Best 25 Real Estate Agents In Porepunkah [2024]

Which Real Estate Agent's Best Porepunkah 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. units 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 Porepunkah 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 Porepunkah area from our agent comparison tool to sell confidently.

Porepunkah 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 Porepunkah average around 2.8%.

Compared to other areas in Australia, the commission rate in Porepunkah 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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Porepunkah Suburb Overview

Porepunkah is a town in north east Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Great Alpine Road, at the foot of Mount Buffalo 320 kilometres north east of the state capital, Melbourne and 5 kilometres north west of Bright. Part of Alpine Shire Local government area and situated on the banks of the Ovens River, near the Buckland River junction. At the 2006 census, Porepunkah had a population of 589. The town is named for the Hindu word for “gentle breeze”.

European settlement began in the 1830s, but it wasn’t until the discovery of gold in the 1850s that development of the town took place. Porepunkah is the nearest modern township to the site of the Buckland Riot, an anti-Chinese race riot that occurred on 4 July 1857.

The notorious bushranger Harry Power defied police in the Ovens district for a decade. Power held up the mail coach at Porepunkah on 7 May 1869 after escaping from Pentridge Prison.

Porepunkah Post Office opened on 22 February 1870. Although the Post Office doesn’t exist exclusively today, the Porepunkah Roadhouse provides Australia Post services to the community as there is no mail service to homes.

Porepunkah Primary School was officially opened on 23 January 1873, with Henry Jeffreys as the headmaster and an enrolment of 43 children. The school remains open today.

The Porepunkah Recreation Reserve was gazetted on 11 April 1895. Porepunkah was proclaimed a township on 22 June 1910 by Lord Carmichael, the Governor of Victoria.

Porepunkah railway station was the stopping point for passengers to disembark for Mount Buffalo. In June 1925 a “sedan passenger car” was introduced to transport up to 27 people from the station to the Mount Buffalo Chalet.

Tobacco used to be grown near Porepunkah, but the industry was shut down in 2006. There are hop gardens near Porepunkah towards Eurobin.

There are several vineyards and wineries in the Porepunkah district, which is part of the cool-climate Alpine Valleys wine region. There is one dairy farm in the Buckland Valley operated by the Lumsden family. Bruce Lumsden is an international ploughing competitor.

Nearby softwood plantations provide seasonal employment for thinning, pruning, planting and harvesting.

In the 2006 Census, the most common industries of employment for persons aged 15 years and over usually resident in Porepunkah were accommodation 13.5%, local government administration 6.9%, supermarket and grocery stores 6.2%, cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services 5.4% and hospitals 3.9%.

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