Live from every tracked land bank
The cheapest houses in America, updated daily
Government land banks sell foreclosed homes and vacant lots for less than a used car — from $1. None of it reaches Zillow. Every listing below is live inventory from an official source, refreshed nightly.
- 3,144
- under $1,000
- 18,577
- under $5,000
- 21,364
- under $10,000
- 26,128
- priced listings
Browse all on the mapInventory checked October 6, 2026
The cheapest house in every covered state
The lowest-priced structure each state's land banks are selling right now — tap a card for full details and the official listing.
Washington, D.C.
$183,000
5106 F Street SE #10
Washington, DC
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Massachusetts
$90,000
289 Lower Sandyhill Rd
Westfield, MA
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North Carolina
$31,000
2581 Carl Allred Rd
Franklinville, NC
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North Dakota
$40,000
2045 Appleton Ave
Crystal, ND
Structure
New Hampshire
$170,000
25 Murdough Rd
Stoddard, NH
Structure
South Carolina
$70,000
1334 Quail Dr
Hamer, SC
Structure
West Virginia
$37,500
505 Walker St
Nitro, WV
Structure
Cheap houses by state
Ohio13,368 under $10kMissouri2,116 under $10kTennessee1,715 under $10kArkansas1,629 under $10kMichigan947 under $10kNew York787 under $10kPennsylvania467 under $10kGeorgia151 under $10kKansas60 under $10kKentucky49 under $10kMinnesota27 under $10kIllinois16 under $10kTexas15 under $10kIndiana7 under $10kAlabama6 under $10kVirginia2 under $10kWisconsin2 under $10kAlaska0 under $10kArizona0 under $10kCalifornia0 under $10kColorado0 under $10kConnecticut0 under $10kWashington, D.C.0 under $10kDelaware0 under $10kFlorida0 under $10kHawaii0 under $10kIowa0 under $10kIdaho0 under $10kLouisiana0 under $10kMassachusetts0 under $10kMaryland0 under $10kMaine0 under $10kMississippi0 under $10kMontana0 under $10kNorth Carolina0 under $10kNorth Dakota0 under $10kNebraska0 under $10kNew Hampshire0 under $10kNew Jersey0 under $10kNew Mexico0 under $10kNevada0 under $10kOklahoma0 under $10kOregon0 under $10kPuerto Rico0 under $10kSouth Carolina0 under $10kSouth Dakota0 under $10kUtah0 under $10kVI0 under $10kVermont0 under $10kWashington0 under $10kWest Virginia0 under $10kWyoming0 under $10k
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The 100 cheapest land bank houses in America
Generated from tonight's data — real government-owned houses from $1, emailed to you with the weekly Top 10 deals. Not on Zillow.
Cheap-house questions, answered
- Are these cheap houses real listings?
- Yes — every listing comes from a government land bank's official published inventory and links straight to the source. LandBankSearch re-ingests every land bank nightly and removes sold parcels, so the prices here are current as of October 6, 2026.
- Why are these houses so cheap?
- Land banks are public agencies that resell tax-foreclosed and abandoned property. They aren't maximizing price — they're returning property to the tax roll — so houses often sell for the cost of back taxes and side lots go to neighbors for as little as $1. Most structures need renovation, and many programs require a rehab plan.
- What's the catch?
- Condition and process. Cheap structures usually need major rehab, some purchases require owner-occupancy or renovation commitments, and each land bank has its own application process instead of a normal closing. Every listing here links to the official page where the rules are spelled out.
- Can I get a mortgage on a $5,000 house?
- Rarely — most land bank purchases under ~$50k are cash or renovation-loan deals. Some buyers use 203(k)-style rehab loans, local credit unions, or hard-money lenders; a few land banks offer their own financing programs.
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