The new spruikers of Australian property aren't real estate agents, or even based in the country.
Rather, they're migration agents, accounting practices, insurance companies, mortgage brokers and wealth management businesses in China.
Many are striving to be a one-stop shop for their clients, connecting people planning to migrate, and high net worth individuals, with real estate agents and developers in Australia.
Andrew Leoncelli, managing director at CBRE residential projects, said there was an enormous labyrinth of referral networks growing every day. 
A referral network introduces the property, but cannot transact without a license to sell real estate in Victoria.
The number of referral networks had quadrupled over the past four years, Mr Leoncelli said, and were set to grow 10 times in the next decade.
Australia was a significant beneficiary of the incredible wealth that was coming out of China, and referral networks helped agents tap into some very significant people, he said.
A point in case was the $25 million sale of the Australia 108 penthouse.
"We would have never found them through an advertisement online or in the newspaper," he said.
"So it's a friend of a friend, somebody who's connected, they tap into this group of very wealthy people, they rope the idea around Melbourne.
"That's how business is done in China - they take them out for dinner, they introduce them to the concept."
Blake Li, general manager at Beijing-based wealth management company Yixin, said his firm's clients included people looking to migrate - or have children studying overseas - and high net worth individuals.
There were also people reaching retirement age who didn't like China's air quality, he said, and those who were concerned their wealth would be taken by the government.
Based on the clients' needs, the company would approach developers or agents in that country.
"So our part is to value add to the service," Mr Li said. "And our revenue is all from the commission".
Mr Li said there were also very limited financial products available in China for high net worth individuals, so foreign property was one investment option.
More Chinese buyers were also considering house and land packages in Australia because the idea of owning a parcel of land was attractive, he said.
In China, 70-year leases were granted to residents because land belonged to the government.
Mr Leoncelli said Chinese buyers were also investing in Australian real estate because it was safe, transparent and highly regulated.
"The returns are not spectacular by any stretch of money - they never have been - we do not offer rampant capital growth like other Asian countries," he said.
"We're not an emerging market, we're very established, a very mature market and we offer very steady long-term return."
Jon Ellis, chief executive of investorist.com, said Melbourne properties were searched about three-and-a-half times more than Sydney because there was more stock in the Victorian capital.
He believed more than half of all new apartments on investorist.com, a business-to-business sales platform for off-the-plan properties, were sold to a first generation Australian or a foreign investor.
Other than Melbourne CBD, the top suburbs searched in   December include Doncaster, South Yarra and Richmond, Mr Ellis said.
Doncaster - like Balwyn North, Camberwell and Glen Waverley - was popular with Chinese buyers because of its proximity to good schools and the established Chinese community.
According to Chinese language listing portal Juwai, Australia remains the second most sought after destination by Chinese buyers after the United States.
Melbourne properties received the most views on the listing portal over   November, followed by Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
Juwai.com spokesman Dave Platter believed Melbourne was more popular because it had more apartment commencements, and was relatively affordable compared with Sydney.
Chinese buyers also felt they were buying into growth because prices were still rising in Melbourne, he said, whereas growth had almost plateaued in Sydney.