Aurum PropTech to acquire 100% stake in Housing.com for ₹485 crore; key things to know

Navi Mumbai-based technology company Aurum PropTech’s board of directors on Thursday, July 16, announced that the company, along with REA Group, will acquire the entire stake in the real estate marketplace platform, Housing.com, for around ₹485 crore, according to an exchange filing.

With this acquisition, the company aims to transform the real estate marketplace into one integrated platform, spanning over property discovery, transactions, financing, rentals and management across the real estate life cycle.

“Aurum PropTech Limited (Aurum), India’s leading PropTech company, and REA Group today announced a strategic transaction under which Housing.com (“Housing”) will join the Aurum PropTech ecosystem,” the company informed the stock exchanges.

Shares of Aurum PropTech jumped 2.4% to hit an intraday high of ₹256.88 during Thursday’s market, compared to ₹250.82 apiece at the previous stock market close, according to NSE data.

After the intraday high on the acquisition update, the shares lost their gains, trading 2% lower during the afternoon market hours on July 16.

Aurum-Housing acquisition details

As part of the deal, Aurum PropTech will acquire a 100% stake in Locon Solutions Private Limited, Housing.com’s parent company, through the issuance of 1,97,93,309 equity shares with a face value of ₹5 apiece, which represent 20.5% of the enlarged share capital.

After the acquisition, Australia-based REA Group’s total shareholding in Aurum PropTech will increase to 24.9%. The deal is subject to the approval of shareholders and the necessary regulatory nods.

The exchange filings also showed that the total cost of the acquisition was ₹458,05,87,362 or ₹458 crore. The acquisition is expected to be completed before September 30, 2026.

“Housing.com is India’s leading real estate marketplace, and Aurum is the largest tech-enabled transactions platform. Bringing marketplace and transactions together on one platform will create compounding synergies that will drive the next phase of value creation,” said Ashish Deora, Founder & CEO, Aurum Ventures.

How have Aurum PropTech shares performed?

Aurum PropTech shares have delivered more than 264% returns to investors in the last five years, over 85% gains in the last three years, and more than 27% returns on their investments in the past one year, according to NSE data.

On a year-to-date (YTD) basis, the company shares surged 30% in the current calendar year and have gained 24% in the last one-month period, as per the exchange data. Aurum PropTech shares have risen 11% in the last five market sessions.

Shares of Aurum PropTech surged to their 52-week high of ₹264.64 on July 15, 2026, while the 52-week low was at ₹151.90 on March 30, 2026. The company’s market capitalisation (m-cap) was at ₹1,883 crore as of the trading session on Thursday, July 16, 2026.