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Ronald Slabke

Chief Executive Officer, Hypoport

Search every verified Ronald Slabke interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ronald Slabke, Chief Executive Officer of Hypoport SE, presented the company's first half 2026 financial results during a presentation. He reported a solid first half, with a 5% increase in gross profit and a 20% increase in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), which totaled 90.3 million euros. Slabke noted that this figure was slightly below the company's record year in 2021, but stated that Hypoport remains on track for a record year. He attributed the growth to all three of the company's segments, which experienced slightly different dynamics in distribution. Slabke discussed the company's progress toward its target of incrementally increasing its EBIT margin to 25% by 2030, noting that the margin improved to 14%. He highlighted strong market share growth in the banking areas of the real estate and mortgage segment, as well as a successful migration to profitability in the company's valuation business. Regarding the platform for the housing sector, Slabke mentioned strong growth and the need to ramp up organic growth despite a weak market, citing the certainty of a market recovery due to the freezing rental market and the need for families to acquire homes. He also reported strong growth in new units for the financing platform for housing associations, with an acceleration in the usage of the company's EIP system, which is on track to cross profitability next year. In the insurance segment, Slabke stated the company is on track to deliver a record year and become significantly profitable for the first time, with double-digit growth in platform areas contributing to revenue and gross profit, as well as a positive EBIT contribution. He concluded that the company had a solid start to the year, with massive investments across all platforms, particularly in monetizing artificial intelligence features, which are important for the client base and mortgage process optimization.

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“We stick to our forecast for this year. Um 28 million in gross profit and 40 to 55 million in EBIT. We see that this where we are in control by ourself. So the part of the EBIT growth which comes from reducing losses in early stage businesses or gaining market share are well on track. So roughly both uh 4 to6 million euro additional EBIT this year. Where uncertainty is still present is the geopolitical stressed marke”

“So we had a solid first half year plus 5% in gross profit plus 20% in EBIT with 90.3 million. We are slightly below our record year 2021 where we had above 20 million EBIT but we stay on track for a record year. So the growth came from all three segments slightly different dynamics in the distribution. More about this in a moment. So EBIT margin improved to 14% on our track of incrementally increasing our EBIT margin”

“It took a long time for the market to come back to this volume and when you see price changes then you understand that we are still half of this what we saw four or five years ago. We still don't see investments in the household stock for energy efficiency and we still don't see refinancing on the platform.”

“We delivered 12 million in EBIT are in line with our expectation. All three segments delivered growth contributed to this success. So if you exclude geopolitical environment, this was a really good start in 2026.”

“Leistungsgerechtigkeit, um das mal als Stich vorzubringen, das ist etwas, was uns fehlt in Deutschland, was uns abhandekommen ist. Wir haben zu sehr auf Ergebnisgleichheit geachtet, nicht sehr auf eine gerechte Honorierung von Leistung. Das müssen wir wieder schaffen.”

“Da hatten wir einen Wirtschaftsminister, der überhaupt nicht verstanden hat, was er in so einer Situation, in so einem Krisenumfeld eigentlich tun müsste. Also gegenteilig gehandelt, trendverstärkend gehandelt.”

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