Tips and FAQs

Submissions for the 2024 REA Excellence Awards are now closed and winners have been announced.

Submissions for the 2025 awards will open in late October 2025.

Finalists for the 2024 awards were announced in September 2024 and winners were revealed in November 2024.

Finalists and Winners for the 2025 awards will be announced in early 2026.

Yes, all awards are free to enter for eligible REA Group customers.

The following awards require a submission:

• Game Changer of the Year
• Contribution to Community
• Most Influential Woman in the Property Market
• Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
• Rising Star of the Year
• Excellence in Sustainability
• Support Superstar of the Year (Residential, Commercial, Developer)
• Agency of the Year (Residential)
• Agency of the Year (Commercial)
• Property Management Team of the Year (Residential)
• Integrated Brand Campaign of the Year (Media & Developer)

Awards powered by realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au data do not require a submission.

All eligible customers will automatically be in the running for awards powered by realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au data

Eligible realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au customers will automatically be in the running for data-driven awards. See below for eligibility criteria.

• Top Agents (Residential) – Any residential sales agent who advertised on realestate.com.au during the award year period.
• Top Agents – Sales (Commercial) – Any commercial sales agent in VIC, NSW, QLD, WA or SA who advertised on realcommercial.com.au during the award year period.
• Top Agents – Lease (Commercial) – Any commercial leasing agent in VIC, NSW, QLD, WA or SA who advertised on realcommercial.com.au during the award year period.
• Top Agents – Sale & Lease (Commercial) – Any commercial sales or leasing agent in ACT, NT or TAS who advertised on realcommercial.com.au during the award year period.
• Builder Campaign of the Year (Developer) – Any Home Builder who held a Builder Select subscription on realestate.com.au during the award year period.
• Apartments Campaign of the Year (Developer) – Any marketing campaign promoting a new apartment development via a Project Profile on realestate.com.au during the award year period.
• Land Campaign of the Year (Developer) – Any marketing campaign promoting a land estate via a Project Profile on realestate.com.au during the award year period.

Criteria for the 2025 Residential Top Agent awards will be released in late 2025.

Finalists and winners for the 2024 data-driven awards were ranked based on on-site performance metrics from realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au.

The metrics factored into these awards indicated the customers and campaigns that have made the most impact with property seekers during FY24. 

Performance metrics included:

• Top Agent - Volume (Residential): Volume of  Sales* (80%), Ratings (10%) & Reviews (10%).
  
  
• Top Agent - Value (Residential): Value of Sales* (80%), Ratings (10%) & Reviews (10%).
  
  
• Top Sales Agent (Commercial): Volume of sold listings (35%), Views (20%), Enquiries (35%) & Engagement (10%)
  
  
• Top Leasing Agent (Commercial): Volume of leased listings (35%), Views (20%), Enquiries (35%) & Engagement (10%)

• Apartment Campaign of the Year – Health check score, Leads, Display Performance, Phone lead attribution.*

• Builder Campaign of the Year – Health check score, Leads, Display Performance, Phone lead attribution.^

• Land Campaign of the Year – Health check score, Leads, Display performance, Phone lead attribution.^
  
  ^The weighting of the above factors is commercially sensitive and will not be disclosed. 

*May not contain all off-market and private sales, properties with unknown sold dates, sales while at another agency and sales that may be exclusively listed on other websites.

Submission awards are judged by an independent panel of judges.

Winners of the 2024 REA Excellence Awards received access to profiling opportunities and exposure on realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au, as well as personalised marketing collateral, industry media coverage, paid advertising, grants, and more.

Read more about the value of the awards here.

The REA Excellence Awards are all about celebrating the success and achievements of our customers, who support every aspect 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.

For submission-based awards, your submission must reference activity and achievements between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.

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.

Each award has specific eligibility criteria, to ensure all customers have awards relevant to their business.

• Game Changer of the Year – open to all customers
• Contribution to Community – open to all customers
• Most Influential Woman in the Property Market – open to all customers
• Rising Star of the Year – open to all customers
• Excellence in Sustainability - open to all customers.
• Support Superstar of the Year – open to Residential, Commercial & Developer customers
• Property Management Team of the Year – open to Residential
• Integrated Brand Campaign of the Year – open to Developer & Media customers
• Agency of the Year (Residential) – open to residential customers
• Agency of the Year (Commercial) – open to commercial customers
• Wellbeing Initiative of the Year – open to all customers

If you are eligible for any of our awards powered by REA data, no submission is required, as you will be automatically entered.

You can access the Terms and Conditions here.

Submission criteria and information for the 2025 awards will be made live in late October 2025.

Absolutely! Self-nominations for awards are welcome. We want submissions from the best of the best, and if that’s you – we want your entry.

You certainly can!

We want submissions from the best of the best, so if you think someone fits this profile – don't wait, nominate them now.

No, we only accept online submissions via the Excellence Awards Portal.