EANS-News: Hypoport AG / Approx. EUR100 million brokered on EUROPACE every day

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Berlin, 12 October 2011 (euro adhoc) - The volume of transactions
generated on the Europace platform in the third quarter of 2011
topped the EUR6 billion mark for the first time. The improvement in
market conditions and the many years of capital investment in this
platform generated aggregate growth of roughly 38 per cent compared
with the corresponding period of 2010.

This transaction volume of EUR6.17 billion means that the 160 or so
partners that use the Europace marketplace increased the total volume
of new loans brokered by 38 per cent compared with the third quarter
of 2010 (Q3 2010: EUR4.48 billion). The sharp upturn in the market
after the summer months also generated growth of 33 per cent compared
with the previous quarter (Q2 2011: EUR4.64 billion).

Uncertainty in financial markets boosts real estate and independent
advisers

Growth was fuelled by all three product segments. The volume of
mortgage finance transactions, which is traditionally the strongest
driver of growth, advanced by 27 per cent year on year to EUR4.98
billion (Q3 2010: EUR3.91 billion). "The turmoil in financial markets
and the ongoing political wrangling are unsettling consumers",
claimed Thilo Wiegand, the Hypoport AG Management Board member
responsible for Europace, adding: "This situation, coupled with the
low level of interest rates, has triggered a flight to tangible
assets - primarily real estate." In this environment, products such
as building finance had increasingly been used as a form of long-term
funding, explained Wiegand, and Hypoport had therefore sought to
sharpen its focus on this product. This approach had enabled the
Company to expand its volume of building finance transactions by 40
per cent compared with the previous quarter to EUR912 million (Q2
2011: EUR650 million). This translated into growth of 192 per cent
compared with the corresponding quarter of 2010 (Q3 2010: EUR312
million). Consumers proved to be slightly more reluctant to take out
personal loans: the volume of transactions generated in this product
segment grew by 8.29 per cent year on year to EUR287 million (Q3
2010: EUR265 million).

"The total daily volume of new loans brokered via the Europace
marketplace amounts to some EUR100 million", summarised Wiegand. He
explained that the main reason for this encouraging level of growth -
in addition to the aforementioned factors - was the renewed interest
in independent advice. "Many partners on Europace are independent
intermediaries that can provide their clients with the best offerings
in the market because they have access to a wide range of products",
concluded Wiegand. He stressed that independent brokers therefore
made options available that were becoming increasingly important -
especially at a time of turbulent and opaque market conditions.

Further inquiry note:
Michaela Reimann
Group Communications Manager
Telefon: +49 (0) 30 42086 1936
E-Mail: michaela.reimann@hypoport.de

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company: Hypoport AG
Klosterstraße 71
D-10179 Berlin
phone: +49(0)30 42086-0
FAX: +49(0)30 42086-1999
mail: ir@hypoport.de
WWW: http://www.hypoport.de
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0005493365
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English