BUYERS AGENTS SYDNEY

WE MAKE BUYING SYDNEY PROPERTY EASY

  • Fixed pricing
  • Greater Sydney wide
  • Residential, commercial, alternative and development properties over $1 million
  • 91% + repeat and referral clientele
  • 85% + bought off market
  • 92% + We Find We Buy success rate
  • No hard sell - just conflict free advice you can trust
BOOK YOUR FREE PROPERTY CONSULTATION

Are you exhausted from the relentless property search and the disappointment of being outbid on homes or apartments? Want to buy a commercial or industrial property but don’t know where to start? Do you feel disheartened and suspicious when dealing with real estate agents and their sales tactics? It’s time to let a buyers agent like Curtis Associates, with their personalised and professional service honed since 2007, make you feel valued, important and help you secure your ideal residential, commercial or industrial property.

CHANGING THE WAY YOU BUY PROPERTY™

Whether you are an investor, first home buyer or an owner-occupier, if you’re looking to buy Sydney property, imagine this:

  • In-depth property advice from buyers’ agents with a wealth of experience
  • Access to pre and off-market properties
  • A research team focused on discovering the knowns and unknowns
  • Expert negotiation on your behalf throughout your buying journey
  • Professional buyers agents by your side to guide you every step of the way

This premium service is from Curtis Associates, with a proven track record of successful property acquisitions.

WHAT KIND OF BUYER ARE YOU?

RECENTLY BOUGHT

View some recent sales by the team at Curtis Associates; great results in a competitive Sydney real estate market.

Manly/Fairlight
Strata unit | Off market
$3,165,000
Little Bay
House | On market
$3,000,000
Ashfield
House | On market
$3,200,000
Newtown
Unit | Off market
$1,290,000
apartment with ocean views and sofa
apartment with ocean views and sofa

The Sydney property market is always changing.

We understand that the process of buying a property can be overwhelming. The endless hours spent searching online, the hectic inspection schedule, and the uncertainty of bidding on properties with unknowns can be a lot to handle. Let us take that burden off your shoulders.

Chris and his team since 2007, have bought countless properties for home buyers, investors, and commercial buyers throughout Sydney. Their clear understanding of the fast-paced and dynamic Sydney real estate market, along with a strong network of Selling Agents, Mortgage Brokers, and Solicitors, ensures that they can help you buy your dream property sooner and at the right price. Their process is transparent and their fee structure is simple, providing you with peace of mind throughout the buying process. And if you have already found a property and want us to research and buy it, we can help you there.

With our office in the Sydney CBD, we are a wholly independent property advisor and buyers’ agent, acting only for property buyers. We maintain a zero tolerance for any conflict of interest, unlike many of our competitors, and we are also not property managers. This commitment ensures that our focus is solely on finding the right property for you. Our analytical and due diligence methods are unmatched by our competitors.

We are led by our Principal, Chris Curtis, who’s an Associate and Certified Property Practitioner of the Australian Property Institute and has been buying residential and commercial property throughout Sydney since 1987.

Chris will manage your purchase from start to finish and draw on our highly qualified team throughout your property purchase. When you hire Curtis Associates, you get 100% attention, loyalty, customer-driven feedback, independent research, unbiased assistance, and strategic advice.

So if you want to find the right property at the best price, we are the team you should be working with. We service all of Greater Sydney with a focus on the Sydney CBD, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Lower North Shore, Upper North Shore, Northern Beaches, St George and Sutherland Shire

WHY CHOOSE CURTIS ASSOCIATES

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    TOTAL TRUST

    Most of our business comes from repeat and referred clients. The reassurance that fact provides means you can rest easy knowing we’re on your side. We share all research with buyers, have transparent fees, and offer practical advice along the way.

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    FAST & FOCUSED

    To find and buy quality property in Sydney you need to move fast. While it typically takes us around four weeks depending on each client’s needs, our record to date is 16 hours and our historical success rate is over 92%

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    OFF-MARKET CHOICE

    Typically, around 85% of Sydney properties we present to clients are pre or off-market. This exclusive access is a result of our reputable and extensive industry networks.

  • buyers agents for developers

    ARMED WITH KNOWLEDGE

    You will know what you need to know before you buy. Our full due diligence reports take 50+ hours, are in-house and include in-field interviews.

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    PROVEN PROFIT

    We test every one of our clients’ purchases against sales of any comparable properties within six months of our purchase. Where that has been possible, this test has proven that our clients have made capital gains several times in excess of our fees.

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    EXCLUSIVE TO YOU

    We only buy property. We don’t sell or manage property. This avoids any conflicts of interest and ensures we are 100% committed to you.

FIND YOUR PERFECT PROPERTY

THE CURTIS ASSOCIATES DIFFERENCE

Several factors contribute to our success

  • A free initial consultation followed by a comprehensive and dynamic presentation
  • Regular and honest reporting during the whole retainer
  • Being wholly independent, we only buy property, we don’t manage or sell
  • Unmatched due diligence and research of properties, conducted in-house
  • Tapping into a broad network of contacts to find the property that aligns with your needs
  • Keeping you fully informed throughout the process - we share the good, the bad and ugly details
  • Drawing on decades of experience to negotiate on behalf of clients
  • Evaluating ourselves with the Hindsight Test™

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US

“From Lynne and I, again our thanks and feel free to say you have acted most successfully for us in the whole matter.”

His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Her Excellency Lady Cosgrove

“Chris Curtis is a strategist and a magician. He moves quickly and was with us every step of the way. He was always available, read situations clearly and gave us clear options and advice. He did everything he said he would do and more. With his help, we bought our dream house. We can’t recommend him highly enough!”

Camilla Block

“To achieve outstanding results at all levels when purchasing a commercial property in Sydney CBD, you must partner with the best in this space. Chris has gone above and beyond to get our firm the most satisfactory outcome in times of great uncertainty and fundamental changes in the market. We finally purchased a prime Strata Lot off-market in Sydney’s financial core, with no other competition during our negotiation with the vendor. It was truly inspiring to work with someone with such a high level of experience, precision, and expertise. Chris brings the due diligence process to the next level and has the network as well as the resources to execute promptly when required. It was an absolute pleasure to partner with him and his team on this assignment; and I highly recommend using his services whether you’re looking for a residential or commercial property.”

Edgar Deluen, Director | SideReal Capital Pty Ltd

“I have never met anyone like Chris Curtis. I spend my work life with smart, driven, effective and highly-trained healthcare professionals, but Chris is in a league of his own. He brings a whole new meaning to the word “due diligence”. In fact, he is the epitome of “due diligence”! We engaged him when disheartened by the lack of property stock on the market…Given Chris’ previous litigation and financial background, he was able to bring his substantial intellect and market experience to assure us regarding the integrity and value of the property of interest…
Time of initial enquiry to purchase of a blue-chip property that met all our stringent criteria was 21 days…and he secured the property for us at a discount to the market. This was extraordinary, considering our specific needs and the…global situation with Covid-19, which rapidly deteriorated during the time of our search. Chris impressed us with his intelligence, ability to synthesise and communicate complex information and provide astute advice that was evidence-based. But more importantly, he did so with the utmost respect, openness and integrity. We were deeply impressed…
[I]t gave us great confidence to purchase having Chris on our side. His service was invaluable…Knowing that someone of Chris’ calibre was working unceasingly for us (we would receive emails within minutes of our queries) gave us great comfort. We knew he had our best interests at the forefront. A heartfelt thank you to the best buyers’ advocate ever – we never want to purchase another property without you!”

Dr Karen Chia and Dr Peter Wong

“Chris did a great job in a tough market with prices rising quickly and limited stock. Once he found a target property, he moved rapidly completing a thorough due diligence which gave us the confidence on our price target. At auction, having his experience in bidding was invaluable where he won for considerably less than we had expected. Chris and team did a fantastic job and very happy with the process…”

Roshan Ganeshan

“Just wanted to say thank you again. We are just delighted – still don’t believe it’s actually ours…We do always talk very highly of the service we got from you – I think we have sent a few your way over the years – Kelly, Laura and Gary, Alex and Russel and am sure there are a few more in there, so good to see people are taking our advice.”

Dr Rob and Laura

“Chris Curtis was recommended to us and we couldn’t have been happier with the work he did for us. Chris is very diligent, responsive and highly experienced. He operates with great integrity and has a warm personality that is easy to work with. The due diligence reports and analysis he produced were first class and provided us with a lot of comfort. He brought great insight and strategy when it came to making an offer on the house we purchased and we have no doubt we would not have been able to do so without him.”

Tim Holden

“After a thorough search of buyers agents, my family asked Chris to assist us find a commercial property. We wanted an ‘A’ grade property in our budget in just a few, very popular locations…Chris warned that it will be a tough assignment…Lesser agents may have dropped their standards as the going got tough but we were able to rest assured that Chris only pursued properties of the highest quality. Most properties were off market and it was good to feel ahead of the game. In the end Chris found and helped us buy an off market property to which only we had access that ticked all of the family’s boxes and one that presents a low risk with many opportunities and a strong future. We would certainly not have found this on our own. Chris is the most generous and meticulous person I have had the pleasure of working with…[His] legal background and supporting team exposed and helped us solve various complex issues to reduce risk and even called in favours with specialists to get us answers…I would recommend Curtis Associates to anyone looking for a commercial property.”

The Muir Family

“Can’t recommend Chris highly enough. Chris was incredible through the entire process, helped steady our nerves when we felt stressed and when we doubted whether we would ever get a house, he was always available for any questions we had, and managed to get us our dream home for a great price! He really went above and beyond for us, and we will always be grateful. Thank you Chris!”

Lauryn Bae

“We first met Chris Curtis in 2008 when he successfully negotiated the purchase of our first apartment in Sydney in Dover Heights. 12 years later when we decided to buy a house in Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River we contracted him again to represent us. In a tightly held market in which we had limited knowledge his experience and advice was invaluable. He managed to negotiate the purchase of our new home off-market which quite simply would have been impossible without his help. We would highly recommend Chris Curtis for anyone interested in an investment or owner occupied property in the Sydney region…”

Allana Sheard

“I was initially hesitant to spend the extra money on a buyer’s agent, but after having done so I can say without hesitation it was a hugely worthwhile investment and I would not contemplate buying another property without engaging Chris again. His background as a barrister and having been involved in large commercial property transactions for Macquarie Bank both give Chris the perfect mix of skills for this role. I negotiate deals every day in my business but still found it invaluable in this case to be ‘represented’ in such a large transaction by someone who is a former barrister, knows the local real estate industry inside out [and] is familiar with the selling agents…Chris was on-call to us 24/7 through the process, and was extremely proactive and completely professional throughout. His service is self funding in that I believe he would always save clients a multiple of his fee on the purchase price, this was certainly the case in our experience. I strongly recommend his services.”

Mark and Tegan

“Over the past few years we have worked with Chris and his team to purchase two eastern suburbs [investment] properties [the first in Surry Hills for $1.353 million and the second in Woollahra for $2.64 million].
They have saved us from auctions, bad investments, and all kinds of stress with smart, commercial advice, market insight and a complete focus on what we wanted to achieve. We cannot imagine and would not want to, or want our friends to imagine buying a property without them.”

Margaret and Justin

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  • ESSENTIAL BUYERS AGENTS FAQs

    There are hundreds of buyers’ agents, how do I choose one that’s right for me?

    You have to find a local buyers’ agent you can trust and one you feel has understood your property buying goals.

    Look at their online reviews to make sure you are dealing with a credible and professional buyer’s agent.

    Call or meet with them in person to see if they measure up to your standards.

    Don’t be shy to ask for contact details of past recent clients you can call to discuss how those clients felt about them after the buying dust had settled. Also, make sure they explain their systems and processes for working with you.

    Remember, you are about to embark on a very significant transaction, so you have to trust them 100%.

    Here are some hard hitting questions for you to ask which should be answered with hard evidence:

    • how long have you been a buyers’ agent?
    • what qualifications do you have to appraise a property and advise on its price?
    • as the barriers to becoming a buyers’ agent are low and there is no dedicated continuing professional development (CPD) for buyers’ agents, what else do you do to keep up with the complex and fast changing Sydney residential, commercial, industrial and alternative property markets?
    •  is advising me to buy the right property more important than your turnover?
    • do you or any related entity also:
      • sell properties
      • provide vendor advocacy
      • manage properties bought as a buyer’s agent
      • act concurrently for different buyers with similar criteria
      • pay to or receive from selling agents any referral fees or other rewards?
      • If so, how do you manage the conflicts of interest?
    • do you agree or disagree with this article ?
    • what is your reputation with local area selling agents?
    • have you ever caused a selling agent to send a broadcast like this before closing the door on you (as has happened with several buyers’ agents unlike Cutis Associates): “At one of our recent open inspections in Fairlight, we welcomed 30 groups through the property. During our follow-ups, one of the interested buyers advised that they would need to sell their current property before proceeding. As part of our process, we conducted a market appraisal, and they are now looking to sell with us. However, upon further discussion, this soon-to-be vendor informed us that a buyer’s agent introduced themselves during our open home, obtained their address, and later dropped a handwritten letter in their letterbox stating they had a buyer for their home. This approach is entirely inappropriate. Buyer’s agents are welcome to inspect our properties, but if we discover that they are directly approaching our clients, they will not be permitted to attend future inspections. We expect all professionals to respect ethical boundaries, and we will take necessary steps to ensure this standard is upheld” ?
    • can you provide three recent examples in each of these situations, where your skills as a buyer’s agent:
      • stopped your client from making an unwise property purchase
      • reduced the price your client paid for a property?
    • what is your PI insurance limit?
    • are you available 24/7?
    • do you check every purchase after six months to see whether or not your clients have made a capital gain or loss?
    • or do you just claim you will save me money? If so, how do you prove that claim?
    • what and when have you bought properties for clients in my areas of interest?
    • do you offer a fixed fee regime so I can budget?
    • are your due diligence reports just re-badged third party, AI enhanced Market Appraisals or detailed and reliable original reports including in field research?
    • what is your average purchase price?
    • are more than:
      • 90% of your clientele repeat and referrals
      • 85% of your purchases off market?
    • is your success rate finding and buying properties more than 90%?
    • does it usually take you more than a month to find and buy?
    • how large is your data base and how often is it updated?