{"id":146691,"date":"2026-01-12T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immo-invest.ch\/?p=146691"},"modified":"2026-01-08T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:24:04","slug":"digitale-vermittlungsplattform-erweitert-angebot-im-handwerksmarkt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.immo-invest.ch\/en\/digitale-vermittlungsplattform-erweitert-angebot-im-handwerksmarkt\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital brokerage platform expands offering in the skilled trades market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quinstreet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QuinStreet<\/a> will integrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebuddy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HomeBuddy<\/a> into its offering. The California-based company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20251203862027\/en\/QuinStreet-Announces-Agreement-to-Acquire-HomeBuddy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has announced<\/a> that it intends to use the SIREN GROUP&rsquo;s brokerage platform from the canton of Schwyz to add &ldquo;an important new product line&rdquo; to its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernize.com.\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modernise Home Services platform<\/a>. The aim is to enable trades companies to achieve &ldquo;predictable, sustainable business growth&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">QuinStreet also believes that this acquisition will result in an increase in adjusted EBITDA of an estimated &pound;30 million or more in the first twelve months. After that, &ldquo;already identified synergies&rdquo; are expected to come into play and lead to &ldquo;significant growth&rdquo;.&nbsp;According to the information provided, HomeBuddy generated revenue of approximately $141 million in the twelve months to 30 September 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">To achieve the targeted growth, QuinStreet will pay SIREN GROUP $115 million in cash upon closing and an additional $75 million over a four-year period under a share purchase agreement. Further details of the transaction will be provided with the financial results for the first two quarters of 2026, according to the information provided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">QuinStreet expects HomeBuddy to expand its network with new repair and <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Renovation&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Massnahmen zur Behebung von M&auml;ngeln, die durch Abnutzung oder Witterungseinfl&uuml;sse entstanden sind; Wiederherstellung des urspr&uuml;nglichen Zustands eines Geb&auml;udes oder von Teilen davon&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">renovation<\/span> professionals and increase its customer base to more than 2,000 businesses and regional professionals from 30 demanding industries. In addition, HomeBuddy is expected to further strengthen QuinStreet&rsquo;s foundation for delivering new products and services, most notably the 360 Finance marketplace for financing home renovations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SIREN GROUP from Freienbach and its HomeBuddy platform are becoming part of the online marketing company QuinStreet. The Californian online marketing company is paying a total of $190 million for SIREN&#8217;s marketplace for connecting tradespeople with customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12481,22697,12476,12483,55969,22433],"tags":[56269,12525,12526,12528,56270,56271],"class_list":["post-146691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-en","category-company","category-immonews","category-proptech-en","category-transactions-deals","category-trends-en","tag-digitale-handwerksplattform","tag-immoinvest-en","tag-immonews-en","tag-news-en","tag-renovationsservices-wachstum","tag-unternehmensakquisition"],"acf":{"bild_mit_ki_erstellt_worden":["Ja"],"lead":"The SIREN GROUP from Freienbach and its HomeBuddy platform are becoming part of the online marketing company QuinStreet. 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