Axel Springer purchases MeilleursAgents for 200m euros

October 3, 2019
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Axel Springer recently announced that it had the acquisition of French online real estate agent MeilleursAgents in a deal valued at 200 million euros ($219 million) has been completed.

This purchase follows Axel Springer’s earlier acquisitions of SeLoger and Logic-Immo, the German company said in a statement.

 

PRESS RELEASE

Axel Springer, through its subsidiary AVIV, today completed the total acquisition of MeilleursAgents, the leading online real estate valuation provider in France. Axel Springer, owner of SeLoger and Logic-Immo, is expanding the value chain of its French real estate portals and strengthening its existing offerings that help real estate agents win new sales mandates. Internationally, the company’s real estate portals will benefit from MeilleursAgents’ expertise in online real estate valuation.

With the acquisition of MeilleursAgents, AVIV is also further expanding its data competence in France, increasing the transparency of real estate markets and expanding the range of services offered by SeLoger and Logic-Immo.

Dr. Andreas Wiele, President Classifieds Media Axel Springer SE and CEO AVIV: “The acquisition of MeilleursAgents, the French market leader for price information and real estate professionals, is of strategic importance for AVIV. It will enable us to support the digitalization of the market and to further develop real estate search and brokerage. In France, MeilleursAgents perfectly complements SeLoger and Logic-Immo. This enables us to offer real estate agents the most comprehensive offer on the market”.

Sébastien de Lafond, CEO of MeilleursAgents: “We are the leading provider of online real estate valuation and support 12,000 real estate agents every day in developing their businesses. This merger is great news for MeilleursAgents and its teams. We can now roll out our data expertise internationally and contribute to the digitization of the European real estate markets. In France, our offering will complement SeLoger and Logic-Immo and help real estate professionals increase their share of sales between individuals.”

SOURCE AVIV

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