CHENGDU, Dec.23 (NBD) -- China's real estate brokerage company Homelink has become a leading firm whose business engagement in inventory of urban resources draws "new" benefits out of "old" assets in the course of city upgrading. 

Urban upgrading, an everlasting topic as it is, is a major orientation for cities future development, and this has indicated a clue for real estate companies in their transformation to city upgraders by identity.

From the perspective of industry insiders, real estate companies are likely to be the beneficiary in urban upgrading process considering a huge room for property inventory, market tapping and with strength to revitalize the inventory.

China's real estate brokerage company Homelink has become a leading enterprise in this sector through its effort in running long-term rentals business. Notably, its success in revitalizing stocked property depends not only on long-term lease, but also big data.

Based on its widespread real offices and huge broker base, Homelink has, over past eight years, collected and accumulated a large scale of big data taken from the source and reflecting authentic transaction details. The application of big data is expected to avail to Homelink's market expansion and serve as a foundation for its engagement in the course of city upgrading.