Australians are paying the most expensive advertising fees in the world to sell their homes online as a result of the market dominance of realestate.com.au and Domain, with the cost rising to as much as $4,000 for an inner-city listing.
The dominance of the News Corp-controlled realestate.com.au has prompted more than a dozen complaints to Australia’s competition watchdog, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission, over the past decade from agents and industry disruptors, Guardian Australia can reveal.