Got Sick of No Pricing on Realestate.com.au So I Made a Chrome Extension

Lompa-lompa on 18/04/2025 - 19:12

I’m sure most of you are sick of browsing property websites to just see a whole bunch of “offers” and “contact” and other bullshit but no price guide. I’ve built this free extension that reveals hidden pricing data, including a best estimate price from Domain.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/property-mate/jjdmj…

It also does a couple of cool things like such as AI based web search to write a property report and looks for any usual agent bullshit etc. You can customise it as well by giving the AI custom instructions. Just disclosing up front that this AI stuff costs me money to run so there is a 10 per day limit with a small monthly fee to use it further. It’s completely free if you just care about the price guide.

You can also use the extension on iPhone / iPad with the Orion browser for iOS (just the price guide, sign-on and AI features won't work).

Any feedback let me know!

Free Software/Websites

Comments

  • OMGJL on 18/04/2025 - 19:32
    +17

    just checked — nice work

    • Dr Phil on 19/04/2025 - 22:15
      +11

      Brilliant actually
      No need to waste your time contacting agents for bogus price guides

      • chonox on 21/04/2025 - 08:02
        +4

        yes, now you can get the bogus price range direct that the real estate agent set for the ad lol

  • theHMASfriendship on 18/04/2025 - 19:41
    +4

    Thank you for your service

  • cnut on 18/04/2025 - 20:40
    +35

    I'm not in the market for a place and REA and their effective monopoly can get stuffed, but how do I upvote this for maximum visibility?

  • TEER3X on 18/04/2025 - 20:42
    +9

    Can't believe how much they charge to get your house listed on their website

    In the US, all the websites list it for free.

    • Joey2scoops on 19/04/2025 - 07:50
      +3

      In the US all agent listings go onto a single system. In theory, you can see all listings in one place. In Australia, the big sites are charging a shit ton of money and agents lock themselves into contracts with them which the punters are then paying for. Trickle down economics.

      • us3rnam3tak3n on 21/04/2025 - 16:42

        That seems like regular trickle up economics.

    • gromit on 19/04/2025 - 18:13
      -1

      they may list it for free, but damn the real estate/transfer fees etc etc in the US makes ours look cheap (even if you take account of the fee here.)

    • Dr Phil on 19/04/2025 - 22:16
      +1

      They take a commission

    • MindGrenadius on 21/04/2025 - 08:39
      +5

      I work in the industry, and while RE agent commissions are insanely high, the costs are far more than just a "sign out the front". Most people want to be on all the portals and in order to actually be seen on them and not just put at the back of the search results you need to spend big, like thousands big.

      REA & Domain are definitely selling the shovels in the gold rush

    • ATangk on 22/04/2025 - 10:05
      +1

      US commissions are much higher.

  • seraphim2017 on 18/04/2025 - 20:51
    +16

    Yeah, listing by price isn't even helpful as they deliberately put it well below expectations and then at viewings say offers over $X (which is always more than 10% higher than the point they put it at, illegal but 'plausible deniability'.

    • ompa-lompa on 19/04/2025 - 02:33
      +7

      Yeah, I’ve also added the domain estimate and the you can ask the AI to get the property.com.au estimate as well if you want

      • seraphim2017 on 20/04/2025 - 12:03

        Just engaged a buyers agent, similar search powers but 20k!

    • FutureTech on 21/04/2025 - 22:29

      Why wouldn't they tell you a higher price first and get you to haggle it down (ie price negotiable etc etc)

      • Bozman on 22/04/2025 - 03:55
        +2

        Cause they’re auctions, that’ll deal with the actual pricing. By quoting low, they’re driving more people to the open house & auction, which creates more competition, which drives up the auction price.

  • fantombloo on 18/04/2025 - 21:00
    +12

    cool things like such as

    Not nitpicking, just immediately thought of maps and The Iraq.

    • blitz on 18/04/2025 - 22:41
      +4

      the Iraq and everywhere like such as

      • Jackson on 19/04/2025 - 22:15
        +1

        I just watched that for the first time, word salad

    • Sobieski on 20/04/2025 - 08:22
      +3

      It gets better, she's a real estate agent now.

      • Alpine58 on 20/04/2025 - 09:25
        +5

        And a trump supporter…

      • cnut on 22/04/2025 - 14:56
        +3

        With an IQ like that, what else was she going to become?

  • JetLi on 18/04/2025 - 21:22

    Great work, thanks!

  • subywagon on 18/04/2025 - 21:43

    Awesome! Thanks for that. I used to look in the code to find the price. I can't remember if it was Domain or re.com though, as I think it got patched out and I could no longer view it.

    • azonki on 19/04/2025 - 07:40

      Searching code still works on REdotcom, but any info is obfuscated on Domain.

  • highon2str on 18/04/2025 - 21:58

    How do I get it to work? I've installed it, logged in, put in my AI preferences, saved it, refreshed, but nothing seems to happen?

  • joka on 18/04/2025 - 22:15
    +8

    If you’re in Victoria, the listing by law must contain a price guide and it’s there on every listing as a pdf document displaying the median price of the suburb and the expected price for the property.

    • timthetoolman on 19/04/2025 - 09:43
      +8

      And then add 300k above that price

      • THICKnSLOW on 20/04/2025 - 06:05

        but at the auction prepare for another 150k more

        • cnut on 22/04/2025 - 15:17

          Screw it, have my first born child too while we’re at it.

    • Mintee on 20/04/2025 - 10:04

      The price guides are such a sham anyway. Theyre meant to be "comparable" properties. Without fail, the newly renovated listing will be compared to either: a dumpy houses, or on a main road, one under powerlines… Etc… i think i read somewhere where theyre allowed a 10% variance under the sold price anyway

  • Aap Ke Papa on 18/04/2025 - 22:37

    Does it work on Reiwa?

    • ompa-lompa on 18/04/2025 - 23:38
      +3

      No sorry, every website is different, it’ll require basically a new extension. I focused on realestate.com.au as it’s the most popular website

  • jsb on 19/04/2025 - 02:18

    Don't know where you are pulling the Agent price from. Its way off.
    In Victoria, all prices are clearly mentioned which matches with the price guide pdf attached to the listing but there almost 100k difference in the agent price reported by the extension

    • ompa-lompa on 19/04/2025 - 02:31
      +5

      Hi, the agent price is hidden on the website. I’m in WA so I can’t see what you are talking about in terms of the price guide PDF.

      The extension also shows the best estimate price from Domain if that helps.

      Using Chrome, right click anywhere on the listing page and select "View page source". This will open a new tab with the listing's HTML. Crtl+f for "marketing_price_range"

      Example.

      {\"listing_id\":\"136998246\",\"agency_id\":\"KXMTTJ\",\"marketing_price_range\":\"1.5m_2m\",\"price\":\"FOR SALE\"

      • gromit on 19/04/2025 - 18:16
        +1

        So while it is cool, it is very misleading to say it is revealing the hidden price, it is really just using an estimating site to hazard a best guess.

        • ompa-lompa on 19/04/2025 - 21:17
          +2

          Yeah no worries, I can change the wording in the description and images

  • huang297 on 19/04/2025 - 05:02
    +2

    Sounds good. Any plans of doing a Firefox extension of the same app? (idk if it requires much additional work to do so)

    • ompa-lompa on 19/04/2025 - 13:09
      +3

      Hi, sorry I tried to port it but it uses too many Chrome specific features. You can use the Property Seeker extension for Firefox.

  • surfingedge on 19/04/2025 - 07:33
    +10

    There is also

    Property Seeker

    Real Estate Mate

    PriceDaddy

    Koala Data

    • Jolakot on 19/04/2025 - 07:59

      Do you know of anything similar for finding a rental property?

    • dandandan on 19/04/2025 - 08:53

      Which do you think is best?

      • surfingedge on 19/04/2025 - 09:32

        Well pricedaddy is the first one I found and it does what I want it to do, so I haven't tried the others or this OP's one.

        I just find it funny how once or twice a year someone new decides to make their own, when they could have googled it and saved themselves the work - like I just did because I remember seeing this sort of post appear on various forums every so often.

        • ompa-lompa on 19/04/2025 - 09:57
          +4

          Yeah I knew these existed. I’ve added a few extra features like the AI stuff did which does web research for you and can pull pricing from multiple sources, including recent nearby sales.

    • spackbace on 22/04/2025 - 16:11

      Thanks!

  • BOGOF on 19/04/2025 - 07:35

    Nice! Works well.

  • Clickbait on 19/04/2025 - 10:53

    Is AI going to change the world?

  • JimmyF on 19/04/2025 - 10:57

    Got Sick of No Pricing on Realestate.com.au

    Clearly don't like in VIC as they have to give a price guide, which is wrong 90% of the time, but still gives you an idea.

    So I Made a Chrome Extension

    Great work!

    • Cluster on 22/04/2025 - 18:29

      The price guide is usually right. Take whatever value is there, and increase by 30%.

  • blackmanshade on 19/04/2025 - 12:08

    good work mate, studied coding in tertiary i'm guessing?

  • The Wololo Wombat on 19/04/2025 - 20:24

    Legend!!

  • Leem87 on 20/04/2025 - 02:34

    Nice work man appreciate it.

  • nikey2k27 on 20/04/2025 - 06:48

    That shit dose my head why no price so they contact with more people ask the price

    • chonox on 21/04/2025 - 08:04
      +1

      thats exactly why. so more people contact, makes their numbers look good to seller "had 100 people contact me today!" but also they dont give a shit, purely numbers game, if you waste the time of 1000 people its worth it if it nets you 1 'potential' real customer.

      • cadwalader on 21/04/2025 - 09:52

        How many people who will go through the trouble of calling are not looking to buy a home or have no idea what the price tendencies in the areas are in the first place?

        I get that it is a bit annoying comparing properties at glance but as a home buyer it doesn't really matter as I always call the agent before I drive to the property to check if its under contract already (sometimes they don't update it on the same day) or what the settlement time frames are or can look like. I'll just ask for the owner's price expectations at the same time. I've not bothered calling a property that I was not interested in buying and within a couple of calls you can easily know what you're in the market for.

  • SpaceNinja on 20/04/2025 - 10:25

    Nice work!
    One quick thought: could we tighten the upper limit in the Agent’s Guide? When I search for properties, results drop off as soon as I set a maximum price, and that cutoff is much lower than the range the guide currently shows.
    Thanks

    • ompa-lompa on 23/04/2025 - 20:40

      Coming in the next update!

  • Nitrollparty on 20/04/2025 - 11:21
    -6

    lol what a waste of time making this, all you need to do is "right click" press view page source, CTRL F (type marketing) and it will show the price on anything

    • RolandWaites on 20/04/2025 - 16:05
      +1

      So what you're saying is it condenses three steps into one. If you're checking out the prices for 10 properties, it means you must only click a button 10 times instead of each time clicking, selecting, searching and typing (before then reading the raw html source) to find out the same information each time.

      Why look something up on Google when you can just head to the library, ask the librarian where to find the topic you're looking for and searching through it for yourself?

    • ompa-lompa on 20/04/2025 - 20:27

      Yeah, but it also shows the prices on the “buy” page on realestate.com.au. It loads pricing for around 8 properties at once. Makes it way faster and more convenient.

    • ronnknee on 22/04/2025 - 13:07

      Isn't what you're suggesting a waste of time?

  • Lets Make Sandwiches on 20/04/2025 - 11:38

    Does this work on android? I clicked the link on my phone and added to my desktop, then went on to real estate.com from chrome browser but still seeing homes with no price.

  • macfudge on 20/04/2025 - 15:25
    +1

    These real estate agents really take the pi55. Using this extension, real estate agent reckons $5mil for this property but it last sold July 2023 for $10.5mil. Can't believe current owners are willing to sell at less than half what they paid!
    https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-glenhaven-1…

    Such a waste of time. I know this is on the top end of things but the same happens on the lower end. But in reality, someone with a $5mil budget is hardly likely to be willing (or able) to drop $10mil+ so this just wastes the seller's, the buyer's and the real estate agent's time. I don't get it.

    • cooni on 20/04/2025 - 19:12

      They have it listed with a (hidden) guide of 9.5m on Domain.

    • ompa-lompa on 20/04/2025 - 19:39
      +2

      Sorry, $5m is the highest the agent can put in. So it shows $5m-$N/A. I need to fix that bug.

    • Nebargains on 21/04/2025 - 08:31

      Someone with a $5m budget is going to know that it's not a $5m house.

      Honestly people fretting over listing prices only demonstrate their lack of knowledge in the property market.

      All the listing price / price guide is useful for is an initial search, that's it, you should then do your own research and come up with what you think is a reasonable price. People who don't do their own research and treat it like a retail product where the agent is the retailer are setting themselves up for disappointment through their own lack of knowledge or experience.

      • tenpercent on 21/04/2025 - 14:00

        Honestly people fretting over listing prices only demonstrate their lack of knowledge in the property market.

        All the listing price / price guide is useful for is an initial search, that's it, you should then do your own research and come up with what you think is a reasonable price. People who don't do their own research and treat it like a retail product where the agent is the retailer are setting themselves up for disappointment through their own lack of knowledge or experience.

        FTFY

        Real estate agents can be lying sacks of sh1t and their price guides/ listing prices aren't grounded in reality but that's okay because most people know that. The market inefficiencies created by this dodgy and deceptive practice are just additional costs guys. People treating advertised prices as if they're even in the ballpark are dipsh1ts. Come on! What are you like, honest or something? First home buyers are setting themselves up for disappointment because they have never bought a property before; serves them right.

  • stopthecap on 20/04/2025 - 21:39
    +2

    Can you do firefox plz?

    • bohn on 22/04/2025 - 10:12
      +1

      FF would be great.

    • ompa-lompa on 22/04/2025 - 20:13
      +1

      Unfortunately doesn’t work, I’ve tried and it’s a difficult port. You can use the property seeker extension for Firefox

  • hentabara on 21/04/2025 - 08:54
    +2

    Property Mate handles the following:
    - Personally identifiable information
    - Financial and payment information
    - Authentication information

    Is it safe?

    • BuddhaBoy on 21/04/2025 - 09:22
      +1

      It will be great to get more info from OP.

      Privacy practices:
      Property Mate handles the following:
      Personally identifiable information
      For example: name, address, email address, age, or identification number

      Financial and payment information
      For example: transactions, credit card numbers, credit ratings, financial statements, or payment history

      Authentication information
      For example: passwords, credentials, security question, or personal identification number (PIN)

    • ompa-lompa on 21/04/2025 - 10:13

      Sure, to use the AI features, I need you to sign-in to avoid abuse of the API. This is purely because I pay out of my own pocket for the AI features. You can get the price guide without signing in and no data is collected. Full details below:

      Property Mate collects minimal user data necessary for core functionality and optional paid features:

      Authentication Data: When you sign in with Google via Supabase, we receive your email address and account identifier. This is used for user identification, securing access to features, and linking subscription status.

      Property Data: Information about properties you view (URLs, descriptions, images) is processed to provide analysis. This data may be temporarily stored in your browser's local cache to improve performance and reduce redundant processing. It is not permanently stored on our servers associated with your account unless required for specific AI processing during a request.

      Usage Data (Free Tier): For users on the free tier, we track the count of AI analysis and image editing requests on a daily basis, linked to your user ID, solely for the purpose of enforcing daily usage limits. This count resets daily.

      Subscription Data (Pro Tier): If you choose to subscribe to Property Mate Pro:
      We store your subscription status (e.g., 'active', 'canceled'), the associated Stripe Customer ID, and Stripe Subscription ID linked to your Supabase user ID in our database (hosted on Supabase). This allows us to grant you access to unlimited AI requests.

      We store the date your current subscription period ends to manage access.

      We do NOT collect or store your full credit card numbers or detailed payment information. This is handled directly by our payment processor, Stripe.

      We do not collect your general browsing history or track your activities outside of realestate.com.au.

  • BuddhaBoy on 21/04/2025 - 09:29

    Can someone advise why the search price (extension) at times is different than the indicative price?

    For example:

    An indicative price on realestate website for a property is between $680k - $700k but the chrome extension (any) would show $600k - $750k.

  • serialfrother on 21/04/2025 - 10:16
    +1

    Any chance you can make one for price withheld on sold listings?

  • Endless Ascendant on 21/04/2025 - 13:38

    Nice work. Just tested and works perfectly on MS Edge.

  • robbyjones on 21/04/2025 - 17:00
    +2

    Ctrl U, Ctrl F type in marketing and click through until you see the price

  • robotdad on 21/04/2025 - 22:52

    @Oompaloompa any chance you can search by title, eg Torrens, Community, Strata?

    • ompa-lompa on 22/04/2025 - 20:12

      Sorry, the extension doesn’t modify the search filters and can’t remove / filter properties from search. You can ask the AI in the extension settings to see if this information is available on the web and it flag it for every property.

  • affable on 22/04/2025 - 09:53

    I'm getting this message on Android, anyone else?

    Item currently unavailable. Please check the troubleshooting guide.
    Item logo image for Property Mate
    Property Mate

  • ronnknee on 22/04/2025 - 10:31

    I've been using this for a while. Good work.

  • abuch47 on 22/04/2025 - 11:04

    Murdoch website, avoid for your fellow earthlings

  • t_c on 22/04/2025 - 17:45

    Does this work for chrome on Android?

    • ompa-lompa on 22/04/2025 - 20:09

      I don’t have an Android device to confirm, but I believe certain browsers do support extensions, like Kiwi Browser

  • Colombian on 22/04/2025 - 22:05

    Thank you, I have been using it for a couple of months now, very handy

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