Sell vacant land in North Knoxville, Tennessee

Parcels we buy around North Knoxville

Acreage, shape and road frontage differ parcel by parcel near North Knoxville, so we work from your deed description and the Knox County Property Assessor, 400 Main St, Suite 204, Knoxville parcel record instead of a rule of thumb about lot sizes.

We buy vacant lots, wooded tracts, pasture and inherited ground in and around North Knoxville. For each parcel we confirm the specifics rather than assume them: how it is reached from Broadway (US-441) or Central Street, whether that access is recorded, what the electric and water providers say is available at the parcel, and what Knox County shows for taxes and classification.

We buy along Broadway (US-441), Central Street, Interstate 640 and through the ground behind Old North Knoxville and Fourth and Gill, in ZIP codes 37917, 37918.

Access, road frontage, and utilities

Legal access is the first thing we check, because a parcel you cannot lawfully reach is worth a fraction of an identical parcel with frontage. A shared gravel drive used for decades is not the same as a recorded easement, and we read the deed rather than assuming. Frontage, shape, and depth then set what can be done with the remainder.

Utilities are the second question: whether electric is already at the road, how far the nearest public water line runs, and whether the parcel is inside a utility district's service area at all. We verify each of those with the provider for your specific parcel instead of guessing from a map, and an unfavourable answer does not automatically rule out an offer.

Slope, soils, perc, and clearing

Outside sewer service, a homesite generally needs soil that will accept a septic field, so a failed perc test can put a parcel out of reach for many retail buyers. Slope works the same way from a different direction: ground steep enough to need a switchback driveway can cost more to reach than a builder is willing to pay. Septic suitability is determined by the state and county for your specific parcel, not by a general rule.

Heavy timber, briar, and old fence line mean a clearing bill for anyone who buys to build. None of that is a disqualifier for us. Soil suitability and any environmental overlay are confirmed with the county and the state for your parcel, never assumed from the listing.

Holding costs and Knox County taxes

Vacant ground produces no income and still bills you every year. The Knox County rate is $1.5540 per $100 of assessed value for 2025 in the Tennessee Comptroller's published rate table, with Tennessee assessing at 25% of appraised value — roughly $194 a year on a $50,000 appraisal, before any city levy, mowing, or liability insurance.

Parcel and appraisal records come from the Knox County Property Assessor, 400 Main St, Suite 204, Knoxville; payment status and delinquency payoffs come from the Knox County Trustee, 400 Main St, Suite 245, Knoxville. If the parcel is in greenbelt, a change in classification can trigger rollback taxes; the amount depends on the parcel's history and is calculated by the county and the closing attorney before closing rather than estimated here.

Cash now, or monthly payments

Some owners want the parcel gone and the check cleared. Others would rather turn two decades of tax notices into a monthly deposit — how our payment offers work. We price both, in writing, and you choose.

North Knoxville is not listed with its own municipal property tax rate in the Tennessee Comptroller's published 2025 rate table. Whether a parcel here carries a city rate on top of the Knox County rate of $1.5540 per $100 of assessed value depends on whether it sits inside an incorporated city's limits, which the Knox County Trustee, 400 Main St, Suite 245, Knoxville can confirm for your parcel.

Local reference points around the parcels we buy here: Old North Knoxville historic district, Happy Holler, Whittle Springs Golf Course. Nearby markets we also buy land in: Fountain City, Inskip, East Knoxville, Lonsdale.

Where we buy land in North Knoxville

County

Knox County (seat: Knoxville)

ZIP codes

37917, 37918

Roads and corridors

Broadway (US-441), Central Street, Interstate 640, Woodland Avenue, Cedar Lane

Areas we buy around

Old North Knoxville, Fourth and Gill, Oakwood-Lincoln Park, Edgewood Park, Whittle Springs

Landmarks

Old North Knoxville historic district, Happy Holler, Whittle Springs Golf Course, Knoxville Botanical Garden

Why North Knoxville landowners reach out

• Vacant land you no longer wantUnused land can continue creating taxes and maintenance costs even when you have no plans for it. See the options available for selling a vacant parcel.
• Inherited landInherited land may involve multiple heirs and unfinished estate or title work. Review the documents and ownership questions that can affect a sale.
• Stop paying taxes on unused landAn unwanted parcel can keep generating tax bills while it remains in your name. Learn what to check before selling land you no longer plan to keep.
• Lot you never built onPlans for a lot can change while taxes, association fees, or maintenance continue. Review the parcel information that matters when you are ready to sell.