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The accessibility of spatial big data will help real estate investors make better judgement calls and earn additional profit. Since location is deemed necessary for real estate and consequent decision-making, digital maps have become a prime resource for real estate purchases, planning and development. Personalisation can assist in making judgments by identifying user desires and inclinations, which can then be recorded or captured as a user performs some interactions with a digital map. A personalised real estate portal can use this information to suggest properties, assist homeowners and provide valuable real estate analytics. This article presents a novel framework for recommending real estate to users. By monitoring user interactions through an online real estate portal, the framework can make personalised recommendations of real estate based on content, collaboration and location. 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