Real estate · Montmorency 3094
Buying and selling in Monty
Montmorency is a family suburb where most homes sell at auction and owners stay put for the best part of a decade. This page covers how the market has been tracking, and who does the selling.
The market at a glance
12 months to April 2026 unless noted
Sources: CoreLogic data via Your Investment Property (12 months to April 2026), Barry Plant and Jellis Craig suburb reports, retrieved July 2026. Figures vary between sources and move with the market, so treat them as a guide.
What you get for the money
Houses, blocks and the village premium
The stock runs from post-war weatherboards and 1950s brick homes through to architect-designed rebuilds and newer townhouses, and the dwelling mix is still about 87 per cent houses. Blocks are generous by Melbourne standards. Quarter-acre allotments survive in numbers, and listings on 900 to 1,000 square metres are common rather than remarkable.
The terrain is hilly and heavily treed, and that is protected: Banyule applies significant tree and vegetation controls across the suburb rather than a blanket heritage overlay, so the established canopy is part of what you are buying. The prized pockets are the streets within walking distance of the Were Street village and the station, the village end of Rattray Road, and the bigger bush blocks running down toward the Plenty River and Petrie Park.
The buyer profile explains the market. Couples with children are the dominant household, most homes are owner-occupied, and families who arrive tend to stay, which keeps listings scarce and underpins the auction culture. Townhouses in the mid $700,000s are the usual entry point, but the family house on a big leafy block is what people are really queuing for.
Top agents in Montmorency
Highly-rated names selling in 3094
These are the agents whose names keep coming up when Monty changes hands, going on RateMyAgent ratings and local sales activity.
Agent of the Year 2025Stuart Buckingham
Buckingham & Company
Director, licensed agent and auctioneer, and co-founder in 1999 of the boutique agency that runs Monty's only local office. A lifelong Diamond Valley local, and RateMyAgent's 2025 Montmorency Agent of the Year.
Scott Nugent
Jellis Craig Eltham
Director and auctioneer at Jellis Craig Eltham and one of the busiest agents working Montmorency, with more than 100 sales in the past year. A Montmorency Junior Football Club sponsor.
Simon McEvoy
Buckingham & Company
A sales manager at Buckingham's Montmorency office with more than twenty years working the Diamond Valley. The agency rates him as having sold more Montmorency property than any other agent.
Ryan Buckingham
Buckingham & Company
Partner, sales consultant and auctioneer, a Montmorency native and lifelong Montmorency Football Club member, and the firm's number-one salesperson company-wide.
Ratings and review counts are from RateMyAgent, as at mid 2026, and move over time. Stuart Buckingham holds RateMyAgent's 2025 Montmorency Agent of the Year award; the rest is our read of the most active and highly-rated agents in 3094, not RateMyAgent's exact leaderboard order.
Agencies that sell in Monty
One local office, the rest nearby
Buckingham & Company
The only agency with an office in Montmorency itself, on the village corner where Were Street meets Rattray Road. Handles a big share of local sales and rentals, and its Monty sold list runs to pages.
Jellis Craig Eltham
A big office on Eltham's Main Road that treats Monty as home turf and puts out its own suburb report for 3094.
Barry Plant Eltham
Part of the Barry Plant network with a long Diamond Valley history, regular Montmorency campaigns and a dedicated 3094 suburb profile.
Morrison Kleeman
An independent with offices in Eltham and Greensborough. Sells a mix of Montmorency family homes and the bigger green-wedge blocks further out.
Ray White Eltham
The local branch of the national network. Its site keeps separate for-sale and sold pages for Montmorency, and both stay busy.
Fletchers Diamond Valley
Runs sales and property management across the Diamond Valley from Eltham and publishes its own Montmorency area guide.
Darren Jones Real Estate
An independent Greensborough agency that keeps turning up on Montmorency campaigns, with several local sales in the past year.
Nelson Alexander Greensborough
The north-east office of the inner-city network, with a published Montmorency neighbourhood guide and regular 3094 listings and rentals.
Quick questions
What is the median house price in Montmorency?
Around $1.15 million to $1.2 million as at mid 2026, depending on the source. CoreLogic data published by Your Investment Property puts it at $1,180,000 for the 12 months to April 2026.
What is the median unit price in Montmorency?
Roughly $735,000 to $800,000 depending on the source, with CoreLogic data putting it at $755,000 for the 12 months to April 2026. Units softened over that year while houses grew modestly.
Which agency has an office in Montmorency itself?
Buckingham & Company, on the corner of Rattray Road and Were Street. Every other active agency works out of Eltham or Greensborough offices a few minutes away.
Do homes in Montmorency sell at auction?
Mostly, yes. Around 70 per cent of sales go to auction, and houses have been averaging under a month on market. Supply is tight because owners hold for 8 to 9 years on average.