Mumbai-based real estate portal Housing.co.in, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from former Network 18 Group CEO Haresh Chawla, reports NextBigWhat. While the report doesn't mention any specific information as to what the company plans to do with this investment, Housing.co.in co-founder Advitiya Sharma has told in an interview to TechCircle that they plan to use this investment to expand to other cities starting with Hyderabad. This investment follows an angel investment last month, which was led by Chaupaati Bazaar co-founder Zishaan Hayath and saw participation from other investors like Vaibhav Puranik, Shishir Kapoor, Hemanth Goteti, Gagan Goyal, Harsh Baid, Aditya Agarwal and Aatif Misbah. The company had then said that it plans to use the investment for hiring. Founded in 2012, Housing.co.in is a location based rental property listing portal available as a web app and a mobile site. The company is currently operational only in Mumbai and its suburbs including Navi Mumbai and claims to include only curated property listings on its portal. At the time of writing this article, we noticed that the number of rental listings has increased on the portal, but we feel its still significantly low. We also noticed that the company has now introduced the ability for users to buy properties in Mumbai and its suburbs. Monetization: Housing.co.in currently allows landlords to upload limited listings for free and charges brokers a specific bi-annual or annual subscription fee to enable them to upload unlimited listings. Going forward, the company was planning to charge landlords as well, although it hadn't shared any specific information on it. Competition: Accel Partners-backed real estate and apartment management portal, Commonfloor also offers a similar location…
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