Orange County · Central Florida
Orlando & Central Florida
The theme-park capital and its real neighborhoods — an hour from our home sand.
The short answer
7 Waves serves buyers and sellers across metro Orlando and Central Florida — a 2.8-million-person market spanning Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties. Beyond the theme parks are strong job growth, lake-filled neighborhoods, and home values that pair naturally with Space Coast moves an hour east.
Orlando, Florida
~2.8M
Metro population
Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford
≈ $390K
Typical home price
approx. metro median
70M+/yr
Visitors
most-visited destination in the U.S.
≈ 60 min
To the Space Coast
straight down the Beachline
The market right now
The typical home in the Greater Orlando metro is valued around $387K down 2.8% in a year, and homes are going under contract in about 33 days.
Zillow Research data, June 2026 — metro-level figures shown for Orlando · not an appraisal of any individual home
Life in Orlando
Central Florida is more than the parks: it's one of America's fastest-growing metros, with a diversified economy across tech, healthcare, aviation, and entertainment, and neighborhoods from brick-street College Park and Winter Park's oak canopies to Lake Nona's medical-city new builds.
We work Central Florida for two kinds of clients: locals moving coastward to the Space Coast (our specialty commute — the Beachline runs both ways), and relocators choosing between Orlando energy and beach-town calm. Having one brokerage that knows both markets means honest comparisons, not sales pitches.
What makes Orlando worth it
Walt Disney World Resort
Four parks and an economy of its own — the reason the world knows Orlando.
Universal Orlando & Epic Universe
Universal's newest gate made Orlando the theme-park arms-race capital.
Lake Eola & Downtown Orlando
The swan-boat skyline postcard, farmers markets, and a genuine urban core.
Winter Park
Brick streets, the Morse Museum's Tiffany glass, and boat tours through oak-lined lake canals.
Lake Nona
The master-planned "Medical City" — autonomous shuttles, USTA's national campus, and new-build neighborhoods.
🎪 Around town · Updated weekly
What's happening in Orlando
Farmers markets, festivals, live music, art shows, and holiday traditions — our events guide tracks it all for Orlando, with dates, directions, and one-tap add-to-calendar.
Orlando fun facts
- Orlando welcomes over 70 million visitors a year — the most-visited destination in the United States.
- The metro area contains more than 100 named lakes; entire neighborhoods are laid out around chains of them.
- Walt Disney secretly assembled 27,000+ acres in the 1960s using shell companies — locals thought the mystery buyer was Howard Hughes.
- The SR-528 Beachline was built in 1967 largely to connect the new theme parks to the Space Coast's beaches and port.
Where the locals eat
Our team's picks — independent, unpaid, and argued over in the office. Tell us what we got wrong.
Beefy King
$A roast-beef time capsule since 1968 — the definition of an Orlando local.
Se7en Bites
$$A perennial best-breakfast winner — Southern baking, don't skip the biscuits.
Moving to Orlando: what we tell our buyers
Two-market advantage
We price your Orlando home with Space Coast comparisons in hand (and vice versa) — invaluable when you're trading city for coast. One team, one strategy, both closings coordinated.
Neighborhood range
College Park and Audubon Park character homes, Winter Park prestige, Dr. Phillips restaurant-row living, Lake Nona and Horizon West new construction — we'll match the lifestyle brief, not just the budget.
Insurance & flood
Inland elevation generally means Florida's friendlier insurance tier, though lake-adjacent and low-lying streets still warrant checks. No state income tax applies statewide, of course.
Commute & getting around
SR-528 to the coast, I-4 through the metro spine, Brightline rail from MCO to Miami — and MCO itself, one of the busiest airports in the country, for everywhere else.
Orlando questions, answered
Does 7 Waves work outside the Space Coast?
Yes — our broker is licensed throughout Florida and our team actively serves metro Orlando and Central Florida alongside our Brevard County home base. Cross-market moves between Orlando and the coast are a specialty.
Should I live in Orlando or on the Space Coast?
Orlando wins on jobs density, dining, and flight options; the Space Coast wins on beaches, water access, and price-per-square-foot with launch views. They're only an hour apart — many of our clients work one and live the other. We'll show you both honestly; we sell in both.
What is the typical home price in Orlando?
The metro's approximate median is around $390,000, with wide spread: Pine Hills and east-side starters from the $200s–$300s, College Park and Dr. Phillips $500K+, Winter Park often $700K to well past $1M, and new construction across Horizon West and Lake Nona in the $400s–$600s.
Nearby areas we serve
Ready to make waves in Orlando?
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