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Insight on the latest market trends in the land and rural real estate markets, including local and statewide trends compiled from the largest rural real estate comparable sales data source on Lands of America.
Lands of America May 2017 Land News & Trends
Here is your roundup of significant sales and new land listings on Lands of America in May 2017.
Summer Issue of TEXAS LAND Magazine on Newsstands Now!
The summer 2017 issue of TEXAS LAND magazine is now available! Focused on the sporting life, the issue includes features on Blaser’s new F16 shotguns, dove and quail hunting, plus showcase features on some of Texas’ most beautiful property and ranches for sale.
CoStar Group Announces Acquisition of Rural Listing Site LandWatch.com
CoStar Group has announced its acquisition of LandWatch.com—a leading listing site dedicated to land and rural properties. Joining Lands of America and Land And Farm, the addition of LandWatch brings together three of the most prominent land-dedicated sites.
Lands of America April 2017 Land News & Trends
A total of 8,978 new listings were added by sellers on Lands of America in April 2017, including America’s oldest hunting club and almost 100,000 acres of contiguous Wyoming ranch land.
Opinion: 453 is better than 1031
Congress is looking into the idea of changing IRC Section 1031. There are options to a 1031 exchange and in some ways, even a better option than a 1031 itself. The answer can be found in IRC Section 453.
Lands of America March 2017 Land News & Trends
A total of 8,970 new listings were added by sellers on Lands of America in March 2017, including an historic 18th-century manor and Western ranch that’s said to have once been the hideout for Billy the Kid.
Land and its Many Changes
With changing market trends and product demand, landowners continue to reinvent their properties to better serve their need for an increase in returns.
Spring 2017 LAND Trends
Our snapshot of what’s trending in the land industry and lifestyle.
What President Trump’s Executive Order on WOTUS Means for Real Estate and Land Owners
The Executive Order directs the EPA to begin a rewrite of the regulation to adhere more closely to the definition of “waters of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act and provide a streamlined permitting process.
Texas 2016 Land Market Report
Following the robust price recovery from 2012 through 2013 when prices surged by 7 to 10.5 percent annually, Texas land markets seem to have taken a break.
Lands of America February 2017 Land News & Trends
February 2017 saw the sale of a remarkable $20 million Medina County ranch after two years on the market, plus the first-time offering of an historic quarter-million-acre New Mexico cattle ranch under the same family ownership since 1947.
LAND Magazines Publisher Tom Alexander Talks Hunting, Land Marketing on Bucks to Business Podcast
LAND Magazines publisher Tom Alexander sat down recently for a chat with Mock Ranches’ Kasey Mock on the Bucks to Business Podcast.
Lands of America January 2017 Land News & Trends
Your roundup of significant sales and new listings on Lands of America in January 2017.
Lands of America December 2016 Land News & Trends
December 2016 saw a total of 1,938 properties listed as sold though our Comparable Sales Program, representing a total of $591 million and 135,260 acres of sold rural land and real estate. Sellers added a total of 4,793 new land listings on Lands of America throughout the month
10 Biggest Land & Ranches for Sale in 2016
Throughout the year, we’ve profiled everything from a turnkey vineyard in southern California’s Paso Robles region to the auctioning of Joe Cocker’s Colorado ranch to the sale of John and Jackie Kennedy’s former Virginia farm. Below is a roundup of the five biggest and five most expensive ranches and land listed for sale in 2016 that are currently on the market.
Biggest Land Sales of 2016
The Lands of America Comparable Sales database currently tracks sales information for over 215,000 sales transactions dating back to 2003. This year saw sellers submit sales data for over 25,000 sold properties to our database, totaling some $7 billion in rural land and real-estate sales activity for the year.
November 2016 Land News & Trends
November 2016 saw a total of over 1,300 properties listed as sold though our Comparable Sales Program. New additions included a stunning $39 NoCal ranch in Napa wine country plus a sprawling New Mexico ranch that’s been in the same family for almost 100 years.
No Land. No Water
The statewide rains in August ensured that Texas, with 75.25 inches, had just enjoyed the wettest 24-month consecutive period in its history. While the life-giving moisture was needed and welcomed, it muddied the memory of 2011, when Texas, with an average of 14.18 inches, struggled to survive its driest year ever.
Third Quarter Prices Rise: A Look at the Q3 2016 Land Market in Texas
By the end of the third quarter, Texas land markets had shaken off the drag inspired by low oil prices and challenging returns to agriculture to post a 4.6 percent increase over 2015 prices. At $2,554 per acre, 2016 markets saw prices reach historically high levels statewide. That third quarter increase indicated market trends moved […]
