Development of New Services and Expansion into Adjacent Areas in the Real Estate and Housing Industry

「Going forward, while leveraging our expertise in the digital field, our strength, we will enter the real-solutions field and seek further business expansion and higher corporate value through the integration of digital and real solutions under the theme “Eliminating the problems of everyday living.”」

「Under these circumstances, in the fiscal year ending September 2025, the Group is working to increase corporate value by focusing on the following key initiatives: accelerating growth in Livin Match, our first core business; expanding candidates for our second core business; and launching a new matching service that could become our third core business.」

「Under these circumstances, in the fiscal year ended September 2024, the Group made active investments with a view to medium- to long-term growth. The main areas of investment were new businesses, M&A, and human capital.」

「On 1 November 2023, we established our wholly owned subsidiary リビンＤＸ株式会社. On 20 December 2023, we acquired all issued shares of 株式会社仲介王 and made it a subsidiary. 株式会社仲介王 develops, maintains, and operates cloud systems for major real estate franchises. We acquired the shares to develop innovative services through collaboration within the Group and to establish a foundation for expanding our cloud-service lineup.」

「We operate an integrated structure in which development, sales, and marketing are all handled in-house. Leveraging this structure, we will simultaneously expand three areas: the property-sale area of our core real estate vertical media service, Livin Match; non-property-sale areas including exterior-wall painting, VR housing exhibition centres, land utilisation, and rental management; and the DX area, which provides marketing services and operational-support SaaS for real estate companies.」

「• Renewed the recruitment website to strengthen recruitment capabilities. • Completed the acquisition of the BAIZO KANRI business, a sales-support SaaS for property management companies, in accordance with the business transfer agreement entered into with コスモテクノロジー株式会社 in the second quarter of the fiscal year ending September 2023. • The number of clients for ぬりマッチ, an exterior-wall-painting comparison site, exceeded 700. • The number of model homes listed on メタ住宅展示場, a VR housing exhibition centre, exceeded 400.」

「As a result of focusing on “successful completion of M&A,” a key initiative for the fiscal year ending September 2023, we entered into a business transfer agreement to acquire the BAIZO KANRI business, a business-support SaaS for property management companies operated by コスモテクノロジー株式会社.」

「• The number of model homes listed on the new メタ住宅展示場 service exceeded 100. • In the ぬりマッチ service, entered into a business alliance with PLジャパン株式会社, which operates an exterior-wall-painting franchise.」

「Regarding service expansion, we successively launched new services to create a second earnings pillar following property-sale appraisals. In September 2021, we launched ぬりマッチ, an exterior-wall-painting comparison site; in December 2021, a smartphone app for Livin Match clients; in February 2022, Turbo Appraisal, an AI-based real estate appraisal report creation service, and 不動産ビジネスバンク, a comparison site for real estate business tools; and in August 2022, メタ住宅展示場, a VR virtual housing exhibition centre.」

「In the second quarter, we pursued the following initiatives. As a branding initiative, Ms. Hanasato Rie became Livin Technologies' new image character. We also relocated the Fukuoka Office to further expand the customer base for the real estate platform business. Regarding service initiatives, we renewed our subscription-based real estate appraisal report creation service using AI and big data as Turbo Appraisal. We also launched 不動産ビジネスバンク, a comparison site for specialised real estate business tools. The number of accounts using SMS Hunter, a SaaS-based step-email distribution system specialising in the real estate industry, exceeded 300.」

「As a new service, we launched a smartphone app for Livin Match clients.」

「As an investment in service expansion, we began providing Leaseback Comparison PRO, a site for comparing multiple leaseback services, in November 2020. We also launched ぬりマッチ, a site for comparing multiple exterior-wall and roof-painting contractors, in September 2021.」

「In April 2021, we entered into a business alliance with ブランディングテクノロジー株式会社 concerning customer referrals and worked to promote the use of our services. We also launched a real estate appraisal service limited to properties in Funabashi City. In May 2021, we relocated the Osaka Office to further expand the Livin Match member-company network. In addition, the number of accounts using SMS Hunter, a SaaS-based step-email distribution system, exceeded 200. In June 2021, the number of member companies for 不動産売却の窓口, a service specialising in bulk appraisals for property sales, exceeded 1,000.」

「On 24 February 2021, we entered into a business alliance with 株式会社WAKUWAKU, which operates services including Renovation Real Estate, to promote the use of both companies' services. On 25 February 2021, we entered into a business alliance with オリックス銀行株式会社 concerning customer referrals, among other key measures implemented steadily.」

「As a new service, we began providing Leaseback Comparison PRO, a site that allows users to compare multiple leaseback services. We also entered into business alliances with 5 companies to promote the use of Livin Match and increase the number of member companies.」

「As new services, we began providing SMS Hunter, which further improves convenience for member companies and end users, and meet in, an online meeting system for the real estate industry. We also implemented various growth initiatives aimed at expanding the scale of our business, including entering into a business alliance with 株式会社東京リーガルマインド in the recruitment and staffing business.」

「In May 2020, the number of member companies for 不動産売却の窓口, a service specialising in bulk appraisals for property sales, exceeded 700. As part of providing new services, we launched SMS Hunter and took steps to further improve convenience for member companies and end users. We also opened the Funabashi Office as a regional sales base and began efforts to expand support for member companies going forward.」

「Furthermore, to actively promote new businesses, we established the Business Planning Department on 1 November 2019 as a dedicated department for promoting business alliances and M&A. We steadily implemented key measures, including expanding into new business areas by providing an e-learning service for real estate professionals on 15 November 2019 and starting a business alliance with 株式会社クラッソーネ, which operates a demolition-work matching service, on 2 December 2019. As part of a new service, we also launched the Best Real Estate Company Certification System on 31 March 2020.」

「Furthermore, to actively promote new businesses, we established the Business Planning Department on 1 November 2019 as a dedicated department for promoting business alliances and M&A. We steadily implemented key measures, including expanding into new business areas by providing an e-learning service for real estate professionals on 15 November 2019 and starting a business alliance with 株式会社クラッソーネ, which operates a demolition-work matching service, on 2 December 2019.」

「By strengthening our sales capabilities through the recruitment and training of outstanding personnel, we plan to continue acquiring additional member companies and actively expand into new business areas adjacent to real estate transactions by leveraging the member-company network.」