Listings Import - Home and Lack Package Listings

Update - May 2017

We've taken matters into our own hands and added support for the spec breaking element isHomeAndLandPackage.

This was done in the 1.5.0 version of the REAXml component. And was included in the 0.15.3 version of the Platform

I also contacted REA about this matter again and they acknowledged that they did not have an ETA on resolution.

Issue closed based on workaround.

Reported By

Belle Qld Properties

Process

import Home and Land listings from REA
public listing changes to REA

Issue

REA reported errors during the upload with the following message: Category: Existing New Homes for Sale listing cannot be transferred to Residential category

Issue Confirmation

the cause of this error message is that REA does not allow for listings flagged in their "New Homes" subscription class to be loaded in their standard "Residential" class.
in the uploaded XML that the listing was not flagged as home and land
confirmed the imported listing did not have a construction type set to home and land in PC

Cause

The element that flags a listing as a home and land type is isHomeLandPackage as defined in the REAXML spec here and DTD here..

Property Compass complies with the spec and DTD and even validates the generated XML against the DTD when creating files.

The problem is that REA's own exported file was not to spec and incorrectly spelt and positioned the element. rea_export_original DTD dtd_ishomeland

I've emailed REA regarding their non spec XML before but go reply.

I've sent another email on this issue today.

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