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Property24.com
=About= Property24.com is a South African online residential real estate search portal that lists properties available for sale and to rent. The website has over 300 000 properties listed by Estate Agents and visitors can search for property by city, suburb or street name. The company is based in Newlands, Cape Town and has offices in Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein, East London and Port Elizabeth.

=History= Property24.com was established in 2000 after Naspers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naspers) acquired a property management platform called Property & Loan Application Network (Planet). In November 2009, Property24.com was stabled with Korbitec (Pty) Limited as part of the transaction in which Naspers acquired a shareholding of Korbitec [3] (http://www.naspers.com/internet_detail.php?Korbitec-11). Korbitec has numerous property-related software offerings and the merger proved symbiotic. In 2011, Korbitec/Property24 acquired SAHometraders which grew Property24.com into South Africa’s largest consumer-facing property search listing network. [4] (http://www.propertyportalwatch.com/2011/04/another-partner-for-property24-com/) =Products=

Property24 offers a variety of tools and services to consumers and to real estate professionals.

Tools for Consumers
Property24.com visitors can make use of a bond calculator to determine the monthly and overall bond repayments on a specific property or loan amount [7] (http://www.property24.com/calculators/bond) or apply for property finance directly through Property24.com (https://www.property24.com/marketing/homeloan).

The company also supplies valuation reports on properties. These include a property and municipal valuation, transfer and sold-price history, suburb trends, comparative sales and the registered property details [1] (http://www.property24.com/property-values). The website also offers property information including property news [8], property advice [9], the need-to-knows when buying or selling property [10] Consumer are able to use Property24.com to find Estate Agents [12] (http://www.property24.com/estate-agencies), Attorneys [13] (http://www.property24.com/attorneys) and service providers, including electrical companies, pest services and plumbers [14] (http://www.property24.com/service-provider-search).

Tools for Real Estate Professionals
PropCtrl is Property24’s Real Estate Management Tool which helps Real Estate Agents administer the process of real estate sales in South Africa and can be used on desktop or mobile devices. The software integrates with Korbitec’s Conveyancing software, which connects the entire property transfer process electronically from start to finish. [5]

Partner networks
Property24.com is affiliated with various websites, enabling the property search functionality. These include: ∗	News24.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News24) ∗	Kalahari.net [15] (http://kalahari.net/) ∗	Pricecheck.co.za [16] (http://www.pricecheck.co.za/) ∗	The 24.com network [17] (http://www.24.com/) ∗	BidorBuy.com (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidorbuy) ∗	Mail & Guardian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_%26_Guardian)