What's new in Relab?
August 2025
🔧 New Agent Profile
Stop manually entering your details for every CMA. Save time on CMA creation with our new Agent Profile feature. Create reusable profiles that store your personal and business information, then apply them instantly to any CMA.
🏘️ New CMA filters Subcategories
Find more relevant comparables with precision! Stop sifting through irrelevant properties with our new Sub Category filters that use council-defined property classifications to help you narrow your search beyond basic property types.
👥 Better Support from Managers
Approved managers on Teams and Enterprise plans can now edit, create, and manage CMA templates for individual team members, ensuring professional standards while providing direct support.
July 2025
🖼️ New Image Replacement Feature
Replace images instantly without disrupting your page layout or design. Keep everything perfectly aligned while updating property photos.
🎯 Precision Search for Lenders & Owners
Relab Premium users can now search with precision using quotation marks. Find exact matches for "ABC Bank" or "XYZ Ltd" in property titles.
💬 Better In-App Support
Get instant help with our new Help Center featuring three options: browse our library of how-to guides and videos, chat with AI for quick answers that improve daily, or take screenshots and send feedback directly to our support team from wherever you're working (desktop only for now).
June 2025
📧 Added Field for Client’s Email in CMA
Add your client's email directly to appraisals through the Owner Details section. Find this option in your CMA Design Studio navigation sidebar.
🔍 Improved Ownership Keyword Search -
Find properties faster with improved name searching. Search using just first and last names even when middle names appear on the title, giving you more comprehensive results.
🌊 Enhanced Flood Layer Visibility
See property details more clearly with our improved flood overlay. The translucent design lets you view flood zones without blocking important property information.
📊 Updated Watercare Network Capacity Map
Auckland water network maps now show the latest capacity data from June 2025. View color-coded zones with the Services Overlay to quickly identify network capacity levels.
🔧 Added Water Pipe Infrastructure
See Auckland's water pipe network directly on your maps. Dark blue lines show pipe infrastructure when you enable the Services Overlay.
📍 Map Pin for Finding Rural Properties
Search rural properties without addresses by clicking anywhere on the map. Perfect for exploring areas where street addresses might not exist.
⚡ Automatic Image Quality
Images now automatically optimize for their display size in CMA Design Studio. Large images show in high quality while smaller ones load faster with reduced file sizes.
🎯 Better Image Control
Get perfect image positioning in CMA Design Studio with new cropping controls. Adjust image positioning and toggle between cover mode for full frames or contain mode for complete images.
✏️ Rename your CMA Templates
Get perfect image positioning in CMA Design Studio with new cropping controls. Reposition images within frames and choose between cover mode (fills entire frame) or contain mode (shows full image).
May 2025
🚀 Brand New Image Selection Module
Choose listing photos directly from your subject properties, nearby sales, or current listings. No more manual uploads - just click and select from available property images.
🔍 Expand 50km Search Radius
Lifestyle property searches now reach up to 50km instead of the standard 10km. Get better coverage for rural properties and find more relevant comparables.
🏫 School Zone Filtering with Relab CMA
Identify properties in premium school zones instantly with Relab CMA. Research comparable sales faster, communicate value drivers clearly to vendors, and gain deeper market knowledge of specific catchment areas.
📈 More Sales History
Access more sales history with expanded filter options up to 2 and 5 years. Get better comparable data beyond the previous 1-year limitation.
🎯 CMA Design Studio Update
CMA Design Studio now includes blue guide boxes marking all editable sections. Toggle these visual guides on or off to see exactly where you can add custom content.
April 2025
📋 CMA Team Templates
Create professional client presentations instantly with new CMA Team Templates. Skip the formatting work and focus on delivering great results to your clients.
Create CMAs for Properties Without Title Yet
Analyze development opportunities and create professional CMAs for adjoining properties, new builds, or pre-title developments by combining square meters and generating comprehensive reports before titles are finalized.
🔗 Shareable CMA Links - No More Attachment Struggles!
Share CMAs effortlessly with secure links that open on any device including smartphones, making it easy to send via text or email and reference in future conversations.
March 2025
📊 More Listings Coverage
Access more listings directly in your CMA reports. Get the latest market data to impress vendors and enhanced reliability with more comparable properties available.
🗺️ New Map
Enhanced map visibility gives you more marketing insights with detailed local features. See walking tracks, churches, community centres, shop names, supermarkets, sports fields, recreational areas, and future development paper roads.
🛰️ Satellite Map Upgrade
Updated satellite imagery for Auckland and Waikato now available with latest LINZ data. Get sharper 0.5-meter resolution, Recent imagery comparable to Google Maps for South Auckland and Waikato, plus clearer visuals for development opportunities.
February 2025
🏠 Property Cards Get an Upgrade
Access more property details instantly from enhanced property cards in CMA and map views, including recent consents, sales dates, and days on market with a simple click and dropdown.
⚡ Smoother CMA Experience
Experience consistent CMA performance even during peak usage with our enhanced system that eliminates timeouts and accelerates template loading.
📄 Title Document Ordering Change
Continue accessing essential title information with key details always visible in the property panel, plus unlimited title previews included for Pro users, with Title Documents available for $12 (Pro/Premium) or $19 (Free members).
🗑️ Clean Up Your CMA Dashboard
Keep your CMA dashboard organized by removing outdated reports directly from your workspace. Focus on active deals without clutter from old CMAs.
🔍 Better Ownership Search
Find more ownership matches with our improved search system, plus view shareholder and director details directly in Relab without visiting Companies Office.
January 2025
📊 Choose Comparables Per Page
Customize your CMA presentation by choosing exactly how many comparable sales to display, giving you complete control over report length and detail.
⚡ Quick CMA Button
Customize your CMA report length by selecting your preferred number of comparable sales from the left menu dropdown.
📋 CMA Centre dashboard View
Easily access your past CMAs.
November 2024
New Watercare Network Capacity Map
Make informed Auckland development decisions with Watercare's network capacity mapping now available in Relab. Identify infrastructure constraints across 50,000+ sites including critical stormwater and wastewater issues affecting 5,200+ central Auckland properties in areas like East Coast Bays, Birkenhead, Howick, and Pakuranga.
October 2024
📸 New Listing Images
Access more property images including historic sales with our enhanced platform. Get better visual context for comprehensive property evaluation and analysis.
🏗️ Expanded Consent Data
Wellington and Christchurch consent data coverage continues expanding with additional records. Enhanced building consent information keeps your property insights current and comprehensive.
September 2024
🏫 Unique School Insights
Help families make informed decisions with school performance data in CMA reports. New details include university entrance rates and literacy/numeracy scores to showcase local education quality.
🏢 Commercial Comparables
Find commercial property comparables faster with our new Commercial Property Filter in CMA. Search boutique shops, office spaces, and other commercial properties with ease.
🎨 Streamlined Design Studio
Edit CMA reports faster with our redesigned CMA Design Studio featuring clearly labeled left-side tabs. Quickly customize and reorder elements like comparable sales and schools on any page.
🗺️ Visually Map Comparables for Vendors
Visualize comparable properties with new maps for sales and listings. See exactly where comparable properties are located relative to your vendor's property.
⭐ New Subject Property Feature
Find matching comparable properties faster with subject property features now displayed at the top. See your property's key details first when searching in CMA or Nearby Sales tools.
Aug 2024
- Performance Enhancements
- Including Non-official Suburbs in Street Search
- Enhance Sales Syncing
- Consents Coverages for Wellington, Waikato and Canterbury
- CMA Bugfixes, Enhancements and New Templates
🗺️ New CMA Pages (maps for comparables)
🏢 Enhanced Address Matching
Find unit titles faster with improved address matching. Our enhanced search feature helps you locate exactly what you need quickly and easily.
🔍 Filter Summaries in CMA & Nearby Sales
Stay in control of your search results with visible filter summaries. CMA and nearby sales tools now show applied filters so you can fine-tune your property selection.
July 2024
🛠️ Lots of CMA Fixes and New Templates
📊 Team Reports View
🏠 Merge Sales and Listings Filter for CMA. Update Nearby Sales Filters.
🏢 Show Selections for Apartment/Unit Blocks
June 2024
✨ Hover Buttons for Comparables
New hover buttons for comparable features create a cleaner, more intuitive interface. Access exactly what you need while saving valuable screen space.
🏠 Enhancing Property Details Panel
Navigate property details faster with our redesigned panel featuring cleaner visuals and more intuitive layout for better workflow efficiency.
🔍 New Street Search
Find streets faster with improved search options. Select by suburb or use keyword filters to locate any street quickly and easily.
May 2024
📐 Select Comparable Properties Using Polygon Tool
Select comparable properties visually with our new polygon drawing tool. Draw custom shapes on the map to choose exactly the area you want to analyze.
⚡ Enhancements to CMA Filters
We are bringing you a number of enhancements to the CMA filter functions, so you can narrow down to your comparable properties with ease.
📋 CMA Templates
CMA template updates are rolling out to existing customers throughout the month. Contact your account manager or Contact Us.
📄 Upgrade to Relab "Property Summary" Report
Get comprehensive property insights in a single page with our enhanced property report. View basic information, title details, transaction history, and GIS maps in one convenient format. Create, download, or print reports with expanded data coverage and improved visual design.
🗺️ Enhancements to Relab Maps
Navigate maps easier with our planned mapping enhancements. New features include improved overlays, clear legends, Google Street View integration, and measurement tools.
April 2024
✨ A New Look
View and select comparable properties faster with our improved interface. See more properties at once and switch instantly between Sales and Listings data.
📑 Page Ordering
Reorder your CMA pages easily by dragging them to your preferred position. Find this feature in the Pages section under the Template tab.
🔍 Resize
Resize your screen view to see all document pages at once or zoom in for specific details. Get the perfect view for any editing task.
📖 Horizontal Scrolling
Preview your pages in booklet format by clicking the arrows at the bottom right. See how pages look side by side before printing or sharing.
💰 Automated Valuation (REINZ Members Only)
REINZ members can now add automated high and low property estimates to their reports.
📊 More Professional Property Data
Relab Pro now includes additional professional property data: Bona Fide sales status, Property Category, and Other property improvements for more comprehensive analysis.