idealistthe most trafficked real estate marketplace in Europe, announces the launch of its activities in France. Founded 27 years ago and market leader in Spain, Italy and Portugal, the company thus takes a new step on the international level, with the aim of becoming the reference platform for professionals in the French real estate sector and offering French users the same browsing and usage experience already available for the millions of users who use idealista in the three markets in which it is present.
With its launch in France, idealista offers French professionals a new alternative: a platform that aims to make the market more transparent and guarantee greater freedom to operators in the sector. In this new phase, idealista intends to offer French users a much simpler, more intuitive, secure and faster experience.
The launch of activities in France strengthens the internationalization of idealista, the only platform in the world to have launched and led markets other than that of its country of origin. The company thus consolidates itself as one of the few Spanish startups to have achieved a successful international presence.
For Jesus Encinarfounder and CEO of idealista, «Entering the French market represents an enormous challenge, which we however face with the utmost respect and with a great sense of responsibility. For many years we have collaborated with thousands of real estate intermediaries in Europe and we know the peculiarities of each market in which we are leaders, as well as the concrete needs of professionals. Although we are new to France, 27 years of close collaboration with thousands of European real estate professionals allow us to have the most suitable knowledge and tools to offer a good experience to professionals and users».
To lead the development of the platform in the French market, idealista has welcomed into its team Aurélien Flamentone of the most authoritative figures in the real estate and proptech sector in France. After 14 years of experience at Leboncoin Immobilier, where he contributed decisively to consolidating the platform as a market reference point, Flament now faces the challenge of building and expanding idealista’s presence in France.
idealista.fr already has offices in Paris and is consolidating a team of professionals with the aim of creating a solid alternative for real estate intermediaries who wish to expand and improve their client portfolio, as well as help meet the real estate needs of French users.
With 27 years of history, idealista is today the real estate portal with the largest database and the highest traffic in Europe: over 1.5 million active adverts, 7.3 million monthly users and more than 200 million visits per month generated throughout Europe. Over 70,000 real estate professionals trust the platform to manage their portfolios and connect with millions of buyers and tenants.
Since its founding in 2000, idealista has changed the way people look for a new home and is the first choice of millions of people in Southern Europe whenever they want to buy, sell or rent a property.
At the same time, idealista has developed technological solutions designed to meet the concrete needs of sector professionals: innovative features, quality data and tools that generate measurable growth opportunities. Most of these technological solutions are integrated into the idealista app, one of the most established in the sector.