Entries for the 2021 AREAs are now closed.
The following awards require a submission to be completed:
Game Changer of the Year
Contribution to Community
Most Influential Woman in the Property Market
Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
Agency of the Year (Residential)
Agency of the Year (Commercial)
Property Manager of the Year (Residential)
Marketer of the Year (Developer)
Integrated Brand Campaign of the Year (Media)
Awards powered by REA data are also available to celebrate our top performing customers across specific categories. All eligible customers will automatically be in the running for these awards and will not need to make a submission. These are the awards powered by REA data that do not require a submission:
Top Agents (Residential)
Top Agents – Sale (Commercial)
Top Agents – Lease (Commercial)
Builder Campaign of the Year (Developer)
Apartments Campaign of the Year (Developer)
Land Campaign of the Year (Developer)
Take a look at the judging panel here.
Take a look at the value for winners for the 2021 AREAs here.
You can access the Terms and Conditions here.
Finalists have been announced - take a look here. Winners will be announced in March 2022.
The AREAs are about celebrating the success and achievements of our customers, who support every aspect of the property journey.
To enter the 2021 AREAs, you need to have been an active customer of realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au at some point in time during the 2021 calendar year. This means you had a valid subscription or advertising package between 1 January 2021 and 31 December, 2021.
For submission-based awards, your submission will need to reference activity and achievements between 1 January 2021 and the time of submission.
For the awards powered by REA data, if you have had a valid subscription active at any point between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021, you will automatically be in the running for these prestigious awards.
For more information our data-powered awards, please visit our Terms & Conditions.
Eligible customers will automatically be in the running for our prestigious new awards, powered by REA data. See below for eligibility criteria.
Top Agents (Residential) – Any residential sales agent who has advertised on realestate.com.au at any time during the 2021 calendar year will be automatically entered.
Top Agents – Sales (Commercial) – Any commercial sales agent who has advertised on realcommercial.com.au at any time during the 2021 calendar year will be automatically entered.
Top Agents – Lease (Commercial) – Any commercial leasing agent who has advertised on realcommercial.com.au at any time during the 2021 calendar year will be automatically entered.
Builder Campaign of the Year (Developer) – Any Home Builder with a Builder Select subscription on realestate.com.au at any time during the 2021 calendar year will be automatically entered.
Apartments Campaign of the Year (Developer) – Any marketing campaign promoting a new apartment development via a Project Profile on realestate.com.au at any time during the 2021 calendar year will be automatically entered.
Land Campaign of the Year (Developer) – Any marketing campaign promoting a land estate via a Project Profile on realestate.com.au at any time during the 2021 calendar year will be automatically entered.
For more information our new data-powered awards, please visit our Terms & Conditions.
Finalists and winners for our new awards powered by REA data are ranked based on on-site performance metrics from realestate.com.au. The metrics factored into these awards are those that are indicative of the customers and campaigns that have made the most impact with property seekers during the 2021 calendar year.
Performance metrics include but are not limited to:
Builder Campaign of the Year: number of listings, lead generation, views, exposure, display, eDM and content performance generated from a Builder Select subscription
Apartment Campaign of the Year: health check score, leads, phone lead attribution, display, eDM and content performance generated from a Project Profile subscription
Land Campaign of the Year: health check score, leads, phone lead attribution, display, eDM and content performance generated from a Project Profile subscription
For detailed information, please visit our Terms & Conditions.
We will recognise the following number of finalists.
Submission Based Awards*
Game Changer of the Year – three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Contribution to Community – three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Most Influential Woman in the Property Market – three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Wellbeing Initiative of the Year – three finalists will be recognised with one final winner
Marketer of the Year (Developer)– three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Property Manager of the Year (Residential) – three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Agency of the Year (Residential) – three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Agency of the Year (Commercial) – three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
Integrated Brand Campaign of the Year (Media)– three finalists will be recognised, with one final winner
*The number of finalists may increase/decrease depending on the judges comments
New awards powered by REA data
Top Agents (Residential)
NSW – top 100 agents recognised, with one winner
VIC – top 100 Agents recognised, with one winner
QLD – top 100 Agents recognised, with one winner
SA – top 50 Agents recognised, with one winner
WA – top 50 Agents recognised, with one winner
ACT – top 15 Agents recognised, with one winner
TAS – top 20 Agents recognised, with one winner
NT – top five Agents recognised, with one winner
Top Agents – Sales (Commercial)
NSW – top three Sales Agents recognised, with one winner
VIC – top three Sales Agents recognised, with one winner
QLD – top three Sales Agents recognised, with one winner
SA – top three Sales Agents recognised, with one winner
WA – top three Sales Agents recognised, with one winner
Top Agents – Lease (Commercial)
NSW – top three Leasing Agents recognised, with one winner
VIC – top three Leasing Agents recognised, with one winner
QLD – top three Leasing Agents recognised, with one winner
SA – top three Leasing Agents recognised, with one winner
WA – top three Leasing Agents recognised, with one winner
ACT, TAS & NT – top three Leasing Agents and Sales Agents combined, with one winner in each state
Builder Campaign of the Year (Developer)
NSW & ACT combined – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
VIC & TAS combined – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
QLD & NT – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
SA – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
WA – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
Apartment Campaign of the Year (Developer)
NSW & ACT combined – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
VIC & TAS combined – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
QLD & NT – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
SA – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
WA – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
Land Campaign of the Year (Developer)
NSW & ACT combined – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
VIC & TAS combined – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
QLD & NT – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
SA – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
WA – top three campaigns recognised, with one winner
Each award has specific eligibility criteria, depending on which type of customer you are to realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au. This is to ensure all our customers have awards relevant to their business.
Game Changer of the Year – all customers of realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au can enter this award
Contribution to Community – all customers of realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au can enter this award
Most Influential Woman in the Property Market – all customers of realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au can enter this award
Marketer of the Year – this award is open to Developer customers of realestate.com.au
Property Manager of the Year – this award is open to Residential Rent customers of realestate.com.au. You must be a Property Manager.
Integrated Brand Campaign of the Year – this award is open to Media customers of realestate.com.au
Agency of the Year (Residential) – this award is open to residential real estate agencies who are a Residential customer of realestate.com.au
Agency of the Year (Commercial) – this award is open to commercial real estate agencies who are a Commercial customer of realcommercial.com.au
Wellbeing Initiative of the Year – all customers of realestate.com.au or realcommercial.com.au can enter this award
If you are eligible for one our new awards powered by REA data, you will automatically be entered to that award.
