Your Melbourne Buyer’s Advocate.
Cohen Handler is Australia’s leading residential property buyer’s agent. With decades of experience both in Melbourne and around Australia we have deep experience in the Melbourne property market. We are your Melbourne Buyer’s Agent.
Our team is made up of specialists deeply entrenched in the Melbourne market. We have built relationships with local real estate sales agents, property management agents and people looking to sell their properties in order to keep across market trends.
Our goal is to ensure our clients have access to the most up-to-date and relevant information in order to make the best property-purchasing decisions.
Through our Melbourne buyer’s agents team we can access exclusive properties, both off-market and premarket, and can secure properties others simply can’t.
Local expertise, national experience.
Cohen Handler was founded in Sydney in 2009 and has since become Australia’s leading buyer’s advocacy team. The Cohen Handler team has conducted over 100,000 inspections and transacted more than 3,000 successful purchases worth more than $8.5 billion
How Cohen Handler Helps Property Buyers
BUYER’S ADVOCACY
We provide a professional perspective to any homebuyer by researching, evaluating and negotiating the purchase of a home.
FULL SERVICE
Our comprehensive offerings include full-service consultations, which covers every step of the property purchasing journey from property sourcing, due diligence, negotiation, auction bidding and pre-settlement inspections.
NEGOTIATION ONLY
We can provide specialised negotiation services, giving you strategic insights to save you money.
AUCTION BIDDING
Trust our Buyers Agents in Melbourne to represent you confidently on auction days, easing the pressure of auction conditions, competitive markets and sticking to your budget. This is Included in our full-service consultation however also offered exclusively if needed.
PROPERTY STRATEGIES
Whether you are an Melbourne-local or an interstate or international investor looking at taking advantage of Melbourne’s capital growth opportunities our buyer’s agents will work with you to help develop your property portfolio strategy and acquire the right properties at the right price.
COMMERCIAL BUYING
Cohen Handler can work closely with our commercial team, Costi Cohen, to find and acquire commercial or development sites.
ON OR OFF MARKET, OUR BUYER’S AGENTS IN MELBOURNE HELP YOU BUY THE RIGHT PROPERTY AT THE RIGHT PRICE.
How a Melbourne Buyer’s Advocate Helps You
Using a Buyer’s Agent is for anyone looking for a faster, more affordable, or smoother process. Buying a property is one of the largest financial investments you can make, so it makes sense to have a professional by your side.
People use Buyer’s Advocates for a variety of reasons:
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FAQ Melbourne Buyers Agents
Hiring a buyer’s advocate in Melbourne, such as Cohen Handler, means you have a local expert guiding you every step of the way through your property search, to make sure you secure the best property at the right price.
A buyers advocate or buyers agent offers various types of services such as:
Searching and gathering properties that meet your criteria and then negotiating the purchase of that chosen property (whether by auction or private sale.) Depending on your needs, a buyer’s agent may search for one particular property or an entire portfolio, or they can negotiate a better price for you by compiling insights via due diligence and conducting building and pest reports on your chosen property and then developing a negotiation strategy, or they can bid for you at the auction of a property you may have found.
An off-market property is a home that has yet to be advertised to the public and is not yet ‘on the market’. The sellers may have already engaged a selling agent and have a price point in mind, but they might be sitting back or taking their time to prepare before taking the property public. They use this time to see if their agent can attract any interested buyers before they must advertise the property publicly.
There are few surer ways of making money than investing in real estate. You can potentially strengthen your financial position and generate wealth, but it also means you’ll have a product that will be in demand as long as people need a place to rest their heads. But how do you choose your first investment property? There are a few things you’ll need to bear in mind.
Buyers agents and Buyers advocates are licensed and regulated real estate professionals who act on behalf of the property buyer. Their purpose is to research, find and negotiate a perfect property for their client.
This is as opposed to a real estate agent who has a contract with the seller and therefore has their best interests at heart. A buyer’s agent will always negotiate in favour of you, their client.
How do you know when you’re getting what you want and what you’re paying for regarding buyer’s agents and their fees?
Or if you’re not? For a full-service offering buyers agents will charge a success-based fee based on a percentage of a property, but for other services may charge a flat fee.
Whether you’re relocating to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth for the first time, returning from years overseas, or looking to invest in the Adelaide property market, our services are specifically designed to make the process as simple and successful as possible.
Our executive leasing partners at Cohen Farquharson offer relocation services to assist in the transition.