Cost of Land


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From what we've seen and what we've bought in MO the price varies a lot depending on how much tillable land there is on a tract and if the tillable is good bottom land or not. Timbered land runs from ~$1,200 to $1,900 depending on the maturity of the timber. Tillable ranges from $4,000 to $7,000 depending on if it's bottom land or not...or partially. If it's a mix of timber & tillable...break out the calculator. Land in CRP is also a factor in price along with the price & timing of CRP contracts. Land in WRP is considerably cheaper for obvious reasons if you understand WRP rules.

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Yeah, really varies quite a bit here. Supposedly the ground behind us, which is for the most part swamp, sold as "hunting property" for around $900 an acre, appraisal on that property was around $600 an acre. That is a landlocked piece with an easement road to get in that has absolutely no other value aside from hunting. The part of that farm that was sold off for ag property according to the tax records fetched $690,000 for 160 acres. That was all part of one farm that was split.

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Firestation said it right just about. basically any time is the time to buy. they never make more of it. If you keep an eye on local stuff and get the inside scoop you can usually get it for a bit cheaper here before it goes on the market. sometimes it's all in who you know. We get some people that come up from NYC or people buying up land with road frontage to develop it and they drive prices way way up. People who have inherited land eventually chop it all up due to the nature of the situation. tough to come up with contiguous acreage these days.

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I oversee about a hundred real estate transactions a year in Southeast Oklahoma. For small rural acreage, land is going for around $2,000 an acre. Larger tracts around $1,500-$900 an acre depending upon how large.

The closer you get to town or the closer you get to the local lake, the higher prices go. I've financed one acre of land within a mile of the lake for $37,000.00.

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The more acres the cheaper the cost: Avg hunting ground (field/wooded mix) about 6,000.00 per acre. As one gets closer to St. Louis MO it goes up. 200 acres an hour from St. Louis might go for 5,000.00 acre - 30 acres the same distance 8,000.00 an acre.

Totally nuts in my opinion.

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