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New Mexico new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

New Mexico's residential permit volume is roughly flat (2%) quarter-on-quarter — a stable market with steady underlying demand. Operators should focus on builder-relationship depth rather than market-expansion bets in this state for the next quarter.

Top movers this quarter

The New Mexico counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. New Mexico Balance of State County: 538 permits this quarter (-112 vs 650 prior quarter).
2. Sandoval County: 232 permits this quarter (+91 vs 141 prior quarter).
3. Bernalillo County: 189 permits this quarter (+27 vs 162 prior quarter).
4. Dona Ana County: 207 permits this quarter (+16 vs 191 prior quarter).
5. Eddy County: 51 permits this quarter (+5 vs 46 prior quarter).
6. Valencia County: 60 permits this quarter (+4 vs 56 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

Licensed home builders in New Mexico ranked by Q1 2026 permit count. Click any name for the builder's full profile, permit history, and county footprint.

Per-permit builder attribution for New Mexico is limited this quarter. Per-permit feeds outside Florida are added quarterly — New Mexico will deepen as we add county portals.

What this means for trade operators

If you're an LBM operator, roofing contractor, HVAC company, plumber, concrete crew, or any trade serving New Mexico's new single-family construction market, this quarter's data points to a few practical actions:

• If you're not actively quoting the top 6 builders listed above, that's the call list for this week.
• If your service area covers any of the top-mover counties, you have leverage right now — builders there are scaling and looking for capacity.
• If you're considering expansion into New Mexico, the New Mexico dashboard has all counties scored against the trade you select. Drive-time analysis from your existing yard tells you which counties are reachable today.

This report is automatically refreshed every quarter from Census Bureau Building Permits Survey data plus county public records. The methodology is documented in our Census BPS data explainer.