We buy timber, coastal-plain tracts, Upstate parcels and inherited land across South Carolina for cash. Every sale closes through a licensed South Carolina attorney and title company.
Reviewed June 2026 with 2025 USDA data
South Carolina farm real estate averaged $0 an acre in 2025 (USDA NASS), and the state carries an effective property tax rate of about 0.57 percent (Tax Foundation). Idle South Carolina land quietly costs money every year it sits, which is one reason many owners choose a direct cash sale over holding or listing.
| Average farm real estate value, 2025USDA NASS | $0 per acre |
|---|---|
| South Carolina rank by land value | 48 of 48 states |
| Effective property tax rateTax Foundation | 0.57 percent |
| Annual property tax per $100,000 of value | about $570 |
| Typical direct sale closing | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Commission with a direct cash buyer | none, versus about 6 percent on a listing |
South Carolina runs from the Blue Ridge foothills of the Upstate, through the sandhills of the Midlands, to the timber, farmland and marsh of the Lowcountry near the coast. The land, and the reasons people sell it, differ at every step.
A lot of it is inherited, and much of the Lowcountry is heirs' property with a tangled title nobody has resolved. We are used to that, and we buy the timber tracts, the rural acreage and the parcels that will not sell the usual way.
Four regions, four kinds of land. We buy across all of them.
Greenville, Spartanburg, Oconee and Anderson, foothill acreage near the state's growth corridors.
Aiken, Orangeburg, Sumter, Marlboro and Dillon, sandhills and inland farmland and timber.
Horry, Georgetown, Colleton, Berkeley and Williamsburg, coastal-plain timber and farmland, where heirs' property is especially common.
South Carolina handles closings and rural land tax in its own way. Here is what actually matters when you sell.
South Carolina closings run through a licensed attorney. Your sale closes through an SC closing attorney with a title company, and the deed is recorded properly.
A lot of Lowcountry land was passed down without clear title. We work with the heirs and the attorney to resolve the chain so it can sell.
Land in agricultural use is assessed at a lower rate than other property, and a change of use can adjust it. We factor your status in.
Whatever the land owes is settled through the closing, not out of your pocket.
An average is only a starting point. Your number comes from the parcel, not the state.
USDA puts South Carolina farm real estate near $4,740 an acre, 23 of the 48 states it tracks.
Across 46 counties, from $2,655 an acre in Lee County up to $12,103 in Greenville County.
County, access and acreage. We price your exact parcel from recent comparable sales near it. See the South Carolina price guide →
These counties have a page on the way. Wherever your land sits in South Carolina, it is very likely one we buy in too.
Send the parcel, even just a county or parcel number. We research it, send a written offer, and close through a licensed South Carolina attorney and title company.
Get my cash offer →The situations we see most from land owners in this state.
Sell a parcel from an estate, including heirs' property.
We clear them at closing, before a tax sale.
Sell your South Carolina land without traveling.
Real ranges by region and parcel type.
What South Carolina land owners ask us most, with the local detail that matters.
A licensed South Carolina closing attorney, working with a title company. South Carolina requires an attorney to oversee real estate closings, so the title is checked and the deed recorded properly. You are protected, not just us.
Often, yes, and it is common here. A great deal of South Carolina Lowcountry land, including Gullah Geechee family land, was passed down without a will across generations. We work with the heirs and the closing attorney to clear the title so it can sell.
Yes. Pine plantations and rural coastal-plain land make up a large share of what we buy in the state, with or without standing timber value.
Yes. You sign from home, and the licensed South Carolina closing attorney and title company handle the deed and recording in state.
South Carolina farm real estate averaged about $0 an acre in 2025, according to USDA NASS. Raw and recreational parcels usually trade below that average and cropland above it, so your acreage and land type set your real number.
South Carolina has an effective property tax rate of about 0.57 percent (Tax Foundation), so land valued at $100,000 runs roughly $570 a year in property tax. Vacant land earns nothing while you hold it, which is one reason many owners choose to sell.
Answer a few quick questions, add a photo or plat if you have one, and we come back with a written, no obligation cash offer, usually within one working day.
A few quick steps. Parcel, size, location, a photo if you have one, then where to send the offer.
