Florida Q2 2025 Insights
Florida’s land market remained active in Q2 2025, showing strong performance across nearly all property types despite mixed economic signals. Timberland, farms and cropland, and citrus properties displayed prominent activity throughout the state, while transitional land continues to reflect the state’s evolving landscape of growth and agricultural shifts.
Timberland
The timberland market displayed some of the strongest price gains of any property type this quarter. While total acreage transacted dropped by 25% compared to Q1, values per acre increased by 14%. This surge is particularly noteworthy given the ongoing challenges facing timber markets nationally. Recreational demand and investor interest in rural holdings continue to support these higher valuations, even as mill closures, storm damage, and international regulations place pressure on timber prices and the forest industry. North Florida led the state in total timberland acres transacted, with an average price exceeding $3,900 per acre.
Farms and Cropland
Farmland activity softened during this reporting period compared to earlier in the year. The total volume of acreage transacted declined significantly from Q1, and average per-acre pricing fell by roughly 13% statewide.
Citrus
Citrus properties saw a notable uptick in sales volume during this reporting period, particularly in Central Florida. The total statewide volume of citrus acres transacted in Q2 was 153% more than in Q1, although the average price per acre declined by 9%.
Development Land
Transitional property maintained its position as a strong-performing category in Florida’s land market. Prices remained healthy in this data cycle, driven by the continued push of development outward from key metropolitan areas. Following this trend, Central Florida recorded the highest amount of acreage transacted for Q2. The impact of development (and prospective future development) has put upward pressure on land values of all types.
Overall Market Observations
The Q2 2025 Florida land market demonstrates that demand for agricultural, recreational, and transitional assets remains strong across the board. Despite varying regional conditions and commodity pressures, the data continues to highlight the enduring value of Florida land as both a productive and strategic investment.
All transaction data presented in this report is derived from several sources, including public records and independent entities. Each transaction is individually verified by the Saunders Research team within Atlas, Saunders Real Estate’s market intelligence platform. These reports are not intended to represent a complete record of all market activity due to delays in publicly available records, but aim to provide the most reliable and transparent representation of the verifiable data available at the time of publication.