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Awards 2027

Australia's benchmark real estate awards return.

You've built your reputation. Now let the industry recognise it.

Every listing won, every auction called, every relationship earned, and every milestone achieved – behind every successful real estate career is years of hard work, resilience, trust, and an unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes for clients.

The REB Awards celebrate the professionals, agencies, and businesses that have set the benchmark for excellence across Australia's real estate industry. For more than a decade, these awards have recognised the individuals and organisations driving performance, raising professional standards, and shaping the future of Australian real estate.

Whether you're Australia's leading agent, an emerging agency, an exceptional property manager, or an innovative business transforming the industry, this is your opportunity to earn recognition that extends far beyond awards night.

This is where Australia's best are recognised.

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Until submissions close: Friday, 6 November 2026

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Venue
Royal Randwick
Sydney
Gala date
Thursday, 25 February 2027
Timings
Welcome reception 6:00pm AEDT
Official start 7:00pm
Dress code
Black tie

About the awards

Recognising the professionals setting the benchmark for Australian real estate

Celebrating excellence across every corner of the profession

Real estate is one of Australia's most competitive industries. Success isn't measured by a single exceptional sale or a single strong quarter – it's built over years of earning trust, delivering outstanding results, adapting to changing markets and consistently exceeding client expectations.

The REB Awards exist to recognise those who have done exactly that. For more than a decade, the awards have celebrated Australia's highest-performing real estate professionals, agencies, and businesses, recognising the people whose achievements continue to raise the benchmark for excellence across the profession.

From elite sales agents and high-performing property managers to agency leaders, buyers' agents, auctioneers, innovators, marketing professionals, and outstanding businesses, the REB Awards showcase excellence wherever it exists.

These aren't awards for the biggest brand; they're awards for the businesses and professionals delivering exceptional outcomes.

Every finalist and winner is recognised nationally through REB – Australia's leading real estate media brand – with their achievements presented to agency principals, industry leaders, clients, partners, and peers across the country.

A REB Award is more than recognition. It's an independent endorsement of your expertise, your reputation, and the impact you've made on Australia's real estate industry.

Whether you're putting yourself forward or recognising an exceptional colleague, team, or business, this is your opportunity to stand alongside the profession's very best.

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Awards by the numbers

The benchmark for recognition in Australian real estate

35+

award categories recognising excellence across Australia's real estate profession.

700+

agents, principals, executives and industry leaders celebrating the profession's best at the annual awards gala.

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recognition through REB and Australia's largest audience of real estate professionals.

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prestigious accolade that continues to strengthen your reputation, attract new opportunities and differentiate your business long after awards night.

Why enter?

Three reasons Australia's best put their achievements forward

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Earn recognition that builds your reputation

Reputation is everything in real estate. Clients choose professionals they trust, top performers attract better opportunities, and the strongest agencies recruit the best talent. A REB Award tells the market something no advertising campaign can: it demonstrates that your success has been independently recognised by Australia's benchmark real estate awards program. Being named a finalist or winner reinforces your credibility with vendors, buyers, landlords, investors, recruits, and industry peers – providing an endorsement that continues working for your business long after the awards have been presented.
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Turn your success into a competitive advantage

Winning a REB Award isn't simply about celebrating your achievements – it's about using that achievement to grow your business. Finalists and winners receive national recognition through REB, together with professionally designed marketing assets that can be incorporated into listing presentations, digital campaigns, office branding, recruitment initiatives, websites, proposals, social media, and client communications. For many winners, these accolades become one of the most valuable marketing assets they own, because when an independent industry leader recognises your performance, clients notice. So do future employees and your competitors.
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Benchmark yourself against Australia's best

The industry's highest performers never stop improving. Preparing an awards submission gives you the opportunity to step back and measure just how far you've come. It allows you to showcase the results you've achieved, the challenges you've overcome, the growth you've delivered and the value you've created for your clients, your team and your business. Every submission is independently assessed by an expert panel of respected industry leaders, ensuring every finalist and winner has earned their place among Australia's very best. Whether you walk away with a trophy or simply earn finalist recognition, participating in the REB Awards places your achievements alongside the highest-performing professionals in Australian real estate.

Nominations

Know someone raising the benchmark for Australian real estate?

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The industry's best performers are often the least likely to put themselves forward. They're focused on winning listings, negotiating sales, growing their business, supporting their teams, and delivering exceptional outcomes for their clients. Recognition is rarely their priority – performance is.

That's why nominations matter. A nomination is more than a gesture of appreciation; it is an opportunity to ensure outstanding achievement receives the industry recognition it deserves.

Whether it's an exceptional sales agent, an inspiring principal, an innovative property manager, an outstanding agency, a buyers' agent, auctioneer, or business leader, your nomination could place them among Australia's most respected real estate professionals.

Many of the REB Awards' finalists and winners began with a single nomination. That one nomination could become one of the defining moments of their career.

Award categories

Find your category

The REB Awards recognise excellence across the full breadth of Australia's real estate profession.

From high-performing individuals to market-leading agencies and innovative businesses, the awards celebrate those delivering exceptional outcomes for clients, building stronger businesses and helping shape the future of Australian real estate.

Whether your achievements have been driven by outstanding sales performance, exceptional client service, business growth, leadership, innovation, or operational excellence, there's a category that reflects your success.

Explore the full range of individual, team and business categories and discover where your achievements belong.

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Auctioneer of the Year

This award recognises the auctioneer who leverages their skills and abilities to attain the best possible result for their vendor, as well as displays best practice business development. Renowned for salesmansh…

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BDM of the Year – Property Management

This award recognises the BDM who powers the growth and development of a property management business through effective selling, mentorship and management. This professional is at the forefront of innovative re…

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Buyer's Agent of the Year

This award acknowledges the buyer's agent who excels in the process of assessing buyers' needs; identifying, negotiating and securing properties, matched with the communication and interpersonal skills that imp…

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Industry Thought Leader of the Year

This award recognises the individual within the Australian real estate market who has shown a long-term passion and aptitude for improving the industry. This professional can clearly articulate the desired dire…

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Innovator of the Year – Individual

This award recognises the innovator who has most effectively shaped their business's success – whether it's related to service, business development or franchising processes, technology, staff/client management…

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Marketing Professional of the Year

This award recognises the individual who has undertaken the best marketing and digital campaign throughout the 2025-26 financial year. This award considers the marketing process undertaken to generate leads and…

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Who should enter?

Recognition for Australia's highest-performing real estate professionals

Success in real estate takes many forms. It may be reflected in record-breaking sales, exceptional customer satisfaction, business growth, innovation, leadership, community contribution, or the strength of the culture you've built. Whatever your measure of success, the REB Awards exist to recognise those raising the standard of Australian real estate.

You don't need to be Australia's biggest agency, and you don't need to have operated for decades – you simply need to demonstrate excellence. If you've delivered exceptional outcomes for your clients, your people, or your business, this is your opportunity to have your achievements recognised on the national stage.

Explore the categories
  • A residential sales agent consistently delivering exceptional results.
  • A buyers' agent helping clients secure the right property in competitive markets.
  • A property manager building outstanding client relationships and high-performing portfolios.
  • An auctioneer setting the standard for professionalism and performance.
  • A business development manager driving sustainable agency growth.
  • A principal, director or business owner leading a high-performing agency.
  • A marketing professional creating campaigns that generate measurable results.
  • An operations, administration, or support professional improving business performance behind the scenes.
  • A real estate office or network demonstrating sustained excellence.
  • An innovative business transforming the way Australian real estate operates.
  • A rising leader building the future of the profession.

Why the REB Awards matter

Every year, Australia's most accomplished real estate professionals compete for one of the industry's most respected accolades – not simply for the trophy, but because an REB Award represents something far more valuable.

It tells clients you're trusted, tells prospective employees your business is one worth joining, and tells your peers you've earned your place among the profession's best. It also tells the market that your success has been independently recognised by Australia's benchmark real estate awards program.

For many finalists and winners, the impact lasts for years: credibility strengthens brands, recognition opens doors, and visibility creates new opportunities.

The REB Awards don't simply celebrate excellence. They help define it.

Key dates

Your journey to becoming an REB Awards winner starts here

Every great achievement begins with a single submission. Mark these important dates and make sure your place in Australia's most prestigious real estate awards program is secured.

  1. Wednesday, 7 October 2026

    Nominations and submissions open

    Entries officially open across all REB Awards categories. Whether you're entering yourself, your agency or recognising an outstanding colleague, this is your opportunity to begin your journey towards national recognition.

  2. Friday, 6 November 2026

    Submissions and nominations close

    All submissions must be completed through the online awards portal before the deadline. Late entries cannot be accepted, so ensure your achievements are submitted before time runs out.

  3. Tuesday, 1 December 2026

    Finalists announced

    Australia's leading real estate professionals, agencies, and businesses will be revealed exclusively by REB. Finalists receive national recognition and join an elite group of professionals competing for the industry's highest honours.

  4. Thursday, 25 February 2027

    REB Awards gala

    The industry's night of nights. Join hundreds of Australia's leading agents, principals, executives, and real estate professionals at Royal Randwick, Sydney for an unforgettable black-tie celebration as the 2027 REB Award winners are announced. Celebrate success, reconnect with peers, build valuable industry relationships, and witness Australia's best recognised on the biggest stage in real estate.

Entries

The market already knows your results. Now let the industry recognise them.

Every successful real estate career is built on moments that never make the headlines: the early mornings spent preparing campaigns, the late-night negotiations, and the auctions that could have gone either way. It's the trust earned from every client, and the resilience to keep performing no matter what the market delivers.

Those moments deserve more than quiet satisfaction – they deserve recognition.

The REB Awards celebrate the people and businesses who continue to raise the benchmark for Australian real estate, not because they're the biggest, but because they've earned the respect of their clients, peers, and the profession through outstanding performance.

Whether you've built one of Australia's leading agencies, delivered exceptional results for your clients, developed innovative solutions, grown a high-performing team, or consistently exceeded expectations, this is your opportunity to have your achievements recognised by the industry's most respected awards program.

And if you know someone whose work deserves to be celebrated, don't assume someone else will nominate them. Take the opportunity to recognise excellence, because reputations aren't built overnight – but they can be recognised in one unforgettable evening.

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