Our 2025 Submission Entry Guide is full of tips to help you craft a winning entry.
There are eight submission-based award categories in 2025:
View submission criteria and eligibility for each market here.
The REA Excellence Awards celebrate the success and achievements of our realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au customers — the people who power every stage of the property journey.
To enter the awards, you need to have been an active customer of realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au at some point during the award year. For the 2025 awards, this means you held a valid subscription or advertising package between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
Anyone can submit a nomination — whether for yourself, your team, a colleague, or your business. Self-nominations are welcome.
If you’re nominating someone else, you’ll need their permission before submitting on their behalf.
Yes, all awards are free to enter for eligible REA Group customers.
Submissions open at 10:00am (AEDT) on Wednesday 22 October 2025 and close at 11:59pm (AEDT) on Friday 14 November 2025. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Complete your online entry for your chosen category by answering three questions.
No essays, no complex forms — most entries can be completed in 30 minutes or less.
Ready to enter? You can find the 2025 award submission criteria here.
No, we only accept online submissions via the Excellence Awards Portal.
Winners join an exclusive list of the industry’s highest performers and innovators.
Each award comes with a tailored winners’ package designed to help you be seen where it counts. You can view the details of each package in the description for that award.
The awards are judged by an independent panel of experts.
Finalists for submission-based awards will be announced in January 2026.
Both submission-based and Top Agent winners will be announced online in February 2026.
The 2025 awards will be delivered in a digital-first format, keeping the focus on what matters most to you and your business.
Winners and finalists will receive personalised assets to amplify their recognition across their own platforms and marketing channels.
In 2025, the Excellence Awards celebrate your success through a fresh mix of categories.
There are eight submission-based awards that recognise the individuals, teams and businesses whose passion, innovation and dedication are powering every stage of the property journey.
We have also made exciting changes to our Residential Top Agent awards – find out more here.
For the awards powered by REA data, if you held an active subscription at any point during 2025, you will automatically be entered in the running for your relevant award category.
You can access the Terms and Conditions here.
Top Agent awards are powered by realestate.com.au data to recognise the top performing residential sales agent in their suburb. They are awarded based on the following data points measured over the period 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025.
An agent must have minimum of 3 listings in the suburb throughout the 2025 calendar year to qualify for the award.
Follow these tips to put your best foot forward for the award.
Yes, it is possible to be named a Top Agent in one or more suburbs where you are the top performing agent in the 2025 calendar year based on the award criteria.
