The dream of owning land is as deeply embedded in the American psyche as apple pie and baseball. Since the 1800s, when the Homestead Act made it possible to stake a claim to 160 acres of raw frontier, ...

You may be able to use a home equity loan to secure a loan to buy — and potentially improve — a plot of land. A home equity ...

Buying a big tract of undeveloped land is an option open to the wealthiest investors. People with a more modest stake can earn a reasonable return by investing in land that is already realizing its ...