Pinellas County, Florida
Sell your land in Clearwater for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots in Clearwater for cash, including undeveloped city parcels that Clearwater says are not charged its stormwater utility fee. 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 Clearwater?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Clearwater, Pinellas 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.
- What did vacant lots in Clearwater sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in Clearwater sold for a median of $125,000 across 19 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $104,500 to $167,500.
- How many vacant lots are in Clearwater?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 1,147 vacant residential lots in Clearwater; 26% are patio-home lots, and the median lot is 0.15 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Clearwater 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 Clearwater 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.
- Who is buying lots in Clearwater?
- In 2025, companies bought 42% of the vacant lots that sold in Clearwater, including 11% bought by homebuilders. Individuals bought the rest.
- Are vacant lots in Clearwater in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 42.8% of vacant lots in Clearwater have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated September 3, 2003 to August 24, 2021). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Clearwater got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 100 vacant lots in Clearwater changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Clearwater land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Clearwater in Pinellas County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 1,147 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Patio-home lot (5,000–7,000 sq ft): 26% of vacant lots; next, standard city lot at 17%. Median lot: 0.15 acre (6,730 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $79,800 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $45,000 and $132,700 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $125,000 median across 19 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Clearwater (Jan 2025–Dec 2025); the middle half sold for $104,500–$167,500 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 42% of those purchases, including 11% by homebuilders; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 8% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often NY, CA, IL) [1] |
| City permit contact | This is an incorporated city. Tax-district codes CW, CWD, and CWDO are municipal, and the city, not the county, is the building-permit contact for parcels inside the city. [10] |
| In-city minimum utility bill | As of December 2025, an in-city 5/8-inch meter has a $130.51 minimum bill: water $29.58, wastewater $40.74, solid waste $37.27, recycling $3.78, stormwater $16.18, and utility tax $2.96. That is a customer bill, not a vacant-lot tax. [2] |
| Stormwater ERU and who pays | Ordinance 5058 (1991) created the stormwater utility. One ERU is 1,830 square feet of impervious area. Developed property with a utility bill pays monthly per ERU. Undeveloped property is not charged. [3] |
| City operating millage | The city's published operating millage rate is 5.8850 mills. That is the city operating rate only. School, county, and other lines on the tax bill are separate. [4] |
| Plan review and inspections | Planning and Development does plan review, inspections, and code compliance. Building permits are filed online. Many reviews take four to 15 days. A new house needs a site survey and a tie-in survey before vertical construction. [5],[6] |
| Flood maps and Alligator Creek | Coastal flood maps changed in August 2021. The city map shows flood zone, base flood elevation, and design flood elevation. FEMA is preparing new Alligator Creek maps that may change whether some properties need flood insurance. [7],[8],[9] |
| Septic stays with the county | If city sewer is not at the lot, septic applications in Pinellas County go to the local Florida Department of Health environmental-health program. The remaining county transitions to DEP depend on legislative approval. [12] |
| Address city is not the limit | The lot totals on this page use the city on the property address, which can include land outside the city limits. The tax district shows which side of the line a parcel is on, and permits follow that boundary. [10],[11] |
| St. Petersburg–Clearwater International Airport | St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport is on State Road 686, or Roosevelt Boulevard, four miles north of St. Petersburg, at 14700 Terminal Boulevard in Clearwater. Its directions page says the Gateway Expressway Toll Road is open. [13] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 100 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Years of lot supply at the 2025 building pace | 11.5 years; simple ratio, not a forecast. [1] |
| Owner-type shares | Individuals 52.0%; companies 24.1%; trusts 2.4%; estates/heirs 1.1%; government/associations 20.4%. [1] |
| 2026 so far (Jan-Jun) | County-level for Pinellas County: 141 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $315,000. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 42.8% of vacant lots in Clearwater have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated September 3, 2003 to August 24, 2021). 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 Clearwater are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Clearwater worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in Clearwater sold for a median of $125,000 across 19 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $104,500 to $167,500. [1]
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 Clearwater
The $130.51 bill is a meter charge
The $130.51 figure is a metered utility bill, not a tax on every empty lot. As of December 2025, it was the minimum bill for an in-city 5/8-inch meter, for use from zero to four units (zero to 2,992 gallons). The lines were water $29.58, wastewater $40.74, solid waste $37.27, recycling $3.78, stormwater $16.18, and utility tax $2.96. The source applies that minimum to a metered in-city account; it does not describe it as a charge on every vacant lot. The under-one-inch wastewater base was $40.74 on December 1, 2025 and is $44.01 from October 1, 2026. [2]
Empty lots are not billed per ERU
Undeveloped land is not charged the stormwater utility fee. Ordinance 5058, created in 1991, made stormwater a city utility. Developed property that already gets a utility bill pays monthly per equivalent residential unit, or ERU. One ERU is 1,830 square feet of impervious area, including roofs and pavement that rain cannot soak through. A single-family home is 1 ERU. Non-residential land divides impervious square feet by 1,830, with a floor of 1.0, rounded to the nearest tenth. [3]
Flood zone changes what a house costs
The address-level flood zone, not a beach or mainland nickname, is what changes the cost to build. The city map shows flood zone, base flood elevation, and design flood elevation, and the city uses higher elevation standards. Coastal map changes took effect in August 2021. A new zone or base flood elevation can change the insurance rate, and a lender may require flood coverage on a building. FEMA is preparing new Alligator Creek maps that may change whether some properties need flood insurance. A flood-zone homesite needs FEMA details, a sealed grade survey, and an elevation certificate. The city rating moved from 6 to 5 on October 1, 2024, a 25 percent discount on residents' flood premiums. That discount is insurance, not the land price. [7],[8],[9],[6]
Patio-home size and 2025 prices
The usual vacant residential size here is a patio-home lot, 26% of the lots with a measured size. The median lot is 0.15 acres, about 6,730 square feet. In 2025, 19 one-parcel transfers of land that was empty at the deed, and still unbuilt on the January 1, 2026 roll, had a midpoint of $125,000. The 25th-to-75th band was $104,500–$167,500. Just value has a median of $79,800 and a band of $45,000–$132,700. Those numbers feed the tax bill. They are not dollars a buyer paid. [1]
Common situations
Selling land in Clearwater in these situations
No water or sewer on the lot
Yes. You can sell a lot that has no water or sewer hookup. We buy vacant lots with no water, sewer, or road work. For an in-city 5/8-inch meter, the published minimum utility bill was $130.51 as of December 2025. If sewer does not reach the lot, Pinellas septic applications go to the local Florida Department of Health environmental-health program. The only contingency is our land inspection. If it fails, it costs the seller nothing. [2],[12]
An heir lives outside Florida
Yes. An heir can request an offer from another state. 92% of owners in this address-city set use a Florida mailing address, 8% do not, and addresses outside the United States round to 0%. You can sign electronically and close by mail through an independent title company, paid by check or wire. [1]
Unpaid taxes or a bill you don't want
Yes. You can sell while property taxes are unpaid. Liens or back taxes can be paid from the sale proceeds at closing, with the seller's consent. The city's published operating rate is 5.8850 mills, about $5.89 per $1,000 of taxable value, and only the city share. Schools and the county add more. The city says undeveloped property is not charged its stormwater utility fee. Its separate $130.51 figure was the December 2025 minimum for an in-city 5/8-inch metered account. [4],[3],[2]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Clearwater?
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 Clearwater: common questions
Can I sell my lot in Clearwater if it has no water or sewer?
Yes. A missing hookup does not block a sale. We check utilities, access, and title on every parcel before offering. An in-city 5/8-inch meter had a $130.51 minimum in December 2025. If sewer is absent, Pinellas septic applications go to the local Florida Department of Health environmental-health program.
How much does it cost to keep an empty lot in Clearwater each year?
There is no flat annual fee. You pay property tax based on taxable value. The city's published operating rate is 5.8850 mills, not the whole bill. Undeveloped land is not charged the stormwater fee from Ordinance 5058 (1991). The $130.51 figure was the December 2025 minimum for an in-city 5/8-inch metered account.
Who permits a new house on a lot inside the city?
The city does, when the lot is inside the city limits. Planning and Development does plan review, inspections, and code compliance, and permits are filed online. Many reviews take four to 15 days, and a four-business-day residential target can run 15 days longer when volume is high. A new house needs a site survey and a tie-in survey before vertical construction. County building services does not permit inside this city.
How do I find the flood zone on my lot?
Search the address on the city flood map. It shows the flood zone, base flood elevation, and design flood elevation, which are not the evacuation zone. Coastal maps changed in August 2021. FEMA is preparing new Alligator Creek maps that may change whether some properties need flood insurance. The city uses higher elevation standards, and its class moved from 6 to 5 on October 1, 2024.
What surveys does Clearwater require for a new house?
The city requires a site plan or survey with a new single-family permit application and a tie-in survey before vertical construction. Flood-zone construction also needs a sealed grade survey and an elevation certificate. A notice of commencement is a permit step when the job exceeds $5,000.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- How to Sell Land During a Divorce
Florida land can be sold during a divorce when the people with authority to convey title sign and the sale follows every applicable agreement and court order. Divorce law may treat land as marital even when only one spouse appears on the deed.[1][2] If ownership, signing authority, or the division of proceeds is unsettled, have a Florida attorney and the closing title company resolve those issues before closing.
- How to Sell Land in a Flood Zone
Flood-zone land can be sellable and sometimes buildable. A FEMA flood zone describes mapped risk; it is not a building permit. The buyer must verify the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map and any map changes, then ask the local floodplain administrator what elevation, floodway, coastal, permit, and design rules apply.[1][2][4] Vacant land itself is not covered by an NFIP policy; flood insurance covers qualifying buildings and contents, not land value.[5][6]
- 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.
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Get your cash offer
Four short steps, about 60 seconds. We review your property and send a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours. You can take it or leave it.
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.
Nearby areas we buy
- Pinellas County
9,822 vacant lots countywide
- Dunedin
179 vacant lots
- Largo
1,277 vacant lots
- Belleair
62 vacant lots
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 whose property address city is Clearwater. 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 2, 2026. Exact cross-roll matching found that 8.5% of current vacant lots lacked a unique prior-roll match; parcel splits, combinations, renumbering, and missing IDs are not guessed. 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] City of Clearwater, Look Up Current Utility, Solid Waste and Recycling Rates (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [3] City of Clearwater Public Works, Stormwater Ordinance and Fees (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [4] City of Clearwater, Office of Management and Budget (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [5] City of Clearwater, Planning and Development (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [6] City of Clearwater, Get a Building Permit, Apply Online (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [7] City of Clearwater, Flood Zones and Elevations (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [8] City of Clearwater Public Works, Floodplain Management (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [9] City of Clearwater, Open Houses: New Alligator Creek Flood Insurance Rate Maps (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [10] Pinellas County Property Appraiser, Tax Districts in Pinellas County (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [11] Pinellas County, Building Departments in Pinellas County (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [12] Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Onsite Sewage FAQ - Permitting (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [13] St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport Directions (accessed 2026-10-02)