Market Data & Trends Selling Privately in Melbourne’s East: Where Chinese-Speaking Buyers Live
Melbourne's east has some of the largest Chinese-speaking communities in Australia. At the 2021 Census, a third of Box Hill residents spoke…
Fifteen years of working between Australian property and Chinese buyers, distilled into practical reading. Buyer behaviour, market movement, listing strategy and the channels that actually reach them.
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Market Data & Trends Melbourne's east has some of the largest Chinese-speaking communities in Australia. At the 2021 Census, a third of Box Hill residents spoke…
Private Sellers Chinese-speaking buyers in Australia rarely start on the English portals. They follow property accounts on WeChat, browse Chinese-language property websites such as…
Private Sellers If you're selling without an agent in Australia, the main way onto the big portals is a for-sale-by-owner service such as For…
Private Sellers Most overseas buyers can't buy an established house in Australia right now. Since 1 April 2025, foreign persons — including temporary residents…
Private Sellers To sell your house to Chinese buyers in Australia without an agent, your listing needs to appear in Chinese, on the platforms…
Private Sellers If you're selling privately and enquiries have dried up, the fix is rarely a bigger ad on the same site. Check the…
Selling Your Property Does the agent really change the price? Start here Yes — more than any other single decision. It's common in the industry…
Selling Your Property Does marketing to overseas buyers actually lift the price? It can, through competition rather than headcount. A sale price is set by…
Selling Your Property Why does the number of buyers matter so much? Because a sale price is set by competition, not by a single buyer.…
A practical guide to how Chinese buyers research, decide and choose an agent — drawn from 15 years in the market.