Best 17 Real Estate Agents In Mansfield [2024]

Which Real Estate Agent's Best Mansfield Agents

Good agent selection means you increase your chances dramatically of a higher property price and an easy, quick sale. We can calculate a shortlist of top agents through our agent comparison tool.

To start selling, it's best to speak with a top-performing local real estate agent who has experience with properties like yours and can work well with you.

A suitable agent should be focused on selling property near yours (bonus for the same street!), experienced at selling property like yours, have a strong history of successful negotiations, and possess a personality that works well with potential buyers and yourself. Most agents have a particular focus, e.g. houses within a certain area, price bracket, and a ranking within their office. We do everything we can to identify these agents for you.

What To Pay Your Mansfield Agent

The lowest fee should not be your top requirement in an agent. Rather, you should look for agents that can strongly back up their fee structure and commission rate.

An agent with a strong sales background in selling quickly and for a higher price will often cover their fee and more. Receive a shortlist of top agents in the local Mansfield area from our agent comparison tool to sell confidently.

Mansfield is one of the more expensive suburbs in Australia when it comes to real estate agent commission rates. Experience has shown us that real estate agent commission rates in Mansfield average around 2.8%.

Compared to other areas in Australia, the commission rate in Mansfield is higher - remember that you can negotiate with your real estate agent about their fees and commissions, as well as inclusions on marketing fees.

Use the real estate agent fee calculator below to determine how much it may cost to sell your property in Victoria. Amounts calculated include 10% GST, but exclude other costs an agent may charge such as advertising and marketing.

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Mansfield Suburb Overview

Mansfield is a small town in the foothills of the Victorian part of the Australian Alps. It is approximately 180 km north-east of Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Mansfield had a population of 4052.

Mansfield is the centre of a large shire;it was amalgamated with the nearby town of Benalla to form Delatite Shire but after community action became the first de-amalgamation in Victoria. Mansfield was formerly heavily dependent on farming and logging, but is now a tourist-centre. It is the support town for the large Australia ski resort Mount Buller. It is associated with the High Country tradition of alpine grazing, celebrated in the film The Man from Snowy River, which was made around Mansfield, near the now famous Craigs Hut.

Mansfield, originally known as Mount Battery, was at the boundary of a number of pastoral runs, and a township was surveyed in 1851 and named after Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. Settlement came after the discovery of gold nearby and the Post Office opened on January 1, 1858.

The railway to Mansfield arrived in the town from Tallarook in 1891, being closed on November 18, 1978. The last passenger service was on May 28, 1977.

The area round Mansfield named as Banbury was also the location of the novel The Far Country by Nevil Shute which featured logging on Mount Buller and previous forest fires, which having swept through Howqua obliterated almost all traces of a former settlement.

Mansfield is famous as part of the Ned Kelly Trail. Significant memorials include the Memorial to Police erected in the centre of the town’s roundabout. Mansfield Cemetery is the burial ground for police officers slain by Ned Kelly and his gang at Stringybark Creek.

Dr. John Pearson Rowe was a physician and squatter who owned the ‘Loyola Run’ near Mansfield. Reputed as the first catholic resident of the district, it is recorded that nearby Rochester was named after J.P.Rowe as he owned land on the Campaspe river. Rowe was a principal founder of Melbourne University. He fired a shot at a 14 year old Ned Kelly accompanied by bushranger Harry Power;(Jones, p. 34). Rowe stood for the Upper House seat of the Murray District in 1859 and was defeated. In October 1878 Rowe supplied information to police Sergeant Kennedy on the whereabouts of a wanted man, Ned Kelly. Acting on Rowe’s verified advice, Kennedy and his police party rode into the Wombat Ranges, where three of them were killed;and the Kelly Gang was born.

Mansfield is very close to two large lakes, Lake Eildon and Lake Nillahcootie. During the summer these sites are popular waterskiing destinations.

The nearby mountains Mount Buller and Mount Stirling offer attractions all year round. During winter they are visited for skiing, lifted and back country respectively. In the summer hiking and mountain biking are popular. Ski lifts operate year-round at Mount Buller allowing bikers to easily get to the top of downhill mountain biking runs.

The bushland around Mansfield is used for horse riding, trail biking and four wheel driving on extensive tracks throughout the region.

In past years, the “Mansfield Balloon Festival” celebrated hot air balloons, and drew crowds and enthusiasts from across the state. The ballon Festival hasn’t been to Mansfield for several years.

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