Century 21 China Real Estate Announces New Incentive Program for Company-owned Stores

BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IFM Investments Limited (NYSE: CTC) ("Century 21 China Real Estate" or the "Company"), a leading comprehensive real estate services provider and the exclusive franchisor for the CENTURY 21® brand in China, today announced that it has instituted a new incentive program for sales management personnel in its company-owned brokerage network. Under the arrangement, which is part of the Company's ongoing efforts to maximize per-store productivity and profitability, sales management personnel will be remunerated in accordance with their bottom-line rather than their top-line performance.

"This arrangement will be instrumental in helping us transition into a more asset-light business model and will improve our ability to control costs," said Mr. Donald Zhang, chairman and chief executive officer of Century 21 China Real Estate. "It better aligns the interests of the Company and our sales management personnel in maximizing profitability, while creating a more equitable distribution of risk and reward. Following several quarters of optimization, we are confident our network is not only an appropriate size for the current market, but also comprises the best-run stores. Our sales management personnel, especially store managers, have played a vital role in optimizing network efficiency, and we are confident this arrangement will provide an incentive to maintain a solid bottom-line performance in the year ahead."

About Century 21 China Real Estate

IFM Investments Limited ("Century 21 China Real Estate" or "CTC") is a leading comprehensive real estate services provider and the exclusive franchisor for the CENTURY 21® brand in China. CTC primarily focuses on China's fast-growing and highly fragmented secondary real estate market, providing company-owned brokerage services, franchise services, mortgage management services, primary services, commercial services and fund management services. CTC has experienced substantial growth since it commenced operations in 2000, and received numerous awards and recognition as franchisor and real estate services provider for its service quality and business achievements. Century 21 China Real Estate became a public company in January 2010 and its ADSs, each of which represents 45 ordinary shares of CTC, currently trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CTC". For more information about CTC, please visit http://www.century21cn.com/english.

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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Steve Ye
CFO
IFM Investments Limited
Phone: +86-10-6561-7788
E-mail: [email protected]

Nick Beswick
Brunswick Group
Phone: +86-10-5960-8600
Email: [email protected]

In the United States:

Brunswick Group
Phone: +1-212-333-3810
Email: [email protected]

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SOURCE Century 21 China Real Estate (IFM Investments Limited)

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