Construction and Housing

New home permits

In the first 6 months of 2023, there were 266 new single-family residential home permits issued throughout Cochise County, up 20.4% from the first half of 2022. Annually, in 2022, there were 508 new home permits issued countywide, up 20.4% from 422 the year prior (according to recently revised data). New home permits in 2022 were the highest since 2006. The year 2022 was the seventh consecutive year of growth in annual new home permits, coming off a low of just 139 back in 2015 (the lowest since 1991).
The average SFR permit value countywide in 2022 was $154,063, up 15.3% from 2021. In the first 6 months of 2023, the average permitted value increased to $161,553, up 4.9% from all of 2022.

For the most recent monthly new home permit data for Cochise County, click here.

See spreadsheets, below, for annual Cochise County, city, and town building permits data (number of permits by single- and multi-family units and total/average permit value).

New Residential Construction (building permits) (1990-current) (pdf)

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New Residential Construction (building permits) (1990-current) (xlsx)

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Housing market

In March 2023, the median price of homes sold in Cochise County was $272,000, according to National Association of Realtors. That was up 4.6% from March 2022. The median days on market in March was 84, up from 47 in March 2022. As of April 2023, there were 1,634 homes listed for sale in Cochise County, up slightly from 1,627 in October 2022. (Data in this section updated twice annually; for the most recent monthly data, visit Cochise County, AZ Real Estate Market)

Median price for homes sold in Cochise County municipalities in March 2023 (compared to March 2022) were: