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New Mexico in 2006

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

In 2006 the FHFA house price index for New Mexico changed +13.1%, against +6.6% for the United States and +12.3% in 2005.

13,573 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (12,294 single-family), −4.3% on 2005; the national total was 1,838,903.

+13.1%New Mexico index, 2005–2006US +6.6%
13,573housing units permitted in 200612,294 single-family
26 of 27counties with a rising indexmedian county +11.6%
1,838,903units permitted nationally in 2006
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Counties in 2006

Ranked by the county index change from 2005 to 2006 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2006; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2006Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Grant County+17.2%000.0
Sandoval County+16.0%1,9381,93512.1
Cibola County+15.5%000.0
Bernalillo County+15.3%4,5903,8336.9
Quay County+15.1%000.0
Torrance County+13.4%000.0
Socorro County+13.2%49253.1
Colfax County+13.0%83406.8
Chaves County+12.9%66661.0
Eddy County+12.7%96961.5
Valencia County+12.6%2942943.6
Lea County+12.3%68580.9
Sierra County+12.3%220.2
Doña Ana County+11.6%2,3852,07010.4
Luna County+11.4%1201184.7
San Juan County+10.8%4434353.7
Santa Fe County+10.5%4174172.7
Taos County+9.7%3182629.2
Lincoln County+9.5%20519610.3
McKinley County+9.0%38380.6
Otero County+9.0%2252003.2
Roosevelt County+7.7%65383.5
Rio Arriba County+7.3%13130.3
Curry County+6.2%2492495.3
Los Alamos County+1.8%44442.3
San Miguel County+1.3%000.0
Union County−1.1%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.