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Albuquerque

Housing permits · New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM building permits: new housing

1,563 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +21% on the year before, with $230M of construction value.

1,563
Housing units, last 12 months+21% vs. prior 12: $230M
Construction value: 65%
In 5+ unit buildings1,009 units: 2.8
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 562,540

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Rio Rancho971
Los Lunas village233
Bernalillo County Unincorporated Area149

Also see

Bernalillo County1,712
Albuquerque NM2,943
New Mexico7,944

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	39 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	39 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	149 units	120 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	11 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	86 units	70 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	245 units	190 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	113 units	64 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	71 units	33 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	308 units	240 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	58 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	87 units	55 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	83 units	47 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	49 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	65 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	270 units	223 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	44 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	472 units	414 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	94 units	49 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	83 units	42 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	75 units	8 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	113 units	70 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	178 units	143 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	78 units	36 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	554	554	$123M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	54	1,009	$107M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,417	888	$219M
2024	1,099	546	$137M
2023	1,099	512	$145M

Key facts

Albuquerque, NM permitted 1,563 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $229,916,739 in construction value.
That is +21% compared with the 12 months before (1,289 units).
554 were single-family homes and 1,009 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (54 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $222,572.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 78 units were permitted.
It ranked #2 of 29 permit-issuing places in New Mexico by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,417 units were permitted ($219M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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