Your Northampton County land is worth what a buyer will pay for its location, size, access, and features. Start with recent sales of similar land to find a useful price range. Then check what each sale included. An asking price or a tax value alone won’t tell you what your land could sell for.
Start With Your Land Number and Acres
Find a recent tax bill or deed. Write down the land number, often called a parcel number, the acres, and the township or borough. If you own several pieces, list each number and decide which ones you want to sell together.
The Northampton County Assessment Office links to Northampton County Online for property records. That site provides tax-record information and a property search. It may ask you to review its use notice before you can search.
If you can’t find the record, call Assessment at 610-829-6155. Have the land number or a tax bill handy. Ask for help checking the recorded acres and any listed buildings. You can start asking about a sale even if some papers are missing.
Make a short note about how you reach the land, what’s on it, and what you plan to include. A field, a wooded tract, and a lot with a house need different comparisons.
Look for Completed Sales, Not Just Asking Prices
Ask a local land agent for recent sales that a buyer would compare with yours. Request the sale date, full price, acres, and land numbers. Ask whether the deal included a home, barn, or more than one piece of land.
A listing tells you what a seller asked. A completed sale tells you what a buyer paid. Keep the two in separate lists. Both can be useful, but they answer different questions.
Northampton County’s Recorder of Deeds keeps deeds and other recorded real-estate papers. Its records use a volume and page reference. Those numbers help you find the exact deed rather than rely on an address that may have changed.
For help finding a deed or getting a copy, call the Recorder at 610-829-6210. Ask about any copy charge. Share the deed reference with your agent or closing team if the sale’s included land is unclear.
A price shown beside one parcel may cover a larger deal. Check all the included pieces before using it. If you can’t tell what the buyer received, leave that sale out of your price range for now.
Choose Land That Competes With Yours
Pick a few checked sales with similar features. Start close to your land, then widen the search if there aren’t enough useful examples. Ask why each sale is a good match.
- Place and size: Compare similar acreage and nearby locations. A small lot near homes can sell differently from a large field or wooded tract.
- Road access: Note road frontage, the entrance, and any shared drive. If reaching the land means crossing someone else’s property, check the written right to do that.
- Ground and use: Compare open fields, woods, slopes, and wet areas. Ten acres on a map can differ from ten acres a buyer can easily reach and use.
- Water and power: List what’s actually connected. A utility line nearby is different from a working hookup on the land.
- What comes with it: Separate empty land from sales that include a house, barn, equipment, or other items.
If a buyer wants a homesite, don’t promise that the land can be built on just because a nearby lot has a house. Ask the township or borough about your exact land if that question affects the price. Share any answers or old approvals you already have.
Count each full sale once. Match the parcel numbers and deed reference if the same sale appears on several sites. Similar addresses alone don’t prove that two entries are the same deal.
Use a Simple Sheet to Build a Price Range
Use a notebook or spreadsheet with one row for each checked sale. Leave a blank where you still need an answer.
| Write down | What to check |
|---|---|
| Sale date and source | When it closed and where the price came from |
| Land numbers and deed reference | Every piece included in the full deal |
| Full price and acres | The total paid and total land sold |
| Buildings, access and services | What else the buyer received |
| Differences from your land | Why your price may be higher or lower |
Here’s a made-up example: a $120,000 sale of 20 acres is $6,000 an acre. That is $120,000 divided by 20. If two pieces totaling 20 acres sold together, use their combined size.
Another fictional deal sells a house and 5 acres for $300,000. Dividing by five gives $60,000 an acre, but that doesn’t make it an empty-land price. The house is part of what the buyer paid for.
These examples explain the math. They are not Northampton County sales or a local price estimate.
Use price per acre as one clue, then compare the full properties. Ask your agent to explain a range using the best matches. Don’t copy the highest asking price or multiply one sale’s rate by your acres and treat it as a sure value.
If you need a written value for a loved one’s estate or another formal purpose, ask about an appraisal. That’s a written opinion of value for a stated date and purpose. Our land-value guide has more examples.
Keep Tax Values, Tax Bills and Sale Prices Separate
The county Assessment Office maintains property values used for taxes. A tax value can help you check the land record. It isn’t a buyer’s offer or a promise of a sale price.
If your papers mention Clean & Green or Act 319, show them to the closing team. The Assessment Office’s page has the county’s program forms, including a conveyance form and rollback-tax instructions. Ask Assessment how your exact land and planned sale should be handled before signing.
You don’t need to figure out the program rules on your own. Ask what papers are needed and whether any amount could affect the money you keep. Don’t assume a special tax value stays the same after a sale.
For a tax balance, use the Revenue and Tax Claim Office’s payment page. At our review, it said the online payment portal was for current taxes only. It directs past-due questions to 610-829-6186.
Ask the closing team to check all tax balances for your exact land at the planned closing date. Share any county, township, borough, or school-tax bills you have. A current online payment screen may not show every amount that needs to be settled.
Compare What You Keep, Not Just the Offer Price
A price range helps you set an asking price. An offer shows what one buyer proposes to pay and the terms they want.
Ask who pays the agent fee and other sale costs. Find out what taxes, loan balance, or other amounts would come out of your payment. Get a written estimate of the money you would keep.
For a fictional example, a $120,000 offer minus $6,000 in agreed sale costs and $4,000 in unpaid balances leaves $110,000. A lower offer with fewer costs could leave you with more. Compare the full deal.
Read the deposit terms, the buyer’s checks, any right to cancel, and the target closing date. Ask what must happen before you get paid. An offer with more conditions can differ from one with fewer, even when the prices match.
You can list with a land agent, sell it yourself, or compare direct offers. If you’d like another option, tell Reelvest about your land. We’ll review the details and let you know if we can make an offer. You choose whether it fits.
For the steps after choosing a price, see the Northampton County seller guide.
Questions About Northampton County Land Value
What is the current price per acre in Northampton County?
There isn’t one price that fits every piece of land. Start with checked recent sales of similar land. This guide explains how to build a range; it doesn’t publish an unverified county average.
Where do I find my land number and acres?
Start with a tax bill or deed, then check Northampton County Online through the Assessment Office’s website. Call Assessment at 610-829-6155 if you need help with the record.
Can I use a listing price to value my land?
Use asking prices to see what buyers can choose today, but keep them separate from completed sales. An asking price doesn’t tell you what the seller received.
Where can I find a missing deed?
Call the Northampton County Recorder of Deeds at 610-829-6210. Its recorded papers have a volume and page reference. Ask about the right copy and any charge.
What if my papers say Clean & Green or Act 319?
Share the papers with your closing team and call Assessment at 610-829-6155. Ask how your exact land and planned sale should be handled, what forms are needed, and whether any amount could affect your payment.
Does the online tax payment page show past-due balances?
At our review, the county said its payment portal was for current taxes only. Call Revenue and Tax Claim at 610-829-6186 for past-due questions. Have the closing team check the balances for your land.
Local source links reviewed October 4, 2026.