BEIJING, December 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IFM Investments Limited (NYSE: CTC) ("Century 21 China Real Estate" or the "Company"), a leading comprehensive real estate services provider and the exclusive franchisor for the CENTURY 21® brand in China, today announced that it has reached the milestone of handling a cumulative total of RMB800 million in property refinancing loans.
This follows the Company's announcement in May 2014 that it had handled a cumulative total of RMB500 million in property refinancing loans.
"We continue to make encouraging progress in property refinancing loans which, along with our broader mortgage management services business, are an important pillar of our strategy to increase profitability," said Mr. Donald Zhang, chairman and chief executive officer of Century 21 China Real Estate. "We've gained strong momentum in the latter half of this year, particularly in Shanghai and Chengdu, and we plan to expand our loan offering into more cities in 2015. We expect revenue growth from this segment to continue to accelerate in the coming quarters."
The Company's total revenue from mortgage management services reached RMB16.4 million in the third quarter of 2014, representing a record year-over-year increase of 69.1% and a record sequential increase of 31.2%.
About Century 21 China Real Estate
IFM Investments Limited ("Century 21 China Real Estate" or "CTC") is a leading comprehensive real estate services provider and the exclusive franchisor for the CENTURY 21® brand in China. CTC primarily focuses on China's fast-growing and highly fragmented secondary real estate market, providing company-owned brokerage services, franchise services, mortgage management services, primary services, commercial services and fund management services. CTC has experienced substantial growth since it commenced operations in 2000, and received numerous awards and recognition as franchisor and real estate services provider for its service quality and business achievements. Century 21 China Real Estate became a public company in January 2010 and its ADSs, each of which represents 45 ordinary shares of CTC, currently trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CTC". For more information about CTC, please visit http://www.century21cn.com/english.
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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Steve Ye
CFO
IFM Investments Limited
Phone: +86-10-6561-7788
E-mail: ir@century21cn.com
Nick Beswick
Brunswick Group
Phone: +86-10-5960-8600
Email: ctc@brunswickgroup.com
In the United States:
Brunswick Group
Phone: +1-212-333-3810
Email: ctc@brunswickgroup.com
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