Escambia County, Florida
Sell your land in Ferry Pass for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots and land for cash in Ferry Pass, including quarter-acre lots near the University of West Florida and the Escambia Bay shoreline, with or without a water or sewer hookup. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Florida property tax roll · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Ferry Pass?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Ferry Pass, Escambia County, usually within 24 hours. Sales close through an independent title company, typically in about 10 days, with no fees or commissions to the seller.
- How many vacant lots are in Ferry Pass?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 556 vacant residential lots in Ferry Pass; 18% are quarter-acre lots, and the median lot is 0.35 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Ferry Pass set?
- We start from recent sales of similar lots nearby, like the 2025 prices on this page, then adjust for water and sewer, road access, flood zone, lot size and any title issues, and for the time and cost of reselling. You get one written number, not a range.
- How do I know a land buyer in Ferry Pass is legitimate?
- A real buyer closes through an independent, licensed title company and never asks you to pay anything up front. We never charge sellers a fee, deposit or closing-cost advance, and the title company pays you by check or wire at closing.
- Are vacant lots in Ferry Pass in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 12.2% of vacant lots in Ferry Pass have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated November 19, 2021 to August 19, 2025). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Ferry Pass got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 21 vacant lots in Ferry Pass changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Ferry Pass land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels in the Escambia County block groups that the 2020 Census assigns to the Ferry Pass CDP (15 block groups), addressed Pensacola in Escambia County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
Property addresses here read Pensacola (91%).
| Vacant residential lots | 556 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Quarter-acre lot (9,000–13,000 sq ft): 18% of vacant lots; next, third-acre lot at 12%. Median lot: 0.35 acre (15,060 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $33,800 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $11,900 and $64,000 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | Too few arm's-length vacant-lot sales in 2025 to report a reliable median for Ferry Pass [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 12% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often VA, CA, GA) [1] |
| Unincorporated, county-governed | There is no city government to apply to for a permit in Ferry Pass; Escambia County's Building Services covers that, the same as for the rest of the unincorporated county. [9],[2] |
| ECUA water and wastewater | A Ferry Pass lot sits in ECUA territory, as most of unincorporated Escambia does, but new construction still owes ECUA's impact and connection charges before the county will issue a permit. [3] |
| DEP handles septic directly | DEP, not a county health department, is who signs off on a new Ferry Pass septic system, once the soil and water table have been checked. [4] |
| Well permits go through NWF | No well gets drilled in Northwest Florida Water Management District territory without its permit first, paperwork a licensed contractor files on the owner's behalf. [5] |
| A third of the CDP is water | Ferry Pass spans 21.12 square miles, 7.22 of them water, including a stretch of Escambia Bay on its eastern edge, so flood exposure varies sharply within the same community. [9] |
| Fire-MSBU jumped for FY26 | Unincorporated Escambia, Ferry Pass included, charges every vacant parcel for fire protection each year. The FY 2025-26 figure is $39.47 plus 3 cents an acre, up from a $15.03 rate that had held since 2016-17. [6] |
| Community center sidewalk grant | A federal CDBG housing-rehab grant is covering $360,097 of sidewalks around the Ferry Pass Community Center in the county's FY 2025-26 capital plan. [6] |
| University of West Florida | UWF's main campus, at 11000 University Parkway, sits in Ferry Pass and stands alone as the only university in the Pensacola metro. Escambia's own employer rankings count 2,447 UWF employees. [6],[9] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 21 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| 2026 so far (Jan-Jun) | County-level for Escambia County: 115 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $85,000. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 12.2% of vacant lots in Ferry Pass have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated November 19, 2021 to August 19, 2025). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel. |
| Springs BMAP small-lot screen | About 0% of located vacant lots in Ferry Pass are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Ferry Pass worth?
These are open-market sale prices. A direct cash offer is usually lower, because a cash buyer closes in days and takes on the time and cost of reselling the lot.
See what similar lots sold for
What moves the price in Ferry Pass
Utility cost depends on which side of the line you're on
Getting water running to a Ferry Pass lot is rarely free, even on ECUA's own grid: its impact and connection fees come due before the county signs a permit, and ECUA covers most of unincorporated Escambia. Step off that grid and the cost shifts to a well permit, filed by a licensed contractor through the water management district, plus a septic approval that in Escambia goes through DEP directly rather than a county health office. A lot's utility status is worth checking before assuming what it will cost to build. [3],[5],[4]
Land, water, and where the two meet
18% of the 556 vacant residential lots counted here are quarter-acre lots, the single biggest size bracket, with a median size of 0.35 acres (15,060 square feet). But a third of Ferry Pass's total footprint is water, part of it Escambia Bay, so a given lot's distance from that shoreline and its mapped flood zone matter more here than its size bucket does for figuring out what it can actually hold. [1],[9]
No 2025 sale median, just a just-value figure
Ferry Pass did not see enough arm's-length, single-parcel vacant-lot sales in 2025 to support a published median. In its place, the tax roll offers a median property-appraiser just value of $33,800, with the middle half between $11,900–$64,000, a number set for tax-assessment purposes that can swing well above or below whatever a given lot would actually sell for. [1]
The annual bill on a vacant Ferry Pass lot
A vacant Ferry Pass lot carries one certain yearly cost: the countywide fire-protection MSBU, which went up by roughly $24 a lot for FY 2025-26, its first move since 2016-17. The $360,097 CDBG sidewalk grant near the community center here is a separate, federally funded project, not a charge to owners. A current tax notice carries the parcel-specific fire-MSBU figure. [6]
Common situations
Selling land in Ferry Pass in these situations
An heir who has never seen the lot
Ferry Pass nearly doubled in population, from 16,910 residents in 1980 to 29,921 by 2020, growing up around the University of West Florida campus on its north end, so a lot held this long has usually already changed hands more than once. However the ownership trail reads, the closing title company is the one who untangles it. [9]
A certificate has already been sold on the lot
Even with a certificate already sold at auction, where Escambia starts bidding at 18% interest after an April 1 delinquency and a 3% penalty, the two-year clock before a tax deed becomes possible leaves plenty of room to close with us first. Liens and back taxes get settled out of the proceeds at closing. [7],[8]
Managing a Florida lot from somewhere else
Common situation here. 12% of vacant lots in this scope carry an out-of-state mailing address, Virginia and California among the most frequent. An independent title company can run the entire closing electronically and by mail, so Ferry Pass never has to see you in person to pay you. [1]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Ferry Pass?
From your first message to money in hand, with nothing left out. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
See every detail of the process-
Tell us about your land
Fill out the short form (about 60 seconds) or email us. A land specialist reaches out to confirm the details, usually the same business day.
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Get your cash offer within 24 hours
We review the property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. It is a real number, not a range. Take it or leave it, with no pressure either way.
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Sign electronically
If you accept, everyone signs the purchase agreement electronically. There is nothing to print or mail at this stage.
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We inspect, the title company verifies
Our team inspects the land and an independent title company runs a title search for liens or taxes owed. If the land does not pass inspection, you are never charged anything.
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Close and get paid
The title company prepares the closing documents for notarization and issues your funds by standard check, overnight check, or wire transfer. A typical sale closes in 10 days.
Questions
Selling land in Ferry Pass: common questions
What happens if I stop paying taxes on my Ferry Pass lot?
The county's certificate auction sets bidding at 18% interest, and only after two full years of non-redemption can the holder move toward a tax deed. Selling to us before that point means back taxes and liens get paid from the closing proceeds instead of sitting unresolved.
What does an empty lot in Ferry Pass cost me every year?
Chiefly the fire-protection MSBU every vacant Escambia parcel owes, which rose for FY 2025-26 by roughly $24 a lot, its first change since 2016-17. A current tax notice will show the exact charge for a given parcel.
I live out of state. Can I sell my Ferry Pass lot anyway?
Yes. 12% of vacant-lot owners in this tax-roll scope aren't Florida residents either. We route signatures and payment through an independent title company electronically or by mail, wherever you happen to be.
My Ferry Pass lot has no water or sewer hookup. Will you buy it?
Yes. Several Ferry Pass lots, especially near the bay, sit beyond ECUA's lines, which simply swaps a tap fee for a water-management-district well permit and a DEP septic sign-off instead of a county health office review. We build that into the inspection rather than treating it as a dealbreaker.
Does my Ferry Pass lot need a flood check before I sell it?
Not to get an offer from us. A third of Ferry Pass's area is water, including part of Escambia Bay, so flood zone varies far more here than in a landlocked community. We check flood zone, access and title on every parcel ourselves as part of the inspection before offering.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- Can You Sell Land With Back Taxes in Florida?
Yes. Florida land with back property taxes can often be sold if closing can redeem the tax lien before the tax-deed cutoff. With the seller's consent, the title company can use sale proceeds for the approved payoff. Move quickly: taxes generally become delinquent April 1,[1][2] and redemption ends once a tax-deed buyer makes full payment to the clerk.[4][7]
- Can You Sell Land With a Lien?
Yes. Land with a lien can often be sold, but signing a deed does not by itself erase a valid claim. The lien may need to be paid, released, discharged, or otherwise resolved under the law that applies. With the seller's consent, an approved payoff can come from sale proceeds at closing. If the balance or lien is wrong, dispute it before closing and require proof of the cure.
- Selling a Vacant Lot With Code Enforcement Liens
Yes, a Florida vacant lot with a code enforcement lien can often be sold, but first confirm the violation, daily fine, compliance status, and written payoff with the city or county that issued the order. A fine can accrue until the violator complies or judgment is entered in an enforcement suit.[1] A reduction is not automatic. A clear-title closing normally needs a current payoff and a documented satisfaction or release path.
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What happens after you send this
- A land specialist reaches out, usually the same business day, to confirm the details.
- You get a written cash offer within 24 hours: a real number, not a range.
- You decide. Requesting an offer costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
You will never be asked to pay us anything. No deposit, no processing fee, no closing-cost advance.
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How we made this page
Parcel Buyers is a land-buying company based in Florida. We buy vacant land directly from owners and publish these local pages so owners can see what land in their area is doing before they sell, to us or anyone else. We count the tax-roll figures ourselves from state data, take local rules and fees from the official sources listed below, and use AI tools to help research and draft the text. Every number links to its source, and we update the page when the data changes.
Method and sources
Tax-roll figures cover parcels in the Escambia County block groups that the 2020 Census assigns to the Ferry Pass CDP (15 block groups), addressed Pensacola. Source [1] is our own count of the Florida Department of Revenue's 2026 preliminary property tax roll: "vacant residential" means land-use code 000; lot sizes use the land square footage on the roll; values are the county property appraiser's just (market) value as of January 1, 2026; sale prices count only arm's-length sales of a single lot that was vacant when it sold and was still vacant on January 1, 2026 (bulk and multi-parcel deeds removed). Page updated October 30, 2026. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through June 2026; unreviewed recent sales are excluded. County-level figures are used on this place page. Flood and springs-BMAP figures screen tax-roll parcel center points, not parcel boundaries. They are aggregate map screens, not flood-zone, insurance, buildability, elevation, septic, or permitting determinations.
- [1] Florida Department of Revenue (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Parcel Buyers analysis of the 2026 preliminary Name-Address-Legal (NAL) property tax roll (accessed 2026-10-03)
- [2] Escambia County, Florida, Building Services (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [3] Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Residential Customers (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [4] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Onsite Sewage FAQ: Permitting (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [5] Northwest Florida Water Management District, Well Permits: Permitting Process (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [6] Escambia County, Florida, FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [7] Tax Collector of Escambia County, Tax Certificate Sale General Information (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [8] Florida Legislature, Florida Statutes section 197.502, application for obtaining tax deed (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [9] Wikipedia, Ferry Pass, Florida (accessed 2026-10-30)
- [10] Escambia County, Florida, Flood Plain Management (accessed 2026-10-30)