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Lancaster County land articles

Short educational overviews written for owners. None of these describe a particular property.

Selling Lancaster County Land: What Owners Need to Understand

Why land sales depend on access, zoning, sewage feasibility and recorded documents — not acreage alone.

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Selling a Lancaster County Farm

Farms combine residences, buildings, tillable ground, leases and program enrollments — each researched differently.

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What Is Clean and Green in Pennsylvania?

Use-value assessment for qualifying agricultural, agricultural-reserve and forest-reserve land — and why rollback taxes matter.

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How Farmland Preservation Works in Lancaster County

Development rights may be sold or donated through a recorded easement — while the owner keeps the land.

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Preserved Versus Unpreserved Land

Two similar farms can be treated very differently by buyers, lenders and municipalities once development rights are restricted.

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Clean and Green Versus Permanent Farmland Preservation

A tax-assessment program and a recorded restriction on development rights are not the same thing.

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Can Preserved Land Be Subdivided or Built Upon?

Only the recorded easement — read with the easement holder — can answer that question.

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How Preservation May Affect the Resale of Land

Preserved ground can hold strong value while limiting subdivision, construction and the buyer pool.

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Tillable, Pasture and Woodland: Why Land Type Matters

Different portions of a property serve different purposes and different buyers.

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How Much of Your Acreage Is Actually Buildable?

Buildable acreage cannot be determined from total acreage alone.

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Can You Build on a Landlocked Parcel in Pennsylvania?

Physical access and legal access are not the same thing.

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Floodplain Acreage: Is It Valuable and Can It Be Used?

Floodplain ground is often usable for some purposes and restricted for others.

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One Property, Several Types of Land Value

A single property can hold agricultural, residential, recreational and conservation interest at once.

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