Real Estate Listings Portal Point2 Homes Releases Record Website Traffic Numbers in 2015 and Strong Predictions for 2016

SASKATOON, Jan. 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Sustaining a solid upward trend throughout the entire year, real estate listings portal Point2 Homes attracted a total of 27.2 million visits to its website in 2015, a 60% growth compared to the previous year. Of these visits, 16.4 million were unique visitors.

The portal recorded 152,332,516 page views over the last 12 months, which amount to approximately 18,000 listings browsed every hour. The company has been particularly successful in its efforts to build a robust reputation in certain Canadian markets. Significant overall traffic increases were recorded in Winnipeg (up 160%), Surrey (up 113%) and Toronto (up 103%), and as well as in other major markets such as Vancouver (up 77%) and Ottawa (up 74%).

The results are partially credited to the enhancements the company made in 2015 to its mobile pages, which are now easier to use, faster, with less ads, and generally more mobile-friendly. Mobile traffic doubled in 2015, with 15.6 million website visits originating from mobile devices, 57.5% of the portal's traffic.

The company's efforts have been paying off to the benefit of all its customers, Point2 Homes visitors -- home buyers, sellers and renters -- and also Point2 real estate agents and brokers who subscribe to Point2's marketing solutions. In 2015, the portal generated over 407,000 leads for real estate professionals, a 66% increase compared to 2014 – a strong indicator of the website's quality of traffic.

"Earlier this month Point2 Homes reached a daily all-time high in website traffic. Based on the traffic we're seeing so far this year, we are expecting over 3 million visitors in January. In the year ahead, we'll continue our efforts to generate more leads for our Point2 Agent customers. We predict that Point2 Homes will see an average of 100,000 visits per day in 2016. This is the equivalent of an additional 30% growth that should translate into at least half a million leads for agents in 2016," said Jacquelyn Bauer, Director, Point2 Customer Relations.

Agents who want to take advantage of the real estate portal's great traffic can create a Point2 Agent account. Besides featuring their listings on Point2 Homes, they also benefit from all-in-one marketing solutions for real estate professionals, such as a mobile-friendly website, priority placement for listings, listing distribution, lead management tools and more.

About Point2 Homes: Point2 Homes is a real estate search portal owned and operated by Point2, a leading provider of real estate marketing solutions and lead management software to brokers and agents. It supports home searches in Canada, United States, and other international markets.

SOURCE Point2 Homes

Nadia Balint, Point2 Homes Communications Specialist, Tel. [phone]