Best 22 Real Estate Agents In Orford [2024]

Which Real Estate Agent's Best Orford 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 agency. We do everything we can to identify these agents for you.

What To Pay Your Orford 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 Orford area from our agent comparison tool to sell confidently.

Orford 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 Orford average around 3.8%.

Compared to other areas in Australia, the commission rate in Orford 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 Tasmania. Amounts calculated include 10% GST, but exclude other costs an agent may charge such as advertising and marketing.

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Orford Suburb Overview

Orford is a village on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia 73 kilometres north-east of Hobart. The village is centred around the mouth of the Prosser River, on the southern margin of a substantial coastal inlet called Prosser Bay. Beyond this bay are the waters of the Mercury Passage. At the 2006 census, Orford had a population of 553.

The town was named by Edward Walpole, who was granted 1,000 acres in the area in 1831. He named his grant

A quarry situated between Orford and Spring Beach provided sandstone for use in buildings in Hobart and Melbourne, including the Melbourne General Post Office. A quarry still operates at the nearby town of Buckland.

The weather in summer is typically warm and sunny, hence the area’s popularity with holidaymakers. Winters are colder but generally mild. Rainfall is not very high but can occur at any time of the year.

The surrounding areas are generally hilly, with poor, leached soil. These tracts are in the main covered in dry eucalyptus forest. Where the soil is better, the land had been cleared and these paddocks are used to graze sheep and, to a lesser extent, to grow wheat, oats or barley. The production of grain has decreased steadily over the past fifty years as profitability has fallen.

A 3 ha site consisting of a sandspit, within the 4 ha Raspins Beach Conservation Area on the northern side of the river mouth, has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it regularly supports 15-25 breeding pairs of vulnerable Fairy Terns. It also supports breeding populations of Red-capped and Hooded Plovers, and Pied Oystercatchers. Flocks of up to 50 Red-necked Stints are present in summer.

The spit varies in shape and size according to the tides and outflows from the Prosser River. It is composed mainly of bare sand within a metre of high water mark, with some patches of marram grass, and is subject to inundation by seawater during winter storms. Both north and south of the IBA are sandy beaches used recreationally by people and their dogs, causing high levels of disturbance to nesting birds, despite attempts by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service to exclude pedestrian traffic from the site during the summer breeding season.

Orford has a small permanent population of approximately 485. There is however a significant number of non-resident ‘shack’ property owners who come into the area on weekends and during holiday periods. The area is very popular with tourists;the influx of visitors over the summer months swells the population to over 3,000.

Despite its small size and population Orford is well serviced with one supermarket, two cafes and eateries, a hotel and other accommodation, police and fire brigade, a primary school and a library.

Orford has several clean, picturesque beaches – including Raspins, Millingons, Spring and Rheban – with a popular campsite at Raspins Beach. Nearby is the well-regarded 9-hole Orford Golf Course and the Darlington Vineyard. There are several walks, including the Convict Trail along the Prosser River, the coastal walk along the cliff tops between East Shelly Beach and Spring Beach, and the scenic Thumbs lookout in the nearby Wielangta Forest, which offers a spectacular view of the region. Prosser Bay and the Mercury Passage provide excellent fishing, with flathead, trevally, trumpeter, abalone and southern rock lobster sought-after species.

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