La Grande Building Lots - Union County Bare Land Properties

There are land and building lots for sale in the communities throughout Union County.  Those communities in Union County include La Grande, Island City, Summerville, Imbler, Cove, Union, Elgin and North Powder.  These building lots for sale vary in size and offer opportunity for the buyer and the home builder.  You can find land and build lots for sale on this web site.

The majority of Union County’s rural residential zone area for small acreages is located in Cove. Cove is located at the Southeast corner of the Grande Ronde Valley. This area is located at the base of Mt Fanny and Cove resident’s properties lie on a gradual grade of about 2% slope. This area offers fantastic views of the Valley floor and the Mountains to the West and Mt Fanny. Small buildable parcels generally having a asking price of $60,000 to $200,000. The other areas of the county that have a rural residential zone area is located in outskirts of La Grande, Mt Glenn road area, Valley View road in Elgin and in the Medical Springs area.

There are a few sub-divisions that are available for lots or small acreages on the market. Most of the available lots in the cities of the county are built out. However there are a few of them that come on the market occasionally. The majority of the building lots for homes sites are located between the city of La Grande and Island City. There are a few other sub-divisions that are being planned in La Grande for the future sites. The small acreage sub-divisions is located in Cove.

Most of the larger vacant lands that qualify for a building site will have to be a parcel that is 160 acre parcel that is pre-dominantly agriculture. Parcels that are pre-dominantly Timber have a minimum requirement of 240 acres. Parcels that are pre-dominantly range land has a requirement of 320 acres. If a land owner owned property prior to 1985 can qualify for a lot of record application for a home that that is less than the county acreage requirements.

If you're interested in knowing about vacant land opportunities in Union County for investment, development or just plain good living, John J. Howard is the Realtor you need to contact.