In less than two months Doone Grist from Williams Machin Real Estate has sold three properties for more than $1 million.

She said the agency had another property on the books on National Avenue that she believed would crack seven figures.

"A million-dollar house in Orange now is nothing," said Mrs Grist, who has lived here for 40 years.

"It's crazy."

A house at 29 Byng Street with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a double garage sold on November 5 for about $1.4 million.

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on nearly 1,400 square metres at 17 Green Lane sold for "easily over a million ... a record sale in Green Lane", said Mrs Grist.

The third property to fetch over $1 million was a four-bedroom, three-bathroom house at 9 Rowan Street.

Her last four prestige sales were to two locals, a retiring farmer from further out west, and people from Sydney.

Mrs Grist said she asked people from outside the area why they bought in Orange and not Bathurst - "which is closer to Sydney and not as expensive" - and they said "it has more prestige, and the food and wine are huge drawcards".

She said there was strong demand for older brick houses in the streets surrounding Summer Street, such as Sampson, Kite, Hill and Byng streets.

The homes are often renovated, with landscaped yards, multiple bathrooms, double garages and mod-cons.

"I've been selling for 47 years and I've never seen a boom like this, ever," said Gary Blowes from Blowes Real Estate.

Mr Blowes currently has a property on Cargo Road on about 50 acres that is listed for $2.8 million.

He said he was close to closing on a deal with buyers from Newcastle, but that they withdrew at the last minute after finding a property on more land.

High-end properties in that price range are more difficult to sell, he said.

"The higher the price, the less buyers there are - when you look on the road there are more Holdens than Rolls-Royces.

"You just have to find the right person."

There was a dearth of properties for sale at the moment, he said, as owners were hanging on to see if prices continued to rise.

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