Collier, Pinellas lead region in land prices

While residential land prices soar nationally, especially on the coasts, the counties on the west coast of Florida, by comparison, are rather affordable.

The discovery comes from landscaping analytics website Lawn Love, which recently published a national survey of residential land prices by county through analyzing Federal Housing Finance Agency and SmartAsset data. The average price nationwide of residential land grew by 6.8% in 2020, the report states, citing data from the National Association of Realtors. And in the housing boom in the region of the past 18 months, land for large-scale residential projects has become a hot commodity.