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New Mexico in 2019

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

In 2019 the FHFA house price index for New Mexico changed +4.9%, against +4.2% for the United States and +3.9% in 2018.

5,020 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (4,285 single-family), +4.3% on 2018; the national total was 1,386,048.

+4.9%New Mexico index, 2018–2019US +4.2%
5,020housing units permitted in 20194,285 single-family
26 of 26counties with a rising indexmedian county +4.5%
1,386,048units permitted nationally in 2019
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Counties in 2019

Ranked by the county index change from 2018 to 2019 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2019; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2019Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Luna County+14.2%880.3
Quay County+10.0%000.0
Eddy County+8.8%2652444.2
Santa Fe County+7.8%5893443.8
San Miguel County+7.0%110.0
Otero County+6.9%000.0
Sierra County+6.9%000.0
Los Alamos County+6.7%40402.1
Valencia County+6.4%75750.9
Lea County+6.3%1641642.2
Socorro County+5.8%000.0
Sandoval County+5.7%7656774.8
Bernalillo County+4.6%1,3081,1202.0
Doña Ana County+4.5%9788764.3
Lincoln County+4.2%64643.2
Chaves County+4.0%59550.9
Colfax County+3.7%000.0
Roosevelt County+3.2%22221.2
Rio Arriba County+2.8%000.0
Taos County+2.0%116903.4
McKinley County+1.8%220.0
Grant County+1.7%10100.4
Torrance County+1.6%000.0
Cibola County+1.0%000.0
San Juan County+1.0%89740.7
Curry County+0.4%100542.1
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.