{"id":6697,"date":"2022-08-03T14:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/exp-world-holdings-completes-acquisition-of-zoocasa-realty-inc\/6697\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T09:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:21:38","slug":"exp-world-holdings-completes-acquisition-of-zoocasa-realty-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/exp-world-holdings-completes-acquisition-of-zoocasa-realty-inc\/6697\/","title":{"rendered":"eXp World Holdings Completes Acquisition of\u00a0Zoocasa Realty Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure>&#8221; alt=&#8221;eXp World Holdings has completed its acquisition of Zoocasa Realty Inc. and its key property, Zoocasa.com.&#8221;&gt;&#013;<figcaption>eXp World Holdings has completed its acquisition of Zoocasa Realty Inc. and its key property, Zoocasa.com.<\/figcaption>&#013;<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>&#013;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">BELLINGHAM, Wash., July  14, 2022  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI), the holding company for eXp Realty<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Virbela and SUCCESS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Enterprises, today announced it has completed its acquisition of Zoocasa Realty Inc. and its key property, Zoocasa.com. The deal will expand eXp Realty\u2019s online lead generation, home search and listings portal capabilities for its agents and brokers as well as for home buying and selling consumers across North America.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto-based Zoocasa is an award-winning consumer real estate search portal and brokerage. It offers an all-in-one intelligent, scalable listings platform that provides a seamless home search experience, deep market insights and a connection to local real estate experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to officially welcome Zoocasa to eXp Realty,\u201d said Glenn Sanford, Founder, Chairman and CEO of eXp World Holdings. \u201cThis acquisition will provide an immediate and exponential boost to our Canadian agents, as well as to our broader community of agents and real estate customers throughout North America as we look to expand Zoocasa offerings and technology-based solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zoocasa was previously owned by its CEO Lauren Haw and a group of investors, who purchased Zoocasa.com from Rogers Communications in 2015. Today, the platform has close to 12 million annual visits and 150 in-house real estate agents.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about eXp World Holdings and its subsidiaries, go to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=X1tQXprK0eJUyo4cn5zKv8JBfCURMrGbEEi_jb7lPSdam7EwckNEjmR3-1g9PB8AEcwIliLD0jZqdQC076c6PfSg18lpwVkJlhyoo5imSjM=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"expworldholdings.com\">expworldholdings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Zoocasa Realty Inc., please go to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=b8S8B3WC0QB5ca92qBSJrW_XXoFxL7DXApVRVk6MtyKQzm4IZmKEFea415KQIRIUdE93TVIIoTJ18FWHuaue40J3dVmbQG6wh6wNrDFNVMo=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zoocasa About Us\">Zoocasa About Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About eXp World Holdings, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>eXp World Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPI) is the holding company for eXp Realty<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Virbela and SUCCESS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>eXp Realty is the fastest-growing real estate company in the world with more than 83,000 agents in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Mexico, Portugal, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Colombia, Spain, Israel, Panama, Germany, Dominican Republic, Greece and New Zealand and continues to scale internationally. As a publicly traded company, eXp World Holdings provides real estate professionals the unique opportunity to earn equity awards for production goals and contributions to overall company growth. eXp World Holdings and its businesses offer a full suite of brokerage and real estate tech solutions, including its innovative residential and commercial brokerage model, professional services, collaborative tools and personal development. The cloud-based brokerage is powered by Virbela, an immersive 3D platform that is deeply social and collaborative, enabling agents to be more connected and productive. SUCCESS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Enterprises, anchored by <em>SUCCESS<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> magazine and its related media properties, was established in 1897 and is a leading personal and professional development brand and publication.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=7FZ8S1gDtClnRDVQbXWcwRwhhB4B7HH17sq-47YHJyTPFFHZnONDLuoioRY2PAYz20o2UDAKxNwcu_q-Rp94tK53aaA9ivkkIlxj140nDYo=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">https:\/\/expworldholdings.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Zoocasa Realty Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zoocasa is an award-winning brokerage that uses data and technology to deliver an intelligent, end-to-end real estate experience.<\/p>\n<p>Zoocasa\u2019s insights and suite of digital tools, combined with the market expertise of its in-house agents and brokerage team, allows Zoocasa to set a new standard for full-service real estate in Canada. A 3-time winner of both the Financial Times Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and the Top Growing Companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail, Zoocasa continues to innovate on the home buying, selling and search experience online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safe Harbor Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statements contained herein may include statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management\u2019s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to revise or update them. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the continued growth of our agent and broker base; expansion of our residential real estate brokerage business into foreign markets; demand for remote working and distance learning solutions and virtual events; development of our commercial brokerage and our ability to attract commercial real estate brokers; and revenue growth and financial performance. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in forward-looking statements include changes in business or other market conditions; the difficulty of keeping expense growth at modest levels while increasing revenues; and other risks detailed from time to time in the company\u2019s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Relations Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>eXp World Holdings, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=k6WBaNnb9c4LE2CjD6-zxODyh7R4_aTuObNPz0K_5-ITPub85cN5AZEAxyl1AqXg4s6uyssUGNZellQkNt2EsS5siA7JW-9pEeYQm4gx_F2iAvbP4wn_J2JKDpYI5fNmHAwXQ89RCv1JzAuXESTUfQ==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mediarelations@expworldholdings.com\">mediarelations@expworldholdings.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Investor Relations Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MZ Group \u2013 MZ North America<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=uMYPQ0YThmHzae6GC5y7Mp1EetJSW21XdyRr625TZ06mIXcffEJ5ZXeEDtHo-9U_ISuxNBadadkrkJgxRnRX9R_d8xMT3zlvzTG_VXXDl9wIjCe20er21bywkIOEwIH6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"investors@expworldholdings.com\">investors@expworldholdings.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoocasa Realty Inc. &#8211; Media Relations Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=hVCA95Fj4MPV3dXNH8nbfRUJMH-ZhImBa-kPmGsRu9oL6zYqrBe9rGWaZ50RKuLP4M30oSdkbUiVrZsfrZv_6UuebIDWQwhc5ta9gNBhVcU-wB8-cV6R767Qi0dhzLYF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"communications@zoocasa.com\">communications@zoocasa.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo accompanying this announcement is available at:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=7FZ8S1gDtClnRDVQbXWcwbcaZPWZ6AhxzIrFR01RsRa7UGaCXPLJot6dQcwmYt0n4a-fv7UzutuZCtH1qLoAgqjdREjd-QrMmf-7OcGcpXvj_XLluVK-PoFabzMy2W2YA8KQ1xv30Tq7ziMtcOVzxuNuOuRo6QJ_KyN7zVtTZgCXYpo3L_CGC7JfEhAoPhzvhBjdL7YMws6yvUVIAmSCodeJMU5oPmLDTTxbLLbLUTplZlR0oHDCpAA8se86R-68GTInPRu4HQuB5_VSju_2ZA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/NewsRoom\/AttachmentNg\/9a8b7b9b-6f29-48ac-98d3-4d5570619a99<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/NTViNGQxZWMtMjBkZC00YzllLWI0Y2EtMWQxNGU0OTRkYTUxLTExMDQzNDY=\/tiny\/eXp-World-Holdings-Inc-.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>&#013; <\/p>\n<p>eXp World Holdings Completes Acquisition of Zoocasa Realty Inc.<\/p>\n<p>&#013; &#013; <img src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/Resource\/Download\/9a8b7b9b-6f29-48ac-98d3-4d5570619a99?size=2\" title=\"eXp World Holdings Completes Acquisition of Zoocasa Realty Inc.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6707,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6697\/revisions\/6707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1reason.com\/re\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}