Orange County neighborhoods, Orlando to Winter Garden. Know what matters before you buy.
Orlando is not one market. The southeast quadrant runs on Lake Nona's medical-city payrolls and master-plan pricing; Horizon West and Winter Garden absorbed a decade of westward growth behind some of the heaviest CDD loads in Central Florida; Windermere and Dr. Phillips hold the legacy lake-chain premium; and Winter Park is its own brick-street universe with scarcity no builder can manufacture. North, Apopka and Ocoee are the value release valves on the 429 corridor, where new construction still prices under the metro median.
What decides an Orange County purchase is rarely the house. It is the CDD bond schedule in the newer plats, the school assignment that shifts as fast as the county builds, toll-road math on the 408, 417, and 429, and the short-term-rental posture near the parks. Every guide below states the fee stack, the commute reality, and who the community actually fits.
5,204 community guides, organized by town — the largest towns show their most active communities here, with every community on the town page. Start with the interactive Neighborhood Finder if you'd rather browse the whole map.
Orlando (3288)
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Winter Garden (410)
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Windermere (207)
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Winter Park (362)
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Apopka (498)
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Ocoee (169)
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Maitland (163)
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Gotha (20)
Oakland (24)
Zellwood (21)
Christmas (13)
Belle Isle (26)
Edgewood (3)
Straight answers
How bad are CDD fees around Orlando?
Horizon West, Lake Nona, and the newer Winter Garden master plans commonly carry one to three-plus thousand dollars a year in CDD assessments on top of HOA. Legacy Orlando, Winter Park, and most of Apopka and Ocoee predate the CDD era. Each guide states which side of that line the community sits on.
Is Lake Nona worth the premium?
You are paying for the medical-city employment base, newer schools, and master-plan polish, and the premium per square foot over St. Cloud or east Orlando is real. Whether it is worth it depends on where you work; the guides quantify the commute trade.
Where is the value in Orange County right now?
Apopka and Ocoee on the 429 corridor, plus the older quarter-acre neighborhoods inside Orlando proper that the master plans priced past. The guides separate genuine value from deferred-maintenance traps.
Homes for sale now in Orange County
6,914 live listings in this area, 552 listed in the last 7 days. A selection, newest first:
- 2095 Rider Rain Lane, Apopka · $499,900 · 4 bd · 2,387 sq ft · Courtesy of KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY AT THE PARKS
- 19562 Majestic Street, Orlando · $650,000 · 4 bd · 3,470 sq ft · Courtesy of REALTY LYNK INC
- 1345 Tindaro Drive, Apopka · $325,000 · 2 bd · 1,283 sq ft · Courtesy of UNITED REAL ESTATE PREFERRED
- 1156 Errol Place Circle, Apopka · $249,990 · 3 bd · 912 sq ft · Courtesy of LA ROSA REALTY CW PROPERTIES L
- 261 Zachary Wade Street, Winter Garden · $1,500,000 · 4 bd · 3,728 sq ft · Courtesy of BALDWIN PARK REALTY LLC
- 2648 Robert Trent Jones Drive #227, Orlando · $237,900 · 3 bd · 1,295 sq ft · Courtesy of LAFAYETTE REALTY GROUP LLC
- 1313 Lake Willisara Circle #1313, Orlando · $314,900 · 3 bd · 1,460 sq ft · Courtesy of WEICHERT REALTORS HALLMARK PRO
- 3930 Southpointe Drive #205, Orlando · $205,000 · 3 bd · 1,364 sq ft · Courtesy of REAL BROKER, LLC
- 5419 Old Cheney Highway, Orlando · $289,900 · 3 bd · 921 sq ft · Courtesy of LIFESTYLE INTERNATIONAL REALTY
- 8763 Worldquest Boulevard #5105, Orlando · $325,000 · 3 bd · 1,459 sq ft · Courtesy of LPT REALTY, LLC
- 2527 Citrus Club Lane #3904, Orlando · $107,000 · 2 bd · 1,127 sq ft · Courtesy of COLDWELL BANKER REALTY
- 13352 Leggett Alley, Orlando · $859,990 · 5 bd · 3,260 sq ft · Courtesy of LPT REALTY, LLC
- 8848 Villa View Circle #206, Orlando · $219,995 · 3 bd · 1,369 sq ft · Courtesy of ROI AVE LLC
- 6045 Sage Drive, Orlando · $370,000 · 4 bd · 1,593 sq ft · Courtesy of NAIM REAL ESTATE LLC
- 2000 Erving Circle #102, Ocoee · $170,000 · 2 bd · 1,031 sq ft · Courtesy of URBAN-O REAL ESTATE SOLUTION
- 13215 Villa Vista Drive #203, Orlando · $213,999 · 3 bd · 1,200 sq ft · Courtesy of REALTY SOLUTION ASSOCIATES LLC
- 4828 Conway Road #121, Belle Isle · $139,500 · 1 bd · 636 sq ft · Courtesy of KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY AT THE PARKS
- 5226 Via Hacienda Cir #A214, Orlando · $119,000 · 2 bd · 1,073 sq ft · Courtesy of HANG SENG REALTY , INC
- 404 E Welch RD, Apopka · $549,900 · 3 bd · 2,524 sq ft · Courtesy of SOUTHERN EXCLUSIVE REALTY CORP
- 2919 Huntington Street, Orlando · $399,900 · 3 bd · 1,261 sq ft · Courtesy of COLDWELL BANKER REALTY
- 1752 Peachwood Lane, Orlando · $299,900 · 3 bd · 1,225 sq ft · Courtesy of WEMERT GROUP REALTY LLC
- 13427 Blue Heron Beach Drive #501, Orlando · $350,000 · 2 bd · 1,078 sq ft · Courtesy of GOLDEN ENTERPRISE GROUP REALTY LLC
- 5449 Palomino Place, Apopka · $449,000 · 4 bd · 2,442 sq ft · Courtesy of KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY AT THE PARKS
- 1670 Pinecliff Drive, Apopka · $595,000 · 4 bd · 2,331 sq ft · Courtesy of MAXLIFE REALTY LLC
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