realestate.com.au Search

Search realestate.com.au property listings by constructing search and listing URLs. Use when searching for Australian properties to buy, rent, or sold via re...

Security Scan

The skill only provides instructions for constructing realestate.com.au search and listing URLs (and an optional site-search fetch workaround); it requests no credentials, installs, or unexpected access and is coherent with its description.

Purpose & Capability

The name/description match the instructions: SKILL.md explains how to build REA search/listing URLs and gives examples. There are no unrelated requirements (no env vars, binaries, or installs).

Instruction Scope

Instructions are limited to URL construction and an optional web_fetch via DuckDuckGo site search as a workaround for REA anti-bot limits. The SKILL.md does not instruct reading local files or accessing unrelated credentials. Note: the web_fetch workaround is a scraping approach and may return limited data or hit rate limits.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no code files (instruction-only). Nothing is written to disk or fetched during install.

Credentials

Requires no environment variables, credentials, or config paths; the declared requirements align with the described functionality.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent system presence or modify other skill or agent configs. Autonomous invocation is allowed by default but not excessive for this simple skill.

Assessment

This skill is internally consistent and does not request credentials or install code. Before installing: (1) be aware that using web_fetch to retrieve REA pages often hits anti-bot protections (429) and the SKILL.md suggests a DuckDuckGo site-search workaround that only returns URLs and brief text; (2) scraping may conflict with the site's terms of service — avoid automated high-volume fetching; (3) if you do not want the agent to autonomously call web_fetch, keep autonomous invocation disabled or restrict the agent's tool permissions. Otherwise the skill appears safe and limited in scope.

Construct realestate.com.au search URLs. No API key required.

Buy Search URL

https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/property-{types}-{filters}-in-{location}/list-{page}

Property types

Join with +: house, townhouse, unit+apartment, villa, land, rural, unitblock, acreage

Filters (in the path)

• Bedrooms: with-{n}-bedrooms (minimum)
• Price: between-{min}-{max} (omit min for no floor, omit max for no ceiling)

Location format

• Single suburb: {suburb},+{state}+{postcode}
• Multiple suburbs: separate with %3b+ (encoded semicolon + space)
• Postcode only: {postcode}

Examples

Townhouses in Malvern:

https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/property-townhouse-in-malvern,+vic+3144/list-1

3+ bed townhouses in Malvern:

https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/property-townhouse-with-3-bedrooms-in-malvern,+vic+3144/list-1

Houses + townhouses under $2.5M in Malvern:

https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/property-house-townhouse-between-1000000-2500000-in-malvern,+vic+3144/list-1

Multiple suburbs with price range:

https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/property-house-townhouse-between-1000000-2000000-in-malvern,+vic+3144%3b+armadale,+vic+3143/list-1

By postcode only:

https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/property-house-townhouse-in-3144/list-1

Sold Properties

Replace /buy/ with /sold/:

https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-in-malvern,+vic+3144/list-1

Individual Listing URL

https://www.realestate.com.au/property-{type}-{state}-{suburb}-{listingId}

Example:

https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-malvern-143160680

Suburb Profile

https://www.realestate.com.au/neighbourhoods/{suburb}-{postcode}-{state}

Example:

https://www.realestate.com.au/neighbourhoods/malvern-3144-vic

Pagination

Change /list-1 to /list-2, /list-3, etc.

Fetching via web_fetch

Direct fetching is typically blocked (429 rate limit / anti-bot).

Workaround — use DDG site search:

web_fetch(url="https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=site%3Arealestate.com.au+malvern+vic+3144+house+3+bedroom&kl=au-en", extractMode="text", maxChars=8000)

This returns REA listing URLs and basic descriptions.

Limitations

• web_fetch on REA pages usually returns 429 (rate limited)
• Anti-bot: TLS fingerprinting, geo-blocking from non-AU IPs
• For browsing results, construct the URL and open in browser
• DDG site search workaround provides URLs but not full listing data