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New Mexico in 1999

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 1999 the FHFA house price index for New Mexico changed +1.1%, against +4.3% for the United States and +1.3% in 1998.

9,716 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (8,595 single-family), −5.8% on 1998; the national total was 1,663,533.

+1.1%New Mexico index, 1998–1999US +4.3%
9,716housing units permitted in 19998,595 single-family
20 of 25counties with a rising indexmedian county +1.6%
1,663,533units permitted nationally in 1999
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Counties in 1999

Ranked by the county index change from 1998 to 1999 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 1999; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 1999Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Los Alamos County+13.3%138437.1
Colfax County+9.1%000.0
Torrance County+6.0%000.0
Luna County+4.8%40401.6
McKinley County+4.5%63430.9
Lincoln County+3.6%1491497.5
Rio Arriba County+3.5%13130.3
Cibola County+3.0%000.0
San Juan County+2.7%1761701.5
Taos County+2.6%66661.9
Santa Fe County+2.4%7813785.0
Roosevelt County+2.2%22221.2
Curry County+1.6%37370.8
Valencia County+1.6%4214215.1
Doña Ana County+1.4%9207564.0
Eddy County+1.2%58580.9
Grant County+1.2%000.0
Chaves County+1.0%36340.6
Otero County+0.8%100981.4
Socorro County+0.6%45202.8
Bernalillo County0.0%4,4414,0576.7
Sandoval County−0.7%4494492.8
San Miguel County−1.3%000.0
Lea County−1.8%110.0
Sierra County−4.7%000.0
Quay County—000.0
Union County—000.0

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in New Mexico by year05,00010,00015,0001995: 11,009 units (8,619 single-family, 2,390 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 10,180 units (8,842 single-family, 1,338 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 10,265 units (8,182 single-family, 2,083 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 10,312 units (9,217 single-family, 1,095 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 9,716 units (8,595 single-family, 1,121 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 8,869 units (8,190 single-family, 679 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 9,989 units (8,950 single-family, 1,039 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 12,066 units (10,361 single-family, 1,705 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 13,759 units (11,865 single-family, 1,894 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 12,555 units (11,674 single-family, 881 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 14,180 units (13,417 single-family, 763 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 13,573 units (12,294 single-family, 1,279 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 9,206 units (8,234 single-family, 972 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 6,070 units (5,224 single-family, 846 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 4,642 units (4,140 single-family, 502 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 4,533 units (4,006 single-family, 527 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 4,067 units (3,399 single-family, 668 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 4,672 units (3,220 single-family, 1,452 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 5,161 units (3,568 single-family, 1,593 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 4,799 units (4,055 single-family, 744 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 4,599 units (3,925 single-family, 674 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 4,863 units (3,816 single-family, 1,047 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 4,741 units (4,114 single-family, 627 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 4,813 units (4,394 single-family, 419 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 5,020 units (4,285 single-family, 735 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 5,219 units (4,418 single-family, 801 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 7,753 units (5,465 single-family, 2,288 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 8,633 units (7,155 single-family, 1,478 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 8,511 units (6,835 single-family, 1,676 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 7,572 units (6,488 single-family, 1,084 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 7,747 units (6,296 single-family, 1,451 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in New Mexico by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.