Every winner was once a beginner. The story of REA Group’s early days

PHOTO: realestate.com.au started in 1995 in a garage in Melbourne.

The idea to search for property online originated in the garage of Karl Sabljak, one of realestate.com.au’s founders, in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster East. Along with his wife Carmel, brother Steve and co-founder Marty Howell, the team of four worked on creating an online solution to make it easier to search for real estate.