Orlando, Florida

For a lot of buyers, yes — you get distinct neighborhoods from walkable College Park to newer Eagle Creek, plus quick reach to downtown (about 20 minutes) and MCO (about 18). The trade-off is that it's a large, spread-out metro, so which neighborhood you choose matters more than the city name.

It's moderate for a major Florida metro. The median list price is $390,000 and the median sold price over the last year was $399,990, with an average of $264 per square foot. If you want to shop by budget, you can browse by price to see where your number lands.

Expect a median around $390,000 for a home near 1,580 square feet, but the range is enormous — from about $54,000 up to $15 million, with 343 listings above $1M. The mix leans toward single-family homes (2,237 active) alongside 1,173 condos and 468 townhouses.

Active but balanced. There are 4,087 homes for sale, the median listing sits 34 days on market, and 9,859 homes sold over the past year with sellers netting about 97% of asking. That means well-priced homes move, but buyers still have room to negotiate.

The median HOA runs about $315 per month, though it varies widely between amenity-rich gated communities and older neighborhoods with no HOA at all. Median property tax is roughly $4,059 per year, and median rent is around $2,000 per month if you're weighing renting versus buying.