Expanding the Scope of Activities through Inbound Business, Leasing and Management Support

「The International Business Office, established in July, began preparing and providing support materials, including manuals for real estate transactions with foreign nationals and English- and Chinese-language versions of important matters explanations and contracts. We also held a seminar to promote international transactions. We are continuing to support GREATS21, a voluntary association of franchisees, and will further promote the expansion of international transactions.」

「Established an International Operations Office in July to further develop international transactions, including through collaboration with overseas headquarters.」

「Recently, investment opportunities in Japanese real estate from overseas, particularly from Asia, have increased. We will leverage the international network unique to our franchise and work with Century 21 offices in countries around the world to strengthen inbound real estate activity.」

「We have encouraged domestic franchisees to use the “Global Site,” which allows real estate properties to be listed across Century 21 franchisees in different countries, and have provided housing information to people overseas. We have also begun considering initiatives related to outbound demand.」

「② Laying the groundwork for growth by leveraging the franchise network ⅰ) Supporting and stimulating franchisees’ global transactions by leveraging the overseas network of the international brand “Century 21” ⅱ) Pursuing businesses for seniors ⅲ) Addressing business succession issues among real estate operators, including franchisees ⅳ) Promoting business investments and business alliances with businesses and companies that offer strong synergies with the company’s franchise business ⅴ) Contributing to the realization of a sustainable society through business activities, including the handling of environmentally friendly housing」

「To support franchisees’ transactions with foreign nationals and address vacant properties, we began offering “ROOMiD Global Plan,” a rent guarantee service exclusively for foreign nationals, operated through a collaboration between Global Trust Networks Co., Ltd. and EPOS Card Co., Ltd.」

「Next, as part of our IT strategy, in addition to the support described above for acquiring properties for sale, we entered into a business partnership with イタンジ株式会社, which offers ITANDI BB, a one-stop service for rental real estate operations.」

「The company conducted a 4-part series of training sessions to strengthen franchisees' rental property management and seminars on the Act on Proper Management of Rental Housing.」

「To support the use of IT to improve franchisee operating efficiency, the company entered into business alliances with AR株式会社, which handles VRROOM, a VR app for real estate, and イタンジ株式会社, which handles ITANDI BB, a one-stop service for rental real estate operations through digitization.」

「② Laying the groundwork for growth by leveraging the franchise network ⅰ) Supporting and stimulating franchisees’ global transactions by leveraging the overseas network of the international brand “Century 21” ⅱ) Pursuing businesses for seniors, including senior housing referral services」

「This will enable us to promote work-style reform at franchisees and provide customers with convenient access without restricting their core hours, particularly for transactions in which in-person settlement places a significant burden on customers, such as transactions involving vacant homes inherited through succession, inbound transactions and transactions between real estate companies.」

「v) Expanding business areas by stimulating global transactions through inbound demand and strengthening rental and property management support」