Kern November 2026 re-offer — 58 parcels that did not sell in September, offered again at the same or a higher bid

What the screen says

Deep discount

Opens at a quarter of the county's assessed value or less.

Discount

Opens between a quarter and 60% of assessed value.

Near value

Opens between 60% and 100% of assessed value — little headroom.

Above assessed

Opens for MORE than the county's own total assessed value. You are paying a premium on day one, before costs.

Nominal assessment

The county's total assessed value here is under $1,000, which is not what the parcel is worth — it is a leftover from an old nominal-value transfer that Proposition 13 never re-based. Dividing a real opening bid by it produces a large number that means the assessment is tiny, not that the price is outrageous. There is no usable ratio here, so this parcel is not ranked against the others.

Offered before, didn't sell

This parcel was in the county's previous sale and did not sell, so the market has already seen it once and passed. A lower opening bid this time means the county is trying again.

Structure on record

The county's records show something built here: improvement value on the assessor's roll, or a year built on its parcel map. That can be the asset or it can be the liability — a derelict building is a demolition bill, and an occupied one is a possession problem.

No mapped road frontage

No road on OpenStreetMap comes within 30 m of this parcel's boundary. Land with no road to it needs a recorded easement across a neighbour's land, and without legal access a county can refuse a building permit. An easement does not show on any map, so search the Recorder's index or order a title report before you bid. The parcel page gives the nearest mapped road and its distance.

High fire hazard zone

CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zone map puts at least part of this parcel in its High class. New buildings in High zones generally have to meet the state's wildfire construction standards, and a seller has to disclose the zone. Get a fire insurance quote before you bid on land you plan to build on.

Burned in the last 10 years

CAL FIRE's fire-perimeter map shows a wildfire over at least part of this parcel in the last ten years. A burn can leave fire-killed trees that have to come down before anything is built, and loose soil on slopes for years after. If the county's record shows a building, check that it still stands. The parcel page names the fire.

Paper lot

Under a tenth of an acre with nothing built on it. Too small to build on under most zoning — the classic legacy-subdivision lot that costs money to own and cannot be developed or easily resold.

Very high fire hazard zone

CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zone map puts at least part of this parcel in its highest class. A new building here has to meet the state's wildfire construction standards (Chapter 7A of the Building Code), buildings need defensible space cleared up to 100 feet around them, and a seller has to disclose the zone. Get a fire insurance quote before you bid on land you plan to build on.

Private roads only

Every road OpenStreetMap shows within 30 m of this parcel is tagged private. Driving a private road to your own land takes a recorded easement or the owner's permission, so look for an easement in the Recorder's index or a title report before you bid. The tag is a mapper's note about the road, not a legal finding.