How to Sell Your Texas Land for Cash in 2026

Selling land for cash in Texas can feel slow—especially when you’re dealing with raw land, inherited property, or a lot that isn’t ready to build on. In many cases, the challenge isn’t whether there’s demand—it’s how long it can take to find the right buyer, navigate due diligence, and get to closing. That’s why choosing the right selling method matters if speed and certainty are your priorities.

The Texas Land Market in 2025: What Sellers Should Know

Texas continues to attract relocations, investors, and long-term land buyers—but today’s market is more selective than the frenzied pace of prior years. Even so, pricing remains strong in many areas, and statewide trends show land is still trading at higher levels year-over-year.

In fact, rural land prices increased again in 2025. According to the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University, the statewide price per acre was up 5.87% year-over-year to $5,158 per acre in Q3 2025.

However, pricing strength doesn’t always mean faster sales. The same Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University report found that total acres sold declined 3.56% YoY, even as total dollar volume rose 2.1% YoY in Q3 2025—an important signal that fewer acres are changing hands while values stay elevated.

Deal activity also softened slightly. According to the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University, the number of sales fell 1.99% year-over-year in Q3 2025. For individual landowners, this can translate to longer marketing timelines and more negotiations before you reach a qualified buyer.

Looking specifically at larger rural tracts, the pricing story remains positive. The statewide median price per acre for large rural tracts reached $4,827, a 2.7% year-over-year increase, according to Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) via Ranch Real Estate.

That same market update shows mixed momentum in volume and transactions for large tracts: total acreage sold increased 6.7% YoY and total dollar volume increased 9.5% YoY, but the number of transactions decreased 10% YoY, per Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) via Ranch Real Estate. In other words, fewer deals may be happening, but the deals that do close can involve larger properties and higher dollar totals.

Zooming out to statewide trend forecasting, prices have continued climbing into late 2025. According to the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University, prices climbed 5.9% year-over-year through 3Q2025 statewide, and the four-quarter volume of acres sold is up 2% YoY through 3Q2025. That combination—higher prices and slightly higher longer-term volume—supports the idea that a real market exists, even if selling can still take time depending on location, access, utilities, and restrictions.

For sellers thinking ahead, there’s also a forward-looking pricing tailwind. TRERC’s baseline forecast predicts statewide nominal price per acre will rise about 2% over the next four quarters from Q3 2025, according to the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University.

Ways to Sell Your Land in Texas

You generally have three common paths when selling Texas land: list with an agent, sell it yourself (FSBO), or sell directly to a land-buying company for cash. The best fit depends on your priorities—price, speed, convenience, or certainty.

1) Sell With a Real Estate Agent

Working with a real estate agent can reduce your workload because the agent handles marketing, inquiries, showings, negotiations, and transaction coordination. This approach can be a good match if your land is easy to finance, has utilities and road access, and fits what retail buyers want.

The trade-off is cost and timing. Land listings can sit longer than homes because the buyer pool is smaller and due diligence is heavier (surveys, feasibility, access, zoning, restrictions, floodplain questions, and more). Agent commissions also reduce your net proceeds. Many land agents charge a percentage of the final sale price, and it can materially impact what you take home at closing.

2) FSBO (For Sale by Owner)

FSBO means you sell directly without an agent. You keep more control and avoid paying commission, but you take on the full workload: pricing research, photos, listing distribution, buyer calls, negotiating, paperwork, and coordinating title work.

FSBO can work well for owners who have time, strong documentation, and a property that buyers can clearly evaluate. But for raw land, the process often requires patience—especially when buyers request contingencies tied to perk tests, access verification, financing approvals, or feasibility studies.

3) Sell to a Land Company for Cash

If your top goal is speed and simplicity, selling to a land-buying company can be the most direct route. You typically avoid open-ended listing timelines, repeated showings, and prolonged negotiations. Instead, you request an offer, review terms, and move toward a closing date that fits your schedule.

The main trade-off is that a cash offer may come in below what you could get on the open market—because the buyer is taking on holding costs, resale risk, and the work required to remarket the property. For many sellers, that discount is worth it when the alternative is months (or longer) of uncertainty.

Sell Your Texas Land to Land Boss

If you want to sell your Texas land for cash, you can start here: request an offer from Land Boss. After you submit the property details, we can respond with a cash offer in as fast as 7 to 14 days.

We buy land across Texas and work with owners who want a straightforward sale—whether the land is inherited, vacant, behind on taxes, or simply no longer fits their plans. We service all major counties and cities in Texas, including:

• Abilene
• Allen
• Amarillo
• Arlington
• Atascocita
• Austin
• Baytown
• Beaumont
• Brownsville
• Bryan
• Carrollton
• College Station
• Comal
• Conroe
• Corpus Christi
• Dallas
• Denton
• Edinburg
• El Paso
• Fort Worth
• Frisco
• Garland
• Grand Prairie
• Houston
• Irving
• Killeen
• Laredo
• League City
• Lewisville
• Longview
• Lubbock
• McAllen
• McKinney
• Mesquite
• Midland
• Mission
• New Braunfels
• Odessa
• Pasadena
• Pearland
• Pharr
• Plano
• Richardson
• Round Rock
• San Angelo
• San Antonio
• Sugar Land
• The Woodlands
• Tyler
• Waco
• Wichita Falls

Selling land can be challenging, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. If you want a no-hassle process and a clear path to closing, get a fast cash offer for your Texas land today.