Understanding Chinese Buyers

Aerial view of a leafy street of homes in Melbourne's eastern suburbs at golden hour

October 17, 2026 Blog, Market Data & Trends, Private Sellers, Selling Your Property, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

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 Mandarin at home, and Chinese ancestry was reported by around a third or more of residents in Doncaster, Doncaster East and Balwyn North....

Visitors looking across the harbour at the Sydney Opera House

October 13, 2026 Blog, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

Golden Week 2026: Chinese families still picked Australia. Many will come back to buy.

The holiday is the first inspection. China’s National Day holiday ran from 1 to 8 October. Millions travelled overseas, and Australia was on the long-haul shortlist again. Airbnb’s Golden Week outlook found search interest for Australia doubled on last year. It put Australia in its...

Three generations of a Chinese-Australian family looking at a tablet at the kitchen table

October 10, 2026 Blog, Private Sellers, Selling Your Property, Understanding Chinese Buyers, WeChat & Digital Channels No Comments

How Chinese-Speaking Buyers Search for Property in Australia

Chinese-speaking buyers in Australia rarely start on the English portals. They follow property accounts on WeChat, browse Chinese-language property websites such as ACproperty.com.au and Fang.com, read suburb reviews on Rednote, and share listings in family group chats. If your home only exists in English on...

A Chinese family looking at a new-build home in an Australian suburb

October 5, 2026 Blog, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

Where a Chinese buyer can still buy a home in 2026

Canada, New Zealand, Florida and Texas have closed. Singapore charges 60%. Australia is still open for new homes, and it is still the country Chinese families choose. The market didn’t shrink; it moved onshore.

Chinese-Australian couple inspecting a light-filled Melbourne living room

September 19, 2026 Blog, Private Sellers, Selling Your Property, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

How to Sell Your House to Chinese Buyers in Australia (Without an Agent)

To sell your house to Chinese buyers in Australia without an agent, your listing needs to appear in Chinese, on the platforms those buyers use — Chinese-language property portals, WeChat and apps like Rednote — with a way for them to enquire. Keep your English...

August 7, 2026 Blog, Marketing & Listings, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

Which Platforms Work Best for Australian Agents?

REA and Domain generate the most enquiries for Australian agents — but a correct campaign can still be incomplete. What the portals do not cover, and why vendors notice.

July 29, 2026 Blog, Understanding Chinese Buyers, WeChat & Digital Channels No Comments

What Do Chinese Buyers Use Instead of Google, Instagram and YouTube?

The most interesting part of your vendor's marketing campaign might be the part nobody in your office can see. Not because it's hidden — because it's happening on an internet you've never visited. Most agents know, vaguely, that "China blocks some websites". What that actually...

Editorial flat-lay of a printed Australian property market report beside a map of Australia

June 16, 2026 Blog, Market Data & Trends, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

The Australian Chinese & International Buyer Report (2026): Who’s Buying, Where, and Why

Are Chinese buyers still active in Australia in 2026? Yes. The demand did not disappear; it changed shape. The public record makes the scale plain. The ATO's foreign ownership register links about 67% of foreign-owned residential properties acquired between 2016 and 2024 to mainland China...

June 2, 2026 Blog, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

The Chinese Buyer Enquiry Journey: From First Search to First Call

How long do Chinese buyers research before they make contact? A Chinese buyer considering an Australian property purchase rarely picks up the phone on a whim. They are often researching from overseas, across a time zone, in a second language, and frequently on behalf of...

Shoes left at the front door of a contemporary home, a cultural cue when selling to Chinese buyers

May 18, 2026 Blog, Marketing & Listings, Understanding Chinese Buyers No Comments

How to Market to Chinese Buyers Without Speaking Mandarin

Do you actually need to speak Mandarin to market to Chinese buyers? No. It's the first thing agents assume, and it holds a lot of them back from a whole pool of buyers. But marketing a property and having a conversation in Chinese are two...