Tangipahoa Parish · Louisiana
We buy land all over Tangipahoa Parish: around Hammond and Ponchatoula, up through Amite, and on to Kentwood and the Mississippi line. We buy directly from owners, with no listing, no commission, and the title work handled.
Driftless Land Co. buys land in Tangipahoa Parish directly from owners. That includes lots, acreage, young timber, and ground that's partly wet. We've bought here from the pine country east of Kentwood down to the LA-22 corridor east of Ponchatoula. We're based in Mandeville, about thirty-five minutes from Hammond. Harry Asnien, our principal, builds every offer from real Tangipahoa sales and walks you through them. The title work is handled for you, you get cash at closing, and there are no fees, no commission and no pressure to decide quickly.
Bought in Tangipahoa Parish
The pine plantation was only about seven years old, too young to sell as timber, and part of the tract lay in a mapped flood zone. We bought the whole tract as it stood, so the owner didn't have to wait years for the trees to grow.
The lot had public water at the road and sat outside the flood zone. The title search turned up an old lien still on record. It was cleared as part of the closing, and the sale went through.
The owner lived out of state. The parcel sits in an AE flood zone with a parish drainage lateral running through it, so only part of it is high enough to build on. We bought it as it was.
Roughly an acre and a half at the road was dry. The rest sat in an AE flood zone. We told the owner exactly that, priced it for what it was, and closed.
Details are kept general on purpose — we don’t publish sellers’ names, parcel numbers, or prices. Ask and we’ll walk you through what’s comparable to yours.
What moves the price
What we look at on every parcel in the parish before we make an offer. Sources for any figures are listed below.
Per-acre ranges: Redfin sold-land records for Tangipahoa Parish, vacant land sold October 2024 – October 2026, middle half of sales (25th–75th percentile), parcels under one acre excluded, pulled October 30, 2026. These numbers come from publicly available sales data. Off-market transactions often trade at different price ranges. Flood history: National Weather Service, August 2016 flood summary. Population: 2010 and 2020 U.S. Census. Everything else comes from Driftless Land Co. closings and parcel evaluations in Tangipahoa Parish. Last updated October 2026.
Selling here, specifically
A lot of Tangipahoa land is still in a late parent's or grandparent's name. A Louisiana succession, not "probate," has to bring the title up to date before a sale. Here, successions go through the 21st Judicial District Court, and the records are kept at the Clerk of Court in Amite. When we're the buyer, a Louisiana succession attorney handles it at no cost to you.
Outside the towns, parish rules treat a family partition as a minor subdivision. A piece given to a family member generally can't be divided again for 10 years unless the Parish Council grants a variance. If that's how you got your land, check before you plan to split it. We can buy it whole.
Plenty of vacant parcels here have no driveway across the roadside ditch. Putting a culvert in a parish ditch takes a parish permit, you need a 911 address before you can get one, and the landowner buys the pipe. When you sell to us, we take the parcel as it is.
Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite and the other towns set their own zoning. Loranger, Robert, Natalbany and the open country fall under parish rules. Water comes from a patchwork of city systems, the Tangipahoa Water District and smaller waterworks districts. What's actually at your road varies parcel to parcel, so we check it before we make an offer.
Track record
I just purchased a piece of property from Mr. Harry. He was very professional during the negotiation process and made the closing so easy and quick. I witnessed honesty and integrity first hand!
Town by town
AmiteAmite is the parish seat, where Tangipahoa's land records and successions are kept. We buy acreage around Amite directly from owners, from pasture and pine to river-bottom ground.
HammondLand around Hammond is either inside the city, under the city's development code, or just past the city limits, where parish rules apply. We buy both, directly from owners, with no listing and no commission.
IndependenceStrawberry rows, old family farms, and wooded bottoms toward the Natalbany and Tangipahoa Rivers. We buy land around Independence directly from owners, including farms that have sat idle for years.
KentwoodKentwood grew up on lumber and then on dairying, and the land around it shows both. We buy planted pine, old pasture and farm tracts near the Mississippi line, directly from owners.
LorangerLoranger has no town government, so parish rules govern its land. We buy lots and acreage around Loranger directly from owners, with no listing, no commission, and the title work handled.
PonchatoulaAround Ponchatoula, the land runs from homesite ground along LA-22 down to the low country toward the Manchac swamp. We buy it directly from owners, high ground and low.Nearby & useful
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Driftless Land Co. is led by Harry Asnien — 12 years in land, based in Mandeville, Louisiana. Straight answers, organized paperwork, and no pressure. If selling isn’t your best move, he’ll tell you — and use his experience to point you toward what is.
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