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New Mexico in 2018

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

In 2018 the FHFA house price index for New Mexico changed +3.9%, against +5.7% for the United States and +3.3% in 2017.

4,813 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (4,394 single-family), +1.5% on 2017; the national total was 1,328,827.

+3.9%New Mexico index, 2017–2018US +5.7%
4,813housing units permitted in 20184,394 single-family
17 of 27counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.1%
1,328,827units permitted nationally in 2018
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Counties in 2018

Ranked by the county index change from 2017 to 2018 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2018; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2018Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Los Alamos County+8.7%1180.6
Santa Fe County+7.2%2732431.7
Union County+7.0%000.0
Eddy County+6.8%2841784.5
Rio Arriba County+6.8%000.0
Sandoval County+5.4%7816864.9
Taos County+5.3%1111113.2
Lincoln County+4.8%87874.4
Grant County+4.4%990.3
Doña Ana County+4.3%9658434.2
McKinley County+4.1%440.1
Valencia County+3.9%1211181.5
Bernalillo County+3.3%1,2841,2821.9
Chaves County+2.1%57570.9
Lea County+0.9%1661662.2
Otero County+0.1%000.0
Socorro County+0.1%220.1
Luna County−0.6%19190.7
San Juan County−0.6%71670.6
Colfax County−1.5%13131.1
Curry County−1.7%110562.4
Sierra County−2.7%000.0
San Miguel County−2.8%110.0
Roosevelt County−5.4%21211.1
Torrance County−6.3%000.0
Cibola County−6.4%000.0
Quay County−8.9%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.