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{{Short description|Indian real estate search portal}}
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| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| founder = Rahul Yadav
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| CEO = Dhruv Agarwal
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| industry = [[Real estate]]
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| parent = [[REA Group]]
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| url = {{URL|https://housing.com/}}
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| language = English
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'''Housing.com''' is an Indian real estate search portal which allows customers to search for apartments for rent and sale.<ref name = Bhat2014>{{cite web | url = http://forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/housing.com-born-out-of-its-founders-house-hunt/37151/1 | title = housing.com: Born Out of its Founders House Hunt | author = Shravan Bhat | work = [[Forbes]] India | date = 12 February 2014 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Grant2013>{{cite web | url = https://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/funding-daily-prism/ | title = Funding Daily Prism | author = Rebecca Grant | publisher = Venture Beat | date = 6 June 2014 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref> The company has 6,000 brokers and serves 40 cities in [[India]] including [[Chennai]], [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Kochi]], [[Kolkata]] and [[Delhi]].<ref name = Ho2013>{{cite web | url = https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/06/with-2-5m-injection-from-nexus-indian-housing-marketplace-launches-in-bangalore/ | title = With $2.5M Injection from Nexus, Indian Housing Marketplace Launches in Bangalore | author = Victoria Ho | publisher = TechCrunch | date = 6 June 2013 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Peer2014>{{cite web | url = http://techcircle.vccircle.com/2014/06/23/housing-com-claims-6000-brokers-in-25-cities-aims-to-break-even-in-each-city-by-2015-end/ | title = housing.com toying with algorithms for old-age friendliness, pollution index & helping find girl friends, too | author = Nikita Peer | publisher = Tech Circle | date = 23 June 2014 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = IDR2013/>

==History==

A group of twelve students from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] founded Housing.co.in in June 2012.<ref name = Bhat2014/><ref name = Hans2013>{{cite web |url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/property-websites-offering-value-added-services-with-listings/1/193543.html |title=Building Search|author=Pritam P Hans |publisher= Business Today|date = April 2013 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Sharma2014>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Helion-may-lead-8m-investment-in-Housing-com/articleshow/33048936.cms |title=Helion may lead $8M investment in housing.com|author=Samidha Sharma |publisher= Times of India|date = 4 January 2014 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Gooptu2014>{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/emerging-businesses/startups/with-fatter-paychecks-startups-rope-in-more-talent-than-big-cos-like-ibm-hul/articleshow/36364876.cms |title=With fatter paychecks, startups rope in more talent than big cos like IBM, HUL|author=Biswarup Gooptu & Kala Vijayraghavan |publisher= Economic Times|date = 11 June 2014 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref> The company purchased Housing.com from San Francisco-based internet entrepreneur, Peter Headington, and the telephone number 03-333-333-333 in September 2013 for a total of $1m.<ref name = Abudheen2013/><ref name = Rai2013/>

Since its founding in 2012, Housing.com has raised four rounds of funding. The company raised $2.5 million in [[Series A round|Series A]] funding from Nexus Venture Partners in June 2013.<ref name = Grant2013/><ref name = Ho2013/><ref name = Peer2014/><ref name = Rakesh2013>{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/nexus-venture-partners-injects-2-5m-in-an-indian-real-estate-startup/|title = Nexus Venture Partners injects $2.5M in an Indian real estate startup|author=Chitra Rakesh|date = 6 June 2013 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref> The company used the funds to create its Data Science Lab and to expand to four cities: [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Gurgaon|Gurugram]], [[Pune]], [[Hyderabad]].
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<ref name = Abrar2014>{{cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-20/news/50738867_1_nexus-venture-rs-138-crore-advitiya-sharma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622053912/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-06-20/news/50738867_1_nexus-venture-rs-138-crore-advitiya-sharma |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2014 |title=housing.com founded by IIT graduates makes more room for growth, mops up rs 115 crore|author=Peerzada Abrar |publisher= [The Economic Times]|date = 20 June 2014 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Velayanikal2014>{{cite web |url=http://www.techinasia.com/housing-com-funding-real-estate/|title = $19M funding for Housing.com ups the ante in tech war between real estate portals in India|author=Malavika Velayanika |publisher= Tech in Asia|date = 20 June 2014 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref> The company raised another $19M in venture funding, led by Helion Venture Partners, in April 2014.<ref name = IndiaTimes2014>{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/emerging-businesses/startups/startups-focus-on-team-composition-to-draw-investors/articleshow/35976951.cms |title=Startups focus on team composition to draw investors |publisher= The Economic Times|date = 3 June 2014 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Dutta2014>{{cite web |url=http://techcircle.vccircle.com/2014/04/25/housing-com-raises-close-to-18m-led-by-helion-venture-partners/ |title=Excl: housing.com raises close to $18M led by Helion Venture Partners|author=Diksha Dutta |publisher= Tech Circle|date = 25 April 2014 |accessdate=30 July 2014}}</ref>

Housing.com acquired real estate discussion forum, Indian Real Estate Forum (IREF), for $1.2 million in March 2015,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150330044157/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-26/news/60516253_1_housing-com-iref-ravish-naresh Housing.com buys real estate forum IREF – timesofindia-economictimes]. Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com (26 March 2015). Retrieved 10 June 2015.</ref> Realty BI, a risk assessment firm for realty projects, for $2 million in June 2015,<ref>[http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/housing-com-acquires-realty-business-intelligence/47637761 Housing.com acquires Realty Business Intelligence for Rs 10 Cr]. Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com (12 June 2015). Retrieved on 2015-07-04.</ref> and HomeBuy360, a cloud-based sales lifecycle management platform, for $2 million in August 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Housing.com acquires HomeBuy360|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/housingcom-acquires-homebuy360/article7547120.ece|accessdate=17 August 2015|work=The Hindu|date=16 August 2015}}</ref>

In June 2015, Housing.com then-CEO Rahul Yadav accused Sequoia India MD Shailendra Singh of poaching Housing.com staff.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150315051841/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-12/news/60047815_1_housing-com-advitiya-sharma-leadership-team Investors considering to remove Housing.com co-founder Rahul Yadav as CEO: Sources – timesofindia-economictimes]. Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.</ref> Subsequently, he was asked to leave the company altogether, citing objectionable behaviour.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav sacked by board after email leak|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/housing-coms-ceo-rahul-yadav-fired-a-day-after-email-leak/|website = The Indian Express|date = 1 July 2015|accessdate = 21 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav fired - Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Housing-com-CEO-Rahul-Yadav-fired/articleshow/47894037.cms|website = The Times of India|accessdate = 21 December 2015}}</ref> Rishabh Gupta was temporarily in charge, before being replaced by [[Jason Kothari]] in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = We are putting the house back in order: Housing.com's new CEO|url = http://www.livemint.com/Companies/h9r0mgH0XnsbO5wNVjZjjO/We-are-putting-the-house-back-in-order-Housingcoms-new-CE.html|website=livemint.com/|accessdate = 21 December 2015}}</ref>

==Product==
Housing.com lists properties submitted by users, either brokers or owners, on an interactive map.<ref name = Hans2013/> Search results are filtered by available rooms, lifestyle ratings, child friendliness index (CFI), and area-based pricing.<ref name = Grant2013/><ref name = Ho2013/><ref name = Sharma2014/><ref name = Abudheen2013>{{cite web | url = http://techcircle.vccircle.com/2013/11/15/nexus-venture-backed-real-estate-portal-housing-com-adds-child-friendliness-index-to-its-site-whats-new/ | title = Nexus Venture-backed real estate portal housing.com adds 'child friendliness index' to its site; what's new? | author = Sainul K Abudheen | publisher = Tech Circle India | date = 15 November 2013 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Sinha2013>{{cite web | url = http://www.nextbigwhat.com/search-for-apartments-online-in-mumbai-using-housing-297/ | title = Startup Housing.co.in takes a brilliant data based approach to house hunting | author = Ashish Sinha | publisher = Next Big What | date = 21 January 2014 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref>

The company has mapped approximately 650,000 houses in India.<ref name = Peer2014/><ref name = Abrar2014/>

Housing.com's Data Science Lab (DSL) has generated a number of "Heat Map" algorithms and demand flux maps based on these filters.<ref name = Velayanikal2014/><ref name = Abudheen2013/><ref name = IDR2013>{{cite web | url = http://www.indiadigitalreview.com/news/real-estate-portal-housingcom-launches-price-heat-maps-feature/14461 | title = Real Estate portal housing.com launches Price Heat Maps feature | publisher = India Digital Review | date = 7 October 2013 | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name = Rai2013>{{cite web | url = http://techcircle.vccircle.com/2013/10/07/nexus-backed-real-estate-portal-housing-com-launches-price-heat-maps-whats-on-offer/ | title = Nexus-backed real estate portal housing.com launches price heat maps; what's on offer? | author = Anand Rai | date = 7 October 2013 | accessdate = 30 July 2014}}</ref>

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