The best buyers agents in Australia for 2026 include Australian Property Experts, Cate Bakos Property, Cohen Handler, InvestorKit, Metropole, Momentum Wealth, Propertybuyer, Propertyology and Wakelin Property Advisory. A Sydney family home, a Perth investment and a portfolio across four states each call for a different agency. This list sorts the nine by who each one suits.
Australian Property Experts wrote this list, and we’re one of the nine. The agencies are in alphabetical order and none paid to be included. Every fact comes from the agency’s own website or a public awards list, as at 1 October 2026.
Top buyers agents in Australia compared
| Agency | Based in | Buys for | Where it buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Property Experts | Parramatta, NSW | Investors | Every state, incl. regional |
| Cate Bakos Property | Melbourne | Home buyers and investors | Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat |
| Cohen Handler | Sydney | Home buyers and investors | Nine cities, plus nearby regions |
| InvestorKit | Sydney | Investors, incl. commercial | Every state, incl. regional |
| Metropole | Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane | Home buyers and investors | Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane |
| Momentum Wealth | Perth | Home buyers and investors | Mainly Perth |
| Propertybuyer | Sydney | Home buyers and investors | Every state and the ACT |
| Propertyology | Brisbane | Investors | Capital cities and regional towns |
| Wakelin Property Advisory | Melbourne | Home buyers and investors | Melbourne |
How we chose the agencies
Each agency here has a track record you can check yourself, such as years in business, a published purchase count or an industry award. Its website also sets out who it buys for and where.
Plenty of good agencies meet that. We chose nine that, between them, cover most kinds of purchase and the main cities. Treat it as a shortlist to start from.
9 of the best buyers agents in Australia
Australian Property Experts
Suits: investors buying anywhere in Australia who want to deal directly with co-founder Peter Ly.
We’ve bought more than 300 investment properties for clients, and 86% of them were off-market. We buy in every state, in capital cities and regional towns. Selling agents across the country bring us properties before they’re advertised. Clients typically secure a property 1 to 8 weeks after signing with us. We’re rated 5.0 from 110+ Google reviews.
Jody Ly and I founded the agency. Between us, we own 18 investment properties. Every client works directly with me, from the beginning right through to settlement. We keep our client list small so I can do that.
Apex is the research platform we built in-house. It compares every suburb in Australia on supply, infrastructure spend, population shifts and rental demand. Then it scores each property on more than 50 data points before we show it to you. We also use it to value every property from comparable sales, so we know what to offer. For one client, we bought a house in WA under market value for $355,000. After 33 months, it was valued at more than $690,000. It rents for $630 a week.
You get your own client portal from day one. It has a full write-up on every property we shortlist and shows what stage your purchase is at. Your contracts and reports are all there too.
Once you’ve settled, the portal tracks your portfolio’s value, equity, yield and cash flow. We go through those numbers with you and stay on as your partner for the next purchase and the one after that.
Anyone can use our 17 free calculators and suburb guides. Our case studies show what other clients paid and how their properties have done since.
Cate Bakos Property
Suits: home buyers and investors in Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat.
Cate Bakos launched her Melbourne agency in 2014. She has helped more than 2,500 clients. In 2026 she won Research and Acquisition Specialist of the Year for home buyers (Residential PPOR) at the Australian Buyers Agent Awards.
Cohen Handler
Suits: buyers in the big capitals and in Canberra, Newcastle or the Sunshine Coast.
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Sydney, Cohen Handler has made more than 5,000 purchases for clients, worth $13 billion. It covers Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra and Newcastle, along with the Hunter, the South Coast and the Southern Highlands.
InvestorKit
Suits: investors building a larger portfolio, including commercial property.
Arjun Paliwal founded InvestorKit in 2018. The Sydney-based agency has made more than 3,100 purchases for clients. It covers every state, including regional cities, and buys residential and commercial property. InvestorKit was named Buyer’s Agency of the Year at the REB Awards in 2023, 2024 and 2026.
Metropole
Suits: buyers who want a property strategy first.
Michael Yardney founded Metropole Property Strategists, which has offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and a team of more than 60. Its buyers agents work alongside Metropole’s strategists and act for home buyers and investors. Metropole has been involved in more than $4 billion of property transactions.
Momentum Wealth
Suits: home buyers and investors in Perth.
Damian Collins established Momentum Wealth in Perth in 2006 as a property investment company. It has helped more than 3,000 clients, from investors to first home buyers. Its buyers agents mainly buy in Perth, with a network of interstate contacts for clients buying elsewhere. Momentum Wealth also runs unlisted commercial property funds.
Propertybuyer
Suits: buyers anywhere from Hobart to Perth, including at the prestige end.
Propertybuyer has secured more than 5,000 properties since Rich Harvey founded it in 2001. It covers every state and the ACT, including regional areas such as the Hunter Valley, Toowoomba and Byron Bay. Its clients include home buyers, investors, developers and expats. Harvey was president of REBAA, the buyers agents’ industry body, from 2015 to 2019. He also chaired the Real Estate Institute of NSW’s buyers agent chapter for about a decade.
Propertyology
Suits: research-led investors open to regional towns.
Brisbane-based Propertyology traces its business back to 1998 and took its current name in 2011. It researches and buys for investors in capital cities and regional towns. One of its focus areas is affordable properties between $400,000 and $650,000. The Real Estate Institute of Queensland named it Buyer’s Agency of the Year in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Managing director Simon Pressley is in the Real Estate Institute of Australia’s Hall of Fame.
Wakelin Property Advisory
Suits: Melbourne buyers who want a long-established firm.
Wakelin has advised Melbourne buyers since 1995 and has bought more than 3,300 properties. Its property investment advisors work with home buyers, first-time investors, seasoned portfolio holders and self-managed super funds.
Best buyers agents by city and region
Start with what you’re buying and where. The investor-focused agencies that buy nationally also cover each city below.
- Investor-focused agencies buying nationally. Australian Property Experts, InvestorKit and Propertyology. Propertybuyer also covers every state, for home buyers and investors. Our guide to buying interstate explains how that works when you can’t inspect in person.
- Sydney. Cohen Handler, Metropole and Propertybuyer.
- Melbourne. Cate Bakos Property, Cohen Handler, Metropole, Propertybuyer and Wakelin Property Advisory.
- Brisbane and south-east Queensland. Cohen Handler, Metropole and Propertybuyer.
- Perth. Cohen Handler, Momentum Wealth and Propertybuyer.
- Adelaide, Canberra and Hobart. Cohen Handler covers Adelaide and Canberra. Propertybuyer covers all three.
- Regional towns. Australian Property Experts, InvestorKit, Propertybuyer and Propertyology all buy in regional markets. Cohen Handler covers the Hunter, the South Coast and the Southern Highlands. Cate Bakos Property covers Geelong and Ballarat.
How to compare buyers agents
Once you have two or three names, put the same questions to each of them.
- Do you act only for buyers?
- Do you take any payment from developers or selling agents?
- Who will do the work on my purchase?
- How do you decide where to buy?
- Are you licensed in the state I’m buying in?
Our guide on how to choose a buyers agent explains what a good answer to each of those looks like.
Fees depend on how the agency charges. Most established buyers agents charge a flat fee of $15,000 to $30,000 plus GST, or 1.5% to 3% of the purchase price plus GST. Ask each agency to put its fee, and what it covers, in writing. Our buyers agent costs guide has the detail. If you’re still deciding whether to use one at all, our guide Is a buyers agent worth it? runs the numbers.
Sources
Agency facts are from each agency’s own website as at 1 October 2026: australianpropertyexperts.com.au, catebakos.com.au, cohenhandler.com.au, investorkit.com.au, metropole.com.au, momentumwealth.com.au, propertybuyer.com.au, propertyology.com.au and wakelin.com.au. Award results are from the published winners lists of the REB Awards (realestatebusiness.com.au) and the 2026 Australian Buyers Agent Awards (momentummedia.com.au). Fee ranges are from our buyers agent costs guide.
This is general information only and not financial advice. Speak to a qualified professional before making investment decisions.
If you’re buying an investment property in any state and want to see how we’d approach it, book a free discovery call.
