Media Release 31 August 2017

AREAs awards finalists announced

REA Group has announced the finalists for this year's Annual REA Excellence Awards (AREAs), to be held in Melbourne on 16 November 2017.

The AREAs celebrate success and achievements across the real estate and media industries in the categories of Innovation, Service and Marketing and Community.

New for this year will be the addition of a Gold AREA - Agency of the Year award, which will recognise agencies who work hard to set themselves apart from the competition with strength in all three categories.

In 2017 there are 22 awards up for grabs, assessed by a panel of highly qualified judges. Awards are open to residential real estate agents and property managers, commercial real estate agents, developers, home builders and project marketers & media agencies and clients.

Andrew Rechtman, REA Group Executive General Manager - Residential, commented: "The AREAs is our opportunity to applaud and recognise outstanding innovation and success in the real estate and media industries.

"This year we're taking it up a notch with the introduction of the Gold AREA - Agency of the Year award, which will recognise agencies who set themselves apart from the competition across all three categories of innovation, service & marketing and community."

For more information on the AREAs, head to theareas.com.au

The finalists:

Residential Real Estate Agents and Property Managers

Agency of the Year Barry Plant Manningham Nelson Alexander Pty Ltd NOVAK PROPERTIES

Ray White Double Bay

Brand Campaign of the Year Clark NextRE Laing+Simmons Corporation LJ Hooker Excellence in Customer Service Danelle Hunter, Biggin & Scott Knox Emily-Jane Megraw, LJ Hooker Nerang Joanne Danckwardt, JD Property Agents Keryn Osgerby, SOLD Property Group Game Changer of the Year

Compton Green Morton Real Estate Tracy Yap Realty

Residential Property Campaign of the Year

Harcourts Coastal home.byholly Stockdale & Leggo

Commercial Real Estate Agents

Agency of the Year Burgess Rawson Melbourne JLL

Novak Properties Savills

Brand Campaign of the Year

Cushman & Wakefield FAL Commercial

JLL

Commercial Campaign of the Year

CBRE Melbourne Colliers International Savills

Excellence in Customer Service Jeremy Conybeare, FAL Commercial Michael Crombie, Colliers International Tyler Gill, Office Hub Game Changer of the Year

CBRE Melbourne Dexus

Novak Properties

Media Agencies and Clients

Brand Campaign of the Year

Bankwest Energy Australia

Mindshare Sydney (Volvo)

Direct Response Campaign of the Year

Heritage Bank

NSW Government - Office of State Revenue RateCity

Game Changer of the Year

BRICKX

Medibank NAB

Developers, Home Builders, Project Marketers and Developer Media Agencies

Brand Campaign of the Year Capital Property Marketing Dennis Family Homes Toast Creative Excellence in Customer Service Larry Kestelman, LK Property Group Robyn Tonnet, Lendlease Game Changer of the Year Beulah International Mirvac

Real Equity Estate Agents

New Home Marketing Campaign of the Year

Coronation Property Milieu

Neometro

New Homes Player of the Year Beulah International Hatched Media

Pace Development Group

Contribution to Community - all finalists

Colliers International Toowoomba

Cushman & Wakefield in partnership with Jobsupport

Cushman & Wakefield: Vivid Sydney 2017 Access & Inclusion Partner Frasers Property Australia

Harcourts Australia Henley

LJ Hooker Ormeau Mindshare Melbourne

Neometro

Ray White Chelsea

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For more information:

Phil Mahoney, Media Relations Manager phil.mahoney@rea-group.com

Mob: +61 477 477 233

About REA Group Limited: (www.rea-group.com): REA Group Limited ACN 068 349 066 (ASX:REA) ("REA Group") is a multinational digital advertising business specialising in property. REA Group operates Australia's leading residential and commercial property websites, realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au, Chinese property site myfun.com and a number of property portals in Asia via its ownership of iProperty Group. REA Group also owns Smartline Home Loans Pty Ltd, an Australian mortgage broking franchise group, and holds a significant shareholding in property websites Move, Inc in the US and PropTiger in India.

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