Land for sale in Palm Bay, Florida
Palm Bay, in Brevard County, has one of the largest stocks of unbuilt residential lots in Florida: it was platted for a population that never arrived all at once, leaving thousands of parcels with a street and no house.
What to check on a lot in Palm Bay
It is a market where the entry price is low and site preparation may not be. The southeast of the city has areas with a high water table, and there fill stops being a detail and becomes a budget line.
- The parcel's water table, which determines how much fill is needed and how many truckloads that is.
- Whether water and sewer run to the street: much of the city is still built on well and septic.
- Whether the access road is paved and maintained by the city.
- The parcel's flood zone on FEMA's official map — in Brevard it changes street by street.
The flood zone for a specific parcel is looked up on FEMA's official map. What that map says governs over any summary, including this one.
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