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

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The assistant competition minister, Andrew Leigh, says he is “concerned” Australians are paying the highest costs in the world to advertise their homes for sale online.

After a Guardian Australia investigation into the market power of the Murdoch-controlled REA Group – which owns realestate.com.au – Leigh said he wanted to see costs in the property market come down.

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