Sumter County, Florida
Sell your land in Bushnell for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant Bushnell land for cash, including lots where city-versus-county rules, utility availability, flood information or access need checking. 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 Bushnell?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Bushnell, Sumter 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 Bushnell?
- The 2026 Florida property tax roll lists 220 vacant residential lots in Bushnell; 18% are standard city lots, and the median lot is 0.48 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Bushnell 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 Bushnell 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 Bushnell in a FEMA high-risk flood zone?
- About 12.8% of vacant lots in Bushnell have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated February 2, 2012 to June 5, 2020). This is map screening, not a determination; check FEMA's Map Service Center for your parcel.
- How many vacant lots in Bushnell got a home on the tax roll in 2025?
- 35 vacant lots in Bushnell changed from vacant-residential use to a home with new-construction evidence on the 2026 preliminary tax roll.
Local data
Bushnell land at a glance
Tax-roll figures cover parcels whose property address city is Bushnell in Sumter County. Local rules and services are sourced below.
| Vacant residential lots | 220 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 tax roll [1] |
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| Most common lot size | Standard city lot (7,000–9,000 sq ft): 18% of vacant lots; next, patio-home lot at 11%. Median lot: 0.48 acre (21,000 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical assessed value | $16,400 median just (market) value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $11,000 and $37,300 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | Too few arm's-length vacant-lot sales in 2025 to report a reliable median for Bushnell [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 6% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Florida (most often NC, TX, MI) [1] |
| Municipal status | Sumter County identifies Bushnell as one of its cities. Bushnell's land-development regulations govern the use and construction of buildings, structures and land within the City's corporate limits. [2],[3] |
| Permit administration | Sumter County Building Services provides online permitting, plan review and inspections. The County says Bushnell joint-planning-area parcels may need added standards, including annexation. [4] |
| Permit processing fee | The County's fee schedule, effective October 1, 2024, lists a $24 processing fee for all permits, plus applicable road and fire impact fees due before permit issuance. [5] |
| City utilities | The City provides electric, water and wastewater service to residential and commercial customers. The County notes that Sumter has multiple water and sewer providers. [6] |
| Current fire assessment | Sumter County adopted a new fire-assessment methodology on July 28, 2026, but set the amount collected for fiscal year 2026-27 at $0. The Board can use that method if it chooses to collect in a future budget year. [8] |
| Interstate 75 | Florida DOT lists County Road 48 as Interstate 75 exit 314. For land near County Road 48, this identifies the Interstate interchange but does not establish parcel frontage. [9] |
| Tax-roll mix | Sumter County identifies Bushnell as a city. Separately, the address-city tax-roll scope contains 220 vacant residential parcels and agricultural land; the median residential lot is 0.48. [1],[2] |
| Vacant lots that got a home on the tax roll in 2025 | 35 recorded with new-construction evidence. [1] |
| Years of lot supply at the 2025 building pace | 6.3 years; simple ratio, not a forecast. [1] |
| 2026 so far (Jan-May) | County-level for Sumter County: 41 recorded vacant-lot sales; median $97,500. [1] |
| FEMA high-risk flood-zone screen | About 12.8% of vacant lots in Bushnell have their center point in a FEMA high-risk flood zone (effective maps dated February 2, 2012 to June 5, 2020). 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 Bushnell are 1 acre or less and have their center point in an adopted Florida springs BMAP. |
Pricing
What is a lot in Bushnell 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 Bushnell
City limits change the rulebook
Within Bushnell, the City's land-development regulations set zoning, subdivision and floodplain rules. Sumter County says property in the Bushnell joint-planning area may require additional development standards, including annexation into the City. Use the County GIS map to identify JPA status before relying on a listing description. The tax-roll scope includes vacant residential and agricultural parcels, so it is not a city-limit count. [3],[4],[1]
Central service versus onsite systems
The City of Bushnell Utilities Department provides water and wastewater service to residential and commercial customers. For septic systems, DEP administers the state program while county health department offices continue permitting and inspection. The cited sources do not identify service or connection status for an individual parcel. [6],[7]
Flood review precedes a buildable-lot conclusion
Bushnell's regulations include floodplain-management standards. Sumter County's consolidated service with all five cities supports flood-risk assessment and mapping, elevation-certificate verification, map amendment or revision requests, base-flood-elevation questions and flood-zone questions. Review those records before treating a parcel as buildable. [3],[10]
Thin sales evidence calls for parcel analysis
The qualifying 2025 vacant-lot sample in the defined tax-roll scope is too small for a page-wide sale median. The roll's median appraiser just value is $16,400; it is not an asking price, appraisal or Parcel Buyers offer. This page therefore makes no claim about a 2025 price trend. [1]
Common situations
Selling land in Bushnell in these situations
Your land is outside town but uses the city address
Check the County GIS map before treating a parcel as part of Bushnell's joint-planning area. The County says JPA property may need additional development standards, including annexation into the City. Parcel Buyers checks utilities, access and title on every parcel before offering. [4]
The lot has no utility connection
Yes. Parcel Buyers buys vacant land with no water or sewer connection. City utility service and septic permitting are separate parcel questions: Bushnell provides water and wastewater service, while the county health office continues septic permitting and inspection for DEP's program. [6],[7]
You are tired of carrying an inherited parcel
Yes. Parcel Buyers buys inherited vacant land for cash. An independent, licensed title company handles the closing and determines the ownership documents needed. Liens or back taxes can be paid from sale proceeds at closing with the seller's consent.
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Bushnell?
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 Bushnell: common questions
Is Bushnell incorporated?
Yes. Sumter County identifies Bushnell as one of its cities. Bushnell's land-development regulations govern the use and construction of buildings, structures and land within the City's corporate limits.
Which office issues the building permit?
Start with Sumter County Building Services, which provides online permitting, plan review and inspections. For land in the Bushnell joint-planning area, the County says added standards, including annexation, may apply and directs owners to check GIS and contact the City.
Does every lot have city water and sewer?
No. The City provides water and wastewater to residential and commercial customers, but the cited sources do not say every parcel is connected. If septic is proposed, county health department offices continue the permitting and inspection work for DEP's state program.
Are there special assessments on vacant land?
Check the current tax bill and any recorded district documents. The County's fire-assessment framework remains legally in place, but the adopted collection for fiscal year 2026-27 is $0. That current result should not be projected into later budgets or confused with other parcel charges.
What flood records should a seller gather?
Start with the current FEMA map, then look for an elevation certificate, letter of map amendment or prior floodplain permit. Sumter County supports map and base-flood-elevation questions, and the City's regulations govern floodplain development inside its boundary.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- 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]
- 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.
- 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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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
- Wildwood
1,812 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $105,000
- Webster
3,031 vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $22,000
- Sumter County
10,570 vacant lots countywide
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 Bushnell. 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 8, 2026. The reviewed 2026 recorded-sale window runs from January through May 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] Sumter County Government, Sumter County cities and communities (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [3] City of Bushnell, Bushnell Land Development Regulations and Design and Construction Standards, 2024 (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [4] Sumter County Government, Building Services (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [5] Sumter County Government, Permitting fees (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [6] Sumter County Economic Development, Utilities serving Sumter County (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [7] Florida Department of Health in Sumter County, Onsite sewage disposal (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [8] Sumter County Government, Fire Assessment Overview (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [9] Florida Department of Transportation, Interstate 75 exit numbers (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [10] Sumter County Government, Floodplain Management (accessed 2026-10-08)