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News Corp’s realestate.com.au to stop forcing agents to list all properties with it after ACCC action

Real estate listing giant will remove restrictive provisions in its contracts as part of an enforceable undertaking with the consumer watchdog

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14

Property listings giant defies house price slump

Shifting sands mean Australia's biggest property website can't afford to sit on its laurels even as it proclaims a better-than-expected year.

AAP · Aug 6

Property website's listings fall, shares tumble

Realestate.com.au owner REA group has grown its first half revenue and profit, despite a six per cent fall in its digital property listings.

AAP · Feb 6

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Australia's property market healthy, strong: REA boss

The departing chief executive of the company that owns realestate.com.au says there were a record 151 million visits to the site in August.

AAP · Oct 9, 2025

Lachlan Murdoch is now in control of News Corp and its Australian newspapers are safe – for now

Eldest son will now be what Rupert Murdoch has described as ‘protector of the conservative voice in the English-speaking world’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025

News Corp boss issues warning on AI vandalism threats

Despite falling news media revenues, News Corp has boosted earnings as its expands into content licensing in its first full-year earnings since selling Foxtel.

AAP · Aug 6, 2025

Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?

If you want to advertise a house online in Australia, you don’t have many options. Just two companies dominate the market.

The Conversation · Jun 29, 2025

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Selling a house in Australia is expensive. The ACCC is investigating one reason why

News Corp’s REA Group, behind real estate listings site realestate.com.au, is being investigated by the consumer watchdog amid complaints over its market dominance

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2025

Aussie property market healthiest in years: REA boss

REA Group chief executive Owen Wilson says there are a lot of buyers and sellers of Australian property right now in anticipation of rate cuts.

AAP · Feb 6, 2025

Bank of mum and dad could run dry for retirement

Affordability constraints have many turning to the bank of mum and dad but parents have been urged to consider their finances carefully before lending.

AAP · Jan 8, 2025

Realestate.com.au CEO sees house price growth slowing

REA Group CEO Owen Wilson says the company has had its best September since 2015, and the increased listings should moderate housing price growth.

AAP · Oct 9, 2024

Murdoch-backed REA abandons attempt to take over Rightmove

Decision comes after UK real estate portal turned down fourth offer from Australian property company

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Rupert Murdoch’s REA Group raises offer to buy Rightmove to £6.2bn

Australian group calls on Rightmove board to ‘engage now’ after fourth offer for UK online property portal

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Rightmove should keep saying no to the Murdochs

Latest takeover offer from REA Group deserves a flat rejection, and there is still time for more action

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2024

Competition minister ‘concerned’ Australians pay most in world to sell their homes online

Agents and critics claim business practices and pricing structure of REA Group - which owns realestate.com.au - stifle competition in market

International Business Times · Sep 23, 2024

Murdoch's REA Ups Offer For Property Website Rightmove

REA Group, the Australian online property website majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire, said Monday it has made a third multi-billion-pound offer to buy British peer Rightmove.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

UK business growth slows as budget uncertainty hits investment plans; German recession ‘baked in’ – as it happened

Fiscal policy uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget is biggest fear for companies, survey finds, while Germany’s malaise continues

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2024

Why News Corp’s realestate.com.au can put fees ‘up and up and up’, according to ex-CEO

Simon Baker says REA Group’s property portal is viewed ‘jealously’ by others around the world because the home-sellers pay the bills

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2024

Rod Sims says ‘worth considering’ whether realestate.com.au engaged in anti-competitive practices as Greens blast ‘rigged’ system

Greens say the price hikes arising from REA Group’s dominance underscore need for new price-gouging laws

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2024

‘The bear at the door’: estate agents say they fear speaking out about realestate.com.au ‘price gouging’

Multiple agents have told the Guardian that the News Corp-controlled property portal’s dominance has allowed it to quiet critics and aggressively hike prices

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024

Australians pay more than anyone in the world to sell their homes online

Prices at the News Corp-controlled realestate.com.au can be as high as $4,000 for a single listing, prompting complaints from vendors, agents and industry disruptors

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024

The ‘symbiotic relationship’ that makes selling a house in Australia so damn expensive

Dimitri Chrisis thought he would save money by ditching his real estate agent, but instead it meant the advertising campaign on his suburban home would cost thousands more

International Business Times · Sep 11, 2024

Property Website Rightmove Rejects GBP5.6 Bn Murdoch Bid

UK online property website Rightmove said Wednesday it had rejected a multi-billion-pound takeover offer from Australian peer REA Group, majority owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

Why are the Murdochs trying to buy UK property site Rightmove?

Eldest son Lachlan may want to repay Rupert for bid to hand him full control by protecting UK newspaper empire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024

Rupert Murdoch-owned firm REA Group weighs up bid for Rightmove

UK property portal’s shares surge up to 25% in early trading amid interest from Australian property company

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