E-House China Holdings (NYSE:EJ)

First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

• Total revenues were $116.6 million, an increase of 97% from $59.1 million for the same quarter of 2012, primarily driven by E-House's real estate brokerage services and real estate online services.
• Net loss attributable to E-House shareholders was $5.4 million, or $0.05 loss per diluted ADS, compared to net loss attributable to E-House shareholders of $25.9 million, or $0.33 loss per diluted ADS, for the same quarter of 2012.
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to E-House shareholders was $4.2 million or $0.03 per diluted ADS, compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to E-House shareholders of $16.8 million, or $0.21 loss per diluted ADS, for the same quarter of 2012.

Xin Zhou, co-chairman and CEO of E-House said, "E-House adjusted its strategies and cost structure amid real estate market fluctuations in the past two years, resulting in a more focused and streamlined business that is better able to adapt to changing market conditions. During the first quarter of 2013, two of our main business components, our primary agency business and our online real estate advertising and e-commerce business, saw significant growth of over 170% and nearly 90%, respectively. On top of the strong gains in traditional online advertising, our real estate e-commerce business has become an important growth driver for the online segment. If last year's first quarter represented the nadir for E-House's business, we believe the first quarter of 2013 signified a clear turn-around of our business and formed a solid base for our overall growth this year."

Mr. Zhou continued, "Innovation has always been a core component of our vision. Tomorrow, we will launch our CRIC Home Price series, also referred to as our China Real Estate Price System or CRPS, another unique set of products in the industry. The CRIC Home Price series includes a primary home price index for 288 cities in China, a secondary home price index for 66 cities, and home price appraisals and recommended pricings for every newly built home in 12 key cities as well as secondary home price estimates within those 12 cities. The CRIC Home Price series has gone through industry expert scrutiny and obtained a patent in China. In addition, to target the growing number of mobile Internet users in China, we recently launched our mobile application, Pocket Leju, which allows users to search for new and secondary homes to buy or rent, with price and listing source information as well as transaction tools. The application has been downloaded by approximately 700,000 users in the first month since its launch. These new and innovative products and services will enable us to better serve our developer clients, along with consumers, and further strengthen our competitive and leadership position in the industry."

Bin Laurence, E-House's CFO, added, "Since the implementation of our cost-control and new incentive measures last year, which aligned our cost structure with the changing market environment, our operating income has improved consistently over the last few quarters. That trend continued in the first quarter of this year with roughly doubled year-on-year revenues yet relatively flat SG&A expenses. We expect to see significant improvement in profitability along with top-line growth this year."

Business Outlook

The Company increased its fiscal 2013 total revenue guidance from the previously guided amount of approximately $550 million to approximately $600 million, which would represent an increase of approximately 30% from $462.4 million in 2012. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

SHANGHAI, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House" or the "Company") (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, today announced that it recently completed its new share issuance to the management team as previously announced on December 10, 2012.

As a result of the transaction, the Company issued an aggregate of 17,790,125 ordinary shares of the Company to Kanrich Holdings Limited ("Kanrich"), a British Virgin Islands company owned by certain key members of the Company's management, including Mr. Xin Zhou , co-chairman of the Company's board of directors and chief executive officer, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $62.6 million. After completion of the share issuance, the E-House management team became the Company's largest shareholder as a group, with a combined stake of approximately 31%.

As previously announced, the Company intends to use up to all of the proceeds from the share issuance to Kanrich to repurchase the Company's ADSs on the open market in compliance with applicable law and in a manner consistent with market conditions and the interests of its shareholders. The shares issued to Kanrich are subject to a 12-month lock-up period. This lock-up restriction does not apply to the creation or enforcement of the share charge created by Kanrich for the benefit of a certain third-party lender, which to the knowledge of the Company, entered into a margin loan facility agreement and related share and account charge with Kanrich to provide financing for the purchase of the new shares of the Company.

Declaration of Cash Dividend 

E-House also announced today that its board of directors has authorized and approved the Company's payment of a cash dividend of $0.15 per ordinary share The cash dividend will be payable on or about May 30, 2013 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 10($0.15 per ADS). , 2013. Dividends to be paid to the Company's ADS holders through the depositary bank will be subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, including the fees and expenses payable thereunder.

Fourth Quarter 2012 Results

• Total revenues were $152.6 million, an increase of 30% from $117.4 million for the same quarter of 2011,
• Net loss attributable to E-House shareholders was $1.7 million, or $0.01 loss per diluted ADS, compared to net loss attributable to E-House shareholders of $27.9 million, or $0.36 loss per diluted ADS, for the same quarter of 2011.
•  Non-GAAP net income attributable to E-House shareholders was $9.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted ADS, compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to E-House shareholders of $18.4 million, or $0.23 loss per diluted ADS, for the same quarter of 2011.

Mr. Xin Zhou, E-House's co-chairman and CEO commented, "We delivered strong revenue growth during the fourth quarter, driven primarily by our primary agency business. For our online advertising business, our e-commerce revenues continued to increase rapidly and make key contributions to overall online revenue growth. In addition, we continued to be innovative with respect to our product and service offerings. During the fourth quarter, we launched a trial version of a Web-based property valuation tool and completed the development of our commercial real estate and construction material databases, which we believe should contribute to the growth of our real estate information revenues in the coming years."

Mr. Zhou continued, "We expect that our first quarter performance will be far better than the same period of last year, judging from transaction and advertising volumes year to date. Although the government recently issued new tightening policies in an effort to cool down the real estate market, we believe the main purposes of those policies are to suppress investment activities and keep housing prices from rising too fast. We have learned from previous cycles how best to tailor our operations to take advantage of a fluctuating real estate market and will timely adjust our operations, if necessary, after local governments issue detailed implementation rules."

Bin Laurence, E-House's CFO, added, "We achieved much better operating income in the fourth quarter with a 30% increase in revenues and relatively flat SG&A compared to the same quarter of last year. As a result, operating margin improved significantly year-on-year. In 2013, we will continue with our cost-control measures and further align employee compensation with our overall net profit. We are confident we will further improve our profitability in 2013."

Business Outlook

The Company estimates that its revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 will be approximately $550 million, an increase of approximately 19% from $462.4 million in 2012. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

Financial Results for the Third Quarter 

• Total Revenues were $136.6 million, an increase of 25% from $109.3 million for the same quarter of 2011.
• Net Loss was $20.1 million, compared to net loss of $425.6 million for the same quarter of 2011. Third quarter non-GAAP net loss was $6.1 million, compared to non-GAAP net income of $5.3 million for the same quarter of 2011.
• Net Loss attributable to E-House shareholders was $21.6 million, or $0.18 loss per diluted ADS, compared to net loss attributable to E-House shareholders of $235.3 million, or $2.97 loss per diluted ADS, for the same quarter of 2011. Third quarter non-GAAP net loss attributable to E-House shareholders was $7.8 million, or $0.07 loss per diluted ADS, compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to E-House shareholders of $0.5 million, or $0.01 loss per diluted ADS, for the same quarter of 2011.

Xin Zhou, E-House's co-chairman and CEO, commented: "The third quarter was relatively quiet on the real estate policy front. Our primary agency business benefited from year-on-year transaction volume growth and started its turn-around in operating profitability. Our online e-commerce business, which was used by more than 11,000 home buyers during the quarter, also showed continued growth momentum. Although growth in our consulting business was lackluster during the third quarter due to continued softness in land transaction consulting and project delays, we made progress in developing new information database products that we believe will contribute to our growth next year."

Bin Laurence, E-House's CFO, added: "We achieved healthy operating income this quarter, driven by improved profitability from our primary agency business. Although we continue to operate within a relatively slow real estate industry environment, we are glad to see that the Company is on its path to improved profitability."

Business Outlook

The Company currently estimates that its revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 will be in the range of $440 million to $460 million, an increase of 10% to 15% from $401.6 million in 2011. This updated annual revenue guidance reflects the Company's expectation that growth in online advertising will be softer than expected in the fourth quarter amid challenging overall macroeconomic environment.

• Total gross floor area ("GFA") of new properties sold increased 43% year-on-year to 3.9 million square meters. Total value of new properties sold increased 30% year-on-year to RMB32.0 billion ($5.1 billion)[1].
• Total revenues increased by 25% year-on-year to $114.1 million.
• Non-GAAP[2] net income attributable to E-House shareholders increased 196% year-on-year to $6.8 million, or $0.06 per diluted ADS vs. $0.03 per diluted ADS in prior year.

"China's real estate market showed signs of warming up during the second quarter, driven partly by pent-up demand resulting from the implementation of the government's restrictive real estate policies last year, and partly by a better credit environment. As a result, our primary agency services saw significant revenue increases both sequentially and year-over-year. We expect transaction volumes will continue to be relatively healthy in the second half of the year while maintaining our view that the government's overall cooling measures for the Chinese real estate market will remain in place for the near future," commented Xin Zhou, E-House's co-chairman and CEO.

"During the second quarter, our online advertising business continued its strong growth while our performance-based e-commerce business, which will play an increasingly important role within our online segment, started to take off. In addition, we made progress expanding our online secondary brokerage franchise platform with approximately 110,000 brokers and 5,000 stores joining the network," continued Mr. Zhou. "Going forward, we will continue to focus on our core businesses of integrated online advertising, e-commerce transactions and traditional agency services while taking advantage of new trends and opportunities in the industry."

Business Outlook

The Company maintains its previous revenue estimate range of $490 million to $510 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, which would represent an increase of 22% to 27% from $401.6 million in 2011. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

First Quarter 2012 Results

• Total gross floor area ("GFA") of new properties sold was 1.9 million square meters. Total value of new properties sold was RMB14.6 billion ($2.3 billion)[1].
• Total revenues decreased 29% year-on-year to $59.1 million.
• Non-GAAP[2] loss from operations was $39.8 million.
• Non-GAAP net loss attributable to E-House shareholders was $16.8 million, or $0.21 loss per diluted American depositary share ("ADS") vs earnings per ADS of $0.09 in prior year quarter

"Although the overall sentiment of China's real estate market remains subdued, reflected by low transaction volume in the first quarter, recent market transaction data has been slightly better than our expectation at the beginning of the year. While we do not expect the government to change its restrictive real estate policies in the near future, there are reasons to believe that the real estate market has passed the low point for the year. Moreover, we expect developers will continue to be willing to cut prices in exchange for transaction volumes," commented Xin Zhou, E-House's co-chairman and CEO.

"To better meet the demand of our clients in this challenging real estate environment, we integrated our online advertising, online e-commerce transactions and offline on-site sales support services, and successfully tested our performance-based e-commerce revenue model in the first quarter," continued Mr. Zhou. "We believe results-oriented advertising, channel-focused marketing and online-to-offline integrated services are the future of China's real estate service industry. Now that we have completed our merger with CRIC, our new corporate and operational structure will help us take full advantage of those trends."

Bin Laurence, E-House's CFO, added, "With the completion of our merger with CRIC and the infrastructure of our platforms mostly in place, we are now focusing more on internal cost control. First quarter selling, general and administrative expenses showed a substantial sequential decline compared with the fourth quarter of last year, partly due to reduced merger-related professional expenses and specific marketing expenses, as well as a result of internal cost control. We will continue our cost control efforts in the next few quarters."

Business Outlook

The Company maintains its previous revenue estimate range of $490 million to $510 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, which represents an increase of 22% to 27% from $401.6 million in 2011. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

SHANGHAI, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House" or the "Company") (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, today announced the completion of the merger with China Real Estate Information Corporation ("CRIC") (NASDAQ: CRIC). As a result of the merger, CRIC has become a wholly owned subsidiary of E-House.

E-House also announced the following board and management changes, all of which became effective upon completion of the merger: Full release

Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial and Operating Highlights

• Total gross floor area ("GFA") of new properties sold was 4.2 million square meters, with no material change from the same quarter of 2010. Total value of new properties sold decreased by 16% year-on-year toRMB34.1 billion ($5.3 billion)[1].
• Total revenues decreased by 6% year-on-year to $117.4 million.
• Non-GAAP[2] loss from operations was $18.7 million.
• Non-GAAP net loss attributable to E-House shareholders was $18.4 million, or $0.23 loss per diluted American depositary share ("ADS").

Mr. Zhou continued, "We believe that E-House is well positioned to withstand this challenging period for the real estate services industry. For 2012, we will continue to focus on our three major business lines: primary agency, information and consulting, and online services. With the infrastructure for our new business initiatives largely set up, we will focus more on cost control this year. We will continue to leverage the comprehensive online-to-offline ("O2O") service platform rolled out last year to further boost our online services segment. Also, as part of our strategy to push further into the secondary real estate market at the most opportune time, we will leverage our resources to launch a new online secondary brokerage franchise platform that combines online and offline information, as well as real and virtual brokerage stores. The platform will also allow cross-selling opportunities between new and secondary real estate. Despite the challenges we face in the current market, we remain confident in our business strategies as well as in the future of the industry."

Mr. Li-Lan Cheng, E-House's chief financial officer, added, "For our primary agency business, the overall sell-through rate was low in the fourth quarter, which had traditionally been a peak selling period. In addition, our real estate consulting and online business segments, which are operated by CRIC, also showed signs of slowing down as developers began to cut back on land purchases, new project developments and advertising spending. Currently, we do not expect these conditions to improve substantially in the near term, given the government's repeated statements promising continued restrictive policies for the industry. Our results in the fourth quarter were also negatively impacted by higher marketing expenses associated with our efforts to market our new integrated service platform to developers, as well as additional expenses related to our planned merger with CRIC."

Business Outlook

The Company estimates that its revenues for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 will be in the range of$490 million to $510 million, an increase of 22% to 27% from $401.6 million in 2011. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

SHANGHAI, December 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited ("E-House" or the "Company") (NYSE: EJ), a leading real estate services company in China, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 28, 2011 (the "Merger Agreement") with China Real Estate Information Corporation ("CRIC") (NASDAQ: CRIC) and CRIC (China) Holdings Limited ("Merger Sub"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, E-House will acquire through a merger all the outstanding shares of CRIC that are not owned by E-House (the "Transaction") for a fixed consideration consisting of $1.75cash and 0.6 E-House shares / American depositary shares ("ADSs") for each CRIC share. E-House increased the cash portion of the consideration to $1.75 from the $1.60 initially proposed to the board of directors of CRIC and publicly announced on October 28, 2011.

Under the proposed transaction, Century 21 China Real Estate will issue approximately 960 million new Class A ordinary shares to E-House and the founders of Century 21 China Real Estate at $0.0267 per share ($0.40 per American depositary share ("ADS")). The total number of new shares issued will represent approximately 57.8% of Century 21 China Real Estate's post-issuance enlarged share capital on a fully diluted basis. Century 21 China Real Estate will receive an aggregate consideration of approximately $25 million. Upon closing of the proposed transaction, E-House will become Century 21 China Real Estate's largest shareholder with a 37.3% ownership stake on a fully diluted basis. Century 21 China Real Estate's founders will have an additional 20.5% equity share on a fully diluted basis, with their purchase of new shares being financed by E-House. The final shareholding split between E-House and Century 21 China Real Estate's founders is subject to minor adjustments prior to the closing of the proposed transaction.

"We are very excited about the opportunity to make a strategic investment in Century 21 China Real Estate," said Mr. Xin Zhou, E-House's executive chairman. "Century 21 China Real Estate is a leading brand and operator in China's secondary real estate brokerage sector with national coverage and a top level management team. Although China's real estate industry currently faces unprecedented challenges and the operating environment for the secondary real estate brokerage sector is particularly difficult, this cooperation will help Century 21 China Real Estate not only strengthen its financial conditions to weather the near-term challenge, but also enhance its market leading position. At the same time, E-House will gain a valuable distribution channel that will augment our comprehensive sales and marketing services for developers. More importantly, our two companies will join hands to push for a fundamental change in the way secondary real estate brokerage is done in China and create a profitable and sustainable business model. Although the proposed transaction will negatively impact E-House's earnings in the near term given Century 21 China Real Estate's losses, we believe this is an attractive investment opportunity and are confident in Century 21 China Real Estate's management team to turn around its business and improve its operating results."

Third Quarter 2011 Results

Second Quarter 2011 Results

First Quarter Results:

• Total revenues increased by 17% year-on-year to $83.3 million.
• Non-GAAP(2) income from operations decreased by 60% year-on-year to $10.3 million.
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to E-House shareholders decreased by 58% year-on-year to $7.5 million, or $0.09 per diluted American depositary share vs. $0.22

"Following the government's announcement of aggressive tightening measures in January 2011, the real estate market in Chinaexperienced a sharp reduction in transaction volume during the first quarter," said Mr. Xin Zhou, E-House's executive chairman. "In light of this, I am pleased that we still achieved year-on-year increases in the total GFA and value of new properties sold. However, we expect market sentiment and transaction volume to remain subdued in the near term as the government continues to implement and enforce restrictive measures aimed at discouraging purchases of residential real estate. Moreover, as credit supply became more restricted as a result of tighter monetary policy by the Chinese central bank, commercial banks in Chinahave slowed down approvals of new mortgage loans. This has led to a delay in our ability to complete sales for a number of projects for which a 'successful sale' is defined as when the bank releases mortgage loan proceeds. This will negatively impact our primary agency revenue for the second quarter."

The Company estimates that its revenues for the second quarter of 2011 will be in the range of $84 million to $86 million, an increase of 18% to 21% from $71.2 million in the same quarter in 2010. This forecast reflects the Company's current and preliminary view, which is subject to change.

SHANGHAI, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- E-House (China) Holdings Limited today announced that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program.

E-House has been authorized, but not obligated, by its board of directors to repurchase up to US$50 million worth of its own American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") within one year upon receiving such authorization. The repurchases will be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan (which allows E-House to repurchase its ADSs pursuant to the pre-determined terms under the plan at any time, including periods in which it may be in possession of material non-public information), in negotiated transactions off the market, in block trades or otherwise. The timing and extent of any purchases will depend upon market conditions, the trading price of ADSs and other factors, and subject to the restrictions relating to volume, price and timing under applicable law. E-House expects to implement this share repurchase program in a manner consistent with market conditions and the interests of the shareholders. E-House's board of directors will review the share repurchase program periodically, and may authorize adjustment of its terms and size accordingly. E-House plans to fund repurchases made under this program from its available cash balance.

Third Quarter 2010 Financial and Operating Highlights

• Total gross floor area ("GFA") of new properties sold decreased by 10% year-on-year to 3.0 million square meters. Total value of new properties sold decreased by 12% year-on-year to RMB25.9 billion ($3.9 billion)(1).
• Total revenues increased by 3% year-on-year to $88.6 million, including $19.1 million contributed by China Online Housing Technology Corporation ("COHT"). Without the COHT contribution, the remaining revenues decreased by 19% year-on-year to $69.5 million.
• Non-GAAP net income(2) decreased by 45% year-on-year to $20.8 million. Non-GAAP net income includes $4.0 million attributable to COHT, while the remaining non-GAAP net income decreased by 55% year-on-year to $16.8 million.
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to E-House shareholders(2) decreased by 65% year-on-year to $13.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted ADS.

"I am pleased with E-House's performance during the third quarter," said Mr. Gordon Zang, E-House's acting chief executive officer. "Leveraging our strong project pipeline and increased market share, we were able to achieve substantially higher transaction volume for our primary real estate agency business in the third quarter than in the second quarter, and came close to reaching the level we achieved in the third quarter of 2009 at the peak of a very active market. A highlight of the third quarter was our successful launch of the Guangzhou Asian Games Village project, a landmark residential project jointly developed by five leading developers. This project represents our first major project in Guangdong Province and helps establish our presence in Southern China, a strategically important region. With our balanced national coverage and strong project pipeline, which has exceeded 30 million square meters available for 2011, we are well positioned to continue strong growth."

Mr. Xin Zhou, E-House's executive chairman, added, "A key factor for our success in building project pipeline is our continued effort to build strategic relationships with China's leading real estate developers. In addition to the strategic cooperation with Greentown announced in September, we have recently also formed or broadened our strategic cooperation with Guangzhou R&F, Country Garden, Agile and KWG Properties. This will go a long way in solidifying our leadership position and providing long-term support for our growth."

Mr. Zhou continued, "Following the latest round of cooling-off measures announced by the Chinese government in early October, including quotas on new purchases and further restrictions on mortgage loans, the sequential decrease in transaction volume in cities that have implemented the measures has so far been much smaller than that following the previous round of cooling-off measures in April. We believe that overall sentiment and demand remains solid and will continue to be supported by favorable medium- and long-term factors. In fact, for the fourth quarter, E-House is on track to set a new record for quarterly sales volume. Looking ahead at 2011, we will continue our strategy of building project pipeline and increasing our market share for our primary agency business. Meanwhile, we expect that our information and consulting services will continue its solid growth. For our online business, we have laid a solid foundation this year and are well positioned for rapid expansion next year."

Business Outlook

Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 will be in the range of $115 million to $117 million, compared to $117.1 million in the same quarter in 2009.

Mr. Zhou continued, 'Looking forward to the second half of 2009, we are confident in the Chinese government's continued commitment to stimulate economic growth and maintain stable development of the real estate industry. As in the past, E-House is very well positioned to take advantage of the favorable market conditions given our strong project pipeline, brand recognition and execution capabilities. We are confident that we can build on the solid results of the first half and continue strong revenue growth in the second half of 2009. Furthermore, we believe that our revenue increase, coupled with effective cost control, will result in even better profit growth and higher profit margin.'

^a The above forecasts reflect the Company's current and preliminary views and are therefore subject to change. Please refer to the Company's Safe Harbor Statement (usually in press releases) for the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

''Our results clearly reflect a rebound in China's real estate industry,'' said Mr. Xin Zhou, E-House's chairman and chief executive officer.   The rebound in real estate transaction volume that began in the first quarter further strengthened in April and so far in May across all major markets in China.  While I'm pleased with our strong results in the first quarter, I'm even more confident that we will be able to deliver better results in the second quarter and later this year. The rebound in transaction volume that accelerated in March will translate into higher commission revenues in the second quarter. Also, increased volume will result in more bonus commissions tied to sales performance and raise our average commission rate."

Guidance Report:

First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Guidance Ending March

Source: PR Newswire (March 12, 2009)

Guidance Report:

Fourth Quarter  2008 Guidance Ending December

Full Year 2008 Guidance Ending December

This updated annual revenue guidance reflects the Company's expectation that challenging market conditions will persist through the remainder of 2008 due to highly volatile financial and credit markets, the effect of decreased consumer spending within the real estate industry over the near term and uncertainty related to the timing of the Company's revenue recognition in the fourth quarter.

Source: PR Newswire (November 20, 2008)