portal of commercial and industrial properties, CommercialAsia.com.

We also had tremendous revenue growth across the group. Our portals in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Hong Kong continue to remain the leading and preferred property portal in their respective countries. Our significant growth has also attracted investments from France’s No.1 property portal, SeLoger.com, to the business.

The launch of our inaugural coffee table book, Malaysia Top Property Developers 2011/2012, is also something we are extremely happy about. You can grab a copy of this limited edition book at a bookstore near you soon, for only RM 99.

Needless to say that I am very proud of all that we have achieved this year. I especially commend the staff at iProperty for their passion and dedication, for without them, these numerous milestones that we achieved would not have been possible.

But I’m convinced the best is yet to come. Looking forward to the year ahead fills me with excitement.

I can assure you that 2012 will be an exciting year. We have many things lined up for you, so do stay tuned.

I also want to take this opportunity to personally thank all our consumers, customers and partners for continuously believing in us and for growing with us to achieve one milestone after another.

Have a great week.

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CommercialAsia.com Launched by The iProperty Group

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Region-wide cooling measures by the government on the residential property sector and the rising yield in the commercial sector has prompted the launch of CommercialAsia.com, the region’s first comprehensive website dedicated to commercial and industrial properties across Asia-Pacific.

The new website has the largest database of commercial and industrial property listings in the region with over 150,000 current listings, a figure expected to grow to over 500,000 by the end of 2012.

Shaun Di Gregorio launching CommercialAsia.com

The growth potential of the commercial and industrial sector is expected to be in the range of 5% to 10% for 2012. More investors are looking into commercial and industrial property due to the lower cost and the higher return on investment and they may make 4% to 8% yields renting their premises. If an investor were to have invested in one light industrial cum office building 4 to 5 years ago, the investor will see a yield of 18% to 23% return†.

Spearheaded by The iProperty group, Asia’s No.1 online property group, which reaches out to 3.5million unique visitors and over 25,000 real estate agents per month, the launch of CommerialAsia.com is timed in anticipation of the market trend. The Group, famed for its innovation, has also achieved number one status in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia. The company analysed property searches and data from Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia over the last year to ascertain the level of interest in the commercial and industrial property industry.

CommercialAsia.com will help business owners and business managers make informed decisions more efficiently by providing them with an easy and convenient platform to locate business spaces across Asia-Pacific and by providing vital research and reports. It is the only website that provides a comprehensive list of office, industrial and retail properties across multiple sub-categories and countries. It also features special functions such as a currency converter and a robust search engine.

Following the launch of CommerialAsia.com, customers can continue to look forward to innovations and developments including translation services, a wealth of information on current trends and research, a directory of property agents and owners, pricing trends as well as a dedicated trade forum to reach out to property experts. A series of upcoming advancements in the portal will provide the commercial and industrial industry with the best tool to promote their properties across Asia-Pacific and will ensure that consumers benefit from the best search experience.

These enhanced services will be made possible by strategic partnerships with leading names in the sector, including LJ Hooker, Ray International Real Estate Group, Centaline Commercial, PropNex, Orange Tee, PropertyBank.

For more information, visit www.commercialasia.com.

† Source: Ray International

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iProperty Group Reports Continued Strong Growth In Q3 2011

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iProperty Group Ltd formerly known as IPGA Limited (ASX: IPP), the owner of Asia’s No. 1 network of property portal sites under the iProperty brand (www.iproperty.com), today released its 4C statement demonstrating the continued strong financial growth of the business. In September of 2011, the Group hit a new record number of consumers viewing its websites and now has almost 17,000 real estate agents advertising across its network.

“2011 has continued to be a great year for the Group. Our cash receipts have continued their growth and this places the business in a strong position as we look to 2012. Our engagement with agents and increasingly property developers has driven the great result in our core markets of Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore” said iProperty Group CEO, Shaun Di Gregorio.

“In Malaysia we’ve extended our leadership position with more agents, property developers and property listings driving a huge growth in consumer traffic. In Indonesia we’ve made terrific progress following the acquisitions of the #1 portal rumah123 and #3 portal rumahdanproperti. We’ve doubled the number of paying agent advertisers in the last three months having signed partnership deals with the three largest franchise groups ERA, Ray White and LJ Hooker. At the same time we’ve significantly increased consumer traffic to the #1 portal rumah123. This has consolidated and extended our leadership position in Indonesia” said Di Gregorio.

“In Hong Kong we’ve made significant improvements to the consumer experience and this was recognized with being awarded ‘Property portal of the Year 2011’ by leading industry experts. Our leadership position has continued to grow with more agents, property developers, property listings and consumer traffic than any other property portal in Hong Kong. And in Singapore our approach to innovation continues to drive the growth of the business with several new initiatives recently launched. We are focused on a quality experience for consumers as iProperty.com.sg continues to be the preferred property portal in Singapore, reinforced by independent website measurement firms”.

“As we look toward 2012 we continue to focus on providing our customers with more exposure and more leads and ensuring our consumers get the best possible experience when searching for property on one of our market leading websites” added Di Gregorio.

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