Tennessee
Sell your land in Bradley County for cash
Parcel Buyers buys vacant lots and land for cash in Bradley County, including unincorporated land where zoning requires 25,000 square feet if a lot has neither public water nor public sewer. You get a written, no-obligation cash offer within 24 hours, and closings run through an independent licensed title company, typically about 10 days after the purchase agreement, with no fees or commissions.
By Parcel Buyers · · Lot figures from the 2026 Tennessee parcel and assessment data · How we made this page
Quick answers
- Who buys land for cash in Bradley County?
- Parcel Buyers is a direct land buyer that makes written, no-obligation cash offers on vacant lots and acreage in Bradley County, Tennessee, 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 Bradley County sell for in 2025?
- In 2025, vacant lots in Bradley County sold for a median of $66,000 across 135 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $35,000 to $101,800.
- How many vacant lots are in Bradley County?
- The 2026 Tennessee parcel and assessment data lists 6,190 vacant residential lots in Bradley County; 9% are third-acre lots, and the median lot is 0.54 acre.
- How is a cash offer for land in Bradley County 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 Bradley County 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 Bradley County?
- In 2025, companies bought 15% of the vacant lots that sold in Bradley County, including 7% bought by homebuilders. Individuals bought the rest.
- What was the median recorded 2025 sale price by lot size in Bradley County?
- The median recorded 2025 sale price for a 5-acre ranchette in Bradley County was $87,900 across 23 sales.
Local data
What is land in Bradley County worth?
In 2025, vacant lots in Bradley County sold for a median of $66,000 across 135 arm's-length sales; the middle half sold for $35,000 to $101,800. [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.
Recorded 2025 sale prices by lot size in Bradley County
| Lot-size class | 2025 sales | 2025 median lot sale |
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| 5-acre ranchette210,000–279,999 sq ft | 23 | $87,900 |
| Mini-estate (2-3 acres)70,000–139,999 sq ft | 19 | $69,900 |
| Small acreage tract (7-10 acres)280,000–435,599 sq ft | 13 | $150,000 |
| Quarter-acre lot9,000–12,999 sq ft | 11 | $25,000 |
| Half-acre lot19,000–23,999 sq ft | 10 | $39,200 |
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.
| Vacant residential lots | 6,190 parcels classified vacant residential on the 2026 Tennessee parcel and assessment data [1] |
|---|---|
| Most common lot size | Third-acre lot (13,000–16,000 sq ft): 9% of vacant lots; next, quarter-acre lot at 9%. Median lot: 0.54 acre (23,450 sq ft). [1] |
| Typical appraised value | $30,600 median appraised value for a vacant lot; the middle half fall between $16,800 and $60,000 [1] |
| Recent lot sale prices | $66,000 median across 135 arm's-length sales of vacant lots in Bradley County (Jan 2025–Dec 2025); the middle half sold for $35,000–$101,800 [1] |
| Who bought lots in 2025 | Companies made 15% of those purchases, including 7% by homebuilders; individuals made the rest [1] |
| Owners who live elsewhere | 8% of vacant lots have an owner mailing address outside Tennessee (most often GA, FL, AZ) [1] |
| Assessor appraisal, then 25% | The Assessor of Property appraises taxable real property, then applies the classification percentage. Residential and farm land is assessed at 25% of that appraisal. The appraisal is not the tax bill. [2],[3] |
| Tax due date and interest | The Trustee mails property-tax bills in October. Payment is due by the last day of February. Starting March 1, and on the first day of each later month, interest of 1.5% is added. [4],[5],[6] |
| 2026 county and fire tax | For 2026 the county net rate is 1.0772 per $100 of assessed value. County-only parcels also pay a fire tax of 0.2558, inside or outside the fringe, added to that net rate. [5] |
| Unincorporated lot minimums | Outside city limits, forestry-agricultural, rural residential, and high-density lots need 7,500 square feet with public water and sewer, 15,000 with water only, or 25,000 with neither. The state can require more. [7] |
| TDEC permits the septic | The state's Division of Water Resources permits septic systems here. This county is not on the contract-county list. A new conventional permit is $400 up to 1,000 gallons a day, plus a $100 installation inspection. [10],[11],[9] |
| Ocoee water-service area | Ocoee Utility District supplies water to about 7,000 active customers across 181 square miles in Bradley and Polk counties. Its sources are springs and wells. The district page does not establish water or sewer availability for a specific parcel. [12] |
| Where the deed is recorded | Deeds, mortgages, releases, and plats are recorded at 155 N Ocoee St #102, Cleveland, TN 37311. The standard fee is $10 a document, plus $5 for each page past the second, and $15 for a plat. [13],[14] |
| Floodway and floor height | A residential subdivision lot in the 100-year flood must sit outside the floodway. The floor has to be at least 1 foot above that flood, or 3 feet above nearby grade in an unstudied Zone A. No fill is allowed in the floodway. [8] |
| Hiwassee River | TVA applies special private-water-use standards to Hiwassee River miles 20–42.5, a stretch in Polk, McMinn, and Bradley counties. Riverfront lots there face Hiwassee-specific dock and shoreline rules. [20] |
| 2025 sale price by lot size | The median recorded 2025 sale price for a 5-acre ranchette in Bradley County was $87,900 across 23 sales. [1] |
Where we buy
Areas we cover in Bradley County
- Cleveland
1,802vacant lots · 2025 median lot sale $72,500
These pages cover the largest lot markets in Bradley County. We buy land anywhere else in the county too: send the parcel details through the form below.
Selling here
How selling land works in Bradley County
Unincorporated lots follow county zoning and road rules
Bradley County zoning covers unincorporated land, outside city limits. Forestry-agricultural, rural residential, and high-density lots need 7,500 square feet with public water and sewer, 15,000 with public water only, or 25,000 with neither. The septic office can require more. The front setback is 25 feet. Width at the building line is 75 feet with public water and 125 feet without it. A split is a subdivision if any new piece is under 5 acres, or if a new road or public water, sewer, or electric line is required. Five-acre tracts on an existing public road, with no new lines, are not subdivisions. Local roads need a 50-foot right-of-way and 22 feet of pavement. Gravel is allowed only on a private road serving fewer than 7 lots. The planning commission must approve a plat before the Register records it. We check utilities, access, and title on every parcel before offering. [7],[8]
Water service and a septic permit are separate checks
A water line and a sewage permit are separate questions. Ocoee Utility District supplies water to about 7,000 active customers across 181 square miles in Bradley and Polk counties, but its district page does not confirm service at a specific parcel. Public sewer requires a utility letter on the county permit sheet. Otherwise TDEC Ground Water Protection permits the septic system. The January 2026 county sheet names that office, and this county is not on the state's contract-county list. A conventional permit is $400 up to 1,000 gallons a day, plus $100 for the installation inspection. An alternative system is $500 up to that flow and first needs an extra-high-intensity soils map from a licensed soils consultant. The house permit waits for that approval or the sewer letter. Disturbing soil costs $100 for the first acre and $50 for each added acre. [12],[9],[10],[11]
The appraisal is not the amount the tax rate uses
The appraisal notice is not the figure the tax rate multiplies. The assessor sets the appraisal, and residential or farm land is assessed at 25% of it. For 2026 the county net rate is 1.0772 per $100 of assessed value. County-only parcels also pay a fire tax of 0.2558, inside or outside the fringe. Bills are mailed in October and due the last day of February. Interest of 1.5% is added on March 1 and on the first of each later month. Greenbelt use-value tax needs 15 acres for farm or forest land, or 3 acres of designated open space, with applications due March 15. Rollback covers three prior years for farm or forest land and five for open space. After February 1 and before April 1 the delinquent-tax attorney sues in chancery or circuit court, and the Clerk and Master collects the tax, interest, and fees. Back taxes can be paid from closing proceeds with the seller's consent. [2],[3],[4],[5],[6],[15],[16],[17]
Flood risk limits a house more than it limits a sale
A flood zone does not stop a cash sale of vacant land, but it can stop a house. Land in the 100-year flood cannot be platted for a house unless the building site is outside the floodway, and fill cannot raise ground inside the floodway. The floor must be at least 1 foot above the 100-year elevation, or 3 feet above adjacent grade in an unstudied Zone A. FEMA sets those elevations because the county is in the National Flood Insurance Program. The September 2025 planning agenda says new maps defined base flood elevations on Mouse Creek and Candies Creek and that a flood-damage-prevention resolution had to be adopted before the county could adopt the maps. Subdivision culverts must carry a 100-year flood and be at least 15 inches. Our only contingency is a land inspection, and a failed inspection costs the seller nothing. [8],[19]
Read the lot count and sale median with the rules
The vacant-lot figures for Bradley County count residential parcels, not houses. There are 6,190. The median lot is 0.54 acres, about 23,450 square feet. The most common group is the third-acre lot, at 9%, the same share as quarter-acre lots. The median appraisal is $30,600, and the middle half runs $16,800–$60,000. That appraisal is assessed at 25% before the tax rate applies. Warranty-deed lot sales from 2025 that were vacant when sold, one parcel per deed, $1,000 or more, and only the latest accepted sale, had a median of $66,000 and a middle half of $35,000–$101,800 across 135 sales. That is not every 2025 sale and not an exact market price. Out-of-state mailing addresses make up 8%, and Georgia is the largest group. We cover closing costs. Signing can be electronic or by mail, paid by check or wire. [3],[1]
Step by step
How do I sell my land in Bradley County?
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 Bradley County: common questions
Can I sell a lot that has no water or sewer?
Yes. A lot with no water, sewer, or road work can still be sold for cash. What changes is a later building plan. Without public water and sewer, the forestry-agricultural, rural residential, and high-density districts require 25,000 square feet, or more if the septic office requires it. A new conventional septic permit from the state is $400 for up to 1,000 gallons a day. The county building office wants that approval, or a letter that public sewer is available, before it will issue a house permit.
When does splitting land need planning approval?
A split needs the regional planning commission when any new tract is under 5 acres, or when the split needs a new road or a new public water, sewer, or electric line. Tracts of 5 acres or more on an existing public road, with no new utility lines, are not a subdivision under the county regulations. Lots under 5 acres must be surveyed and platted, and the Register will not record that plat unless the planning commission's approval is on it. The state septic office uses the same 5-acre line before it requires a subdivision soils map.
What happens if the property tax goes unpaid?
Unpaid tax draws interest and can end in a court sale. Bills are due the last day of February. Interest of 1.5% starts March 1 and repeats on the first of each later month. After February 1 and before April 1, the delinquent-tax attorney must sue in chancery or circuit court. The Clerk and Master collects the tax, interest, and fees. After a confirmed sale, redemption is one year if the delinquency is five years or less, 180 days if it is over five and under eight, 90 days at eight or more, and 30 days if the court finds the property vacant or the land abandoned. Redemption also includes 12% a year on the purchase price.
Who pays greenbelt rollback taxes after a sale?
The seller usually does, unless the contract says otherwise. Greenbelt taxes qualifying land on use value. Farm and forest land generally needs 15 acres, open space needs at least 3 acres plus a planning designation, and the application deadline is March 15. If a sale removes the classification, rollback covers the prior three years for farm or forest land and five years for open space. The assessor calculates the tax that was saved. It is a recapture and a first lien, not a penalty. A buyer who writes that they will keep the use, then fails to file within 90 days, becomes solely responsible.
Does a flood zone stop the sale of vacant land?
No. A flood designation does not block the sale of an existing vacant parcel. It can block a house. Residential subdivision lots in the 100-year flood have to keep the building site out of the floodway, and the floor has to be at least 1 foot above that flood, or 3 feet above grade where Zone A has no published elevation. FEMA sets the elevation because the county is in the National Flood Insurance Program. New maps for the Mouse Creek and Candies Creek tributaries were described to the planning commission in September 2025 as still needing a county flood-prevention resolution before they could be adopted.
Do I need a new survey before I sell a lot?
A new survey is not a condition of our offer; the only contingency is our land inspection. A new split that creates a tract under 5 acres does have to be surveyed and platted before the Register will record it. The standard recording fee is $10 for a document, plus $5 for each page after the second, and $15 for a plat, map, or survey.
Owner resources
Guides for your situation
- Can You Build on a Vacant Lot?
Maybe. A vacant lot is buildable only if the proposed use fits the rules that apply to that parcel and the site can satisfy access, utility, environmental, and permit requirements. Start with the local planning or zoning office, confirm that the parcel is a legal lot, and get a written parcel-specific answer. A zoning label or tax parcel number alone is not approval to build.[1][2]
- 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 Cash Land Buyers Price Offers
A cash-land offer may start with verified sales of land with similar use, then adjust those sales for meaningful differences.[1] Buyers may also account for access, utilities, legal use, size, shape, flood and soil questions, title issues, demand, and costs and risk they will carry. No universal assessed-value percentage applies. Compare each written offer by expected net proceeds, contingencies, seller work, and timing—not one asking price or headline number.
Your written offer
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.
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
Parcel and assessment figures cover all parcels in Bradley County. Source [1] is our own count of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury's county parcel and assessment files (assessment data dated August 28, 2026): a vacant lot is a residential parcel with no buildings, mobile home or improvement value; values are the county assessor's appraised (market) value; sale prices count only 2025 warranty-deed sales of a single lot that was vacant when it sold, at $1,000 or more, with bulk deeds and development-land deals removed. Treat medians as a guide to recent recorded amounts, not as an offer or an appraisal. Page updated October 2, 2026. Lot-size sale rows use the same qualified 2025 sale cohort and canonical square-foot classes; classes with fewer than 10 sales are omitted.
- [1] Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury (data); Parcel Buyers (analysis), Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Office of Local Government parcel and assessment data (accessed 2026-10-01)
- [2] Bradley County Assessor of Property, About the Assessor's Role and Duties (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [3] Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Assessment vs Taxation (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [4] Bradley County Trustee, Bradley County Trustee (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [5] Bradley County Trustee, 2026 Property Tax Frequently Asked Questions (accessed 2026-10-08)
- [6] County Technical Assistance Service, Interest on Delinquent Taxes (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [7] Bradley County, Zoning Resolution of Bradley County (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [8] Bradley County Regional Planning Commission, Bradley County Subdivision Regulations (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [9] Bradley County Planning and Inspections, Single Family Home Permitting Process (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [10] Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Online Application for Septic Related Services (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [11] Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Septic System Construction Permit Fees (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [12] Ocoee Utility District, About Ocoee Utility District (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [13] Bradley County Register of Deeds, Register of Deeds (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [14] County Technical Assistance Service, Register of Deeds Standard Fees (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [15] Tennessee State Board of Equalization, Greenbelt Manual (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [16] County Technical Assistance Service, Delinquent Tax Suit (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [17] Bradley County Government, Delinquent Tax Payments (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [18] County Technical Assistance Service, Redemption After a Property Tax Sale (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [19] Bradley County Planning and Inspections, September 18, 2025 Planning Commission Agenda (accessed 2026-10-02)
- [20] Tennessee Valley Authority, Special Construction Standards for the Hiwassee River (accessed 2026-10-02)