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EANS-News: Hypoport AG reports a slight increase in transaction volumes

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Hypoport AG reports a slight increase in transaction volumes

Berlin, 16 July 2009: The volume of transactions processed on the Europace platform increased slightly in the second quarter 2009. Shifts in the activities of individual product providers were one of the main reasons for curbed growth.

The volume of financing transactions processed on Europace increased again in the second quarter 2009, albeit by only a slight margin. Compared with the previous quarter, the total volume increased by 1 percent to Euro 3.12 billion. Some of the providers offering their products on Europace were no longer quoting competitive terms in the first quarter. At the same time, Hypoport was able to acquire new product providers for the platform. Whilst these new product providers were establishing themselves at the start of the summer season, a previous supplier ceased its financing activities. According to Prof. Dr. Thomas Kretschmar, co-CEO of Hypoport: "In light of these market-related changes in the structure of our product providers, we are very satisfied with the result".

Both mortgage and personal loans witnessed slight increases compared with the previous quarter's result. Mortgage loans with a total volume of Euro 2.814 billion were processed on the platform in the quarter just ended. This volume equates, again, to an increase of one percent. Personal loans increased to a similar extent and reached a new record level of Euro 306 million. Added to which, the (cumulative) volume of transactions processed on Genopace, the platform operated jointly with the cooperative banking sector, topped the Euro 300 million mark - just one year after being launched in April 2008.

Please find below our Interview with Prof. Dr. Kretschmar.

Interview with Prof. Dr. Thomas Kretschmar, Co-CEO and Spokesman for the Management Board of Hypoport AG

1. Dr. Kretschmar, some ten percent of all mortgage loans and a growing share
      of the personal loans transacted in the German marketplace are  now  being
      channelled through Europace. Europace is growing,  albeit  fairly  slowly.
      What are the reasons, especially over the past six months? What particular
      challenges did you have to face?

      Kretschmar: As already mentioned in our  first  quarter  report,  we  have
      acquired new product providers for Europace whereas some of  the  previous
      lenders were no longer able to quote competitive terms.  From  the  second
      quarter onwards, a federal state bank  subsidiary  tightened  its  lending
      terms considerably. As a result,  transactions  with  this  formerly  very
      active company ceased virtually entirely. Back in the first quarter  2009,
      this institute had still been our  second  largest  product  provider.  In
      light of these developments, we are very satisfied that we  have  actually
      been able  to  increase  transaction  volumes  slightly.  Our  ability  to
      compensate such an important product provider with other partners in  such
      a short space of time is further proof of how strong  our  business  model
      is.

   2. The long term trend towards a platform solution for product providers  and
      brokers is undisputed.  But  the  differences  are  enormous.  Where  does
      Europace stand in this market?

      Kretschmar: At present we are not aware of any competitors who are able to
      offer such a B2B financial marketplace as Europace. Europace processes  by
      far the largest transaction volume and is the only internet-based solution
      that is integrated so thoroughly  into  banking  processes.  Europace  has
      practically become the market standard. Some banks  are  only  willing  to
      work with financial service vendors on the basis of Europace.

3. Can you offer any insight into the future of Europace?

Kretschmar: There is  a  huge  trend  towards  branch  banks  increasingly
      mediating financial services to other institutes.  Europace is  ideal  for
      integrating these transactions. At the  same  time,  Europace  is  equally
      ideal for linking the branches to the lending department  within  a  bank.
      Our sales efforts are going to focus primarily on acquiring branch banks -
      and especially Volksbanks and savings banks (Sparkassen) - over the coming
      years. In addition, we are working on Europace 2 for our existing and  new
      clients, which will be even faster and simpler and will enable  even  very
      small sales partners to be tied in  easily.  At  the  same  time,  we  are
      bringing more and more products  to  Europace.  In  addition  to  mortgage
      loans, the platform has been  able  to  process  personal  loans,  current
      accounts,  building  society  contracts  and  building-related   insurance
      policies for quite some  time  now.   And  last  but  not  least,  we  are
      expanding abroad. Europace recently went live in The Netherlands.

About Hypoport AG

Hypoport Group is an internet-based all-round financial services provider based in Berlin. The Group employs some 450 people. The company has been listed in the Prime Standard on Deutsche Börse since the end of 2007. Its business model consists of two reciprocally beneficial pillars - the sale of financial products (Dr. Klein & Co. AG) and the provision of a platform for transacting financial products via the internet. Hypoport operates the EUROPACE B2B financial marketplace, which is the largest German online platform for transacting financing products. A fully integrated system links more than 40 product providers with several thousand financial advisors, thus enabling the quick and direct agreement of contracts. The platform's highly automated processes generate considerable cost benefits. Nowadays, EUROPACE processes some 400 financing transactions every day. Hypoport AG publishes the monthly house price index (HPX) based on real transaction data. A list of the banks and service providers that use the platform can be downloaded from www.hypoport.de, as can the Annual Report 2008.

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Further inquiry note:

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

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0005493365
WKN: 549336
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard

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