realestate.com.au (REA) Data Parser & API

realestate.com.au is Australia’s #1 property portal — ~161.8M monthly visits (REA, Oct 2025) and a record 13.05M Australians reached — and PropAPIS extracts its resale, new-build, rental and land listings with agent, photo, geo and sold data through a single REST API. Cover Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the whole Australian market without building or maintaining a residential-proxy, JS-rendering scraper.

Platform Overview

Market Position

• Australia’s clear #1 residential portal: ~161.8M monthly visits and a record 13.05M Australians reached in October 2025 (REA)
• Operated by REA Group (majority-owned by News Corp); FY2025 saw 15% revenue growth and 23% net profit growth
• Leads #2 Domain by a ~5.5M-user margin — the dominant half of the AU residential duopoly
• ~5M Australian properties tracked (REA self-claim — treat as approximate)

Market Coverage

Geographic Coverage:

• Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and all capital cities
• Regional New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland
• Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT and NT
• Nationwide suburb-level coverage

Property Types:

• Houses and Apartments / Units
• Townhouses and Villas
• New / Off-the-plan developments
• Land and Acreage / Rural

Data Availability

realestate.com.au is the richest AU residential data source to resell — price history, agent and agency info, photo sets, geo, sold data and suburb insights, plus REA’s PropTrack AVM and buyer-engagement signals. Its anti-bot is High (residential proxies plus JS rendering are required per the Oceania research report), which PropAPIS handles for you.

Listing Categories:

• Buy: Resale and ready-to-move properties
• Rent: Long-term residential rentals
• New homes: Off-the-plan and developer projects
• Land: Vacant land and acreage
• Sold: Historical sold prices and suburb trends

Data Fields Available

PropAPIS extracts structured data from each realestate.com.au listing:

Property Information

• Address: Street, suburb, state and postcode
• Price: Sale price, price guide or rent
• Bedrooms, Bathrooms and Car Spaces
• Property Type: House, apartment, townhouse, land
• Area: Floor area and land size
• Price History: Listing and sold price history

Listing Details

• Description: Full listing text
• Photos: Image URLs
• Inspection Times: Open-home schedules
• Features and amenities
• Listed / Updated date

Agent Information

• Agency: Agency name and branch
• Agent: Listing agent name
• Agent Contact: Phone where published

Location & Market Data

• Suburb and Postcode
• Coordinates: Latitude and longitude
• Sold Data: Recent sales nearby
• Suburb Insights: Median price and trends

API Endpoints

Get Property Details

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Get a listing by URL or ID
property_data = api.platforms.realestate_au.get_property(
    listing_id='12345678'
)
 
print(f"Title: {property_data.title}")
print(f"Price: AUD {property_data.price:,}")
print(f"Type: {property_data.property_type}")
print(f"Suburb: {property_data.suburb}")

Search Listings

# Search realestate.com.au listings
listings = api.platforms.realestate_au.search(
    state='NSW',
    suburb='Bondi',
    purpose='for-sale',
    min_price=1000000,
    max_price=3000000,
    min_bedrooms=2,
    property_type='House'
)
 
for listing in listings[:10]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - AUD {listing.price:,}")
    print(f"  {listing.bedrooms} bed | {listing.suburb}")

Search Sold Data

# Search recently sold properties
sold = api.platforms.realestate_au.search_sold(
    state='VIC',
    suburb='Carlton'
)
 
for sale in sold[:5]:
    print(f"{sale.address} - sold AUD {sale.sold_price:,} on {sale.sold_date}")

Quick Start

from propapis import PropAPIS
 
api = PropAPIS(api_key='your_api_key')
 
# Search realestate.com.au listings in Sydney
listings = api.platforms.realestate_au.search(state='NSW', purpose='for-sale')
 
for listing in listings[:5]:
    print(f"{listing.title} - AUD {listing.price:,}")

import { PropAPIS } from 'propapis';
 
const api = new PropAPIS({ apiKey: 'your_api_key' });
 
// Search realestate.com.au listings in Sydney
const listings = await api.platforms.realestateAu.search({
  state: 'NSW',
  purpose: 'for-sale',
});
 
listings.slice(0, 5).forEach((l) => {
  console.log(`${l.title} - AUD ${l.price.toLocaleString()}`);
});

curl "https://api.propapis.com/v1/platforms/realestate-au/search?state=NSW&purpose=for-sale" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key"

Frequently asked questions

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