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Housing in Eagle Nest

A typical Eagle Nest home is worth roughly $301,000

Typical home value
$301K
NM $318K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,330
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$645
NM $1,731

What kind of housing town is Eagle Nest?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

85% of Eagle Nest households own their home

Half of Eagle Nest’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 16%

New Mexico: 70% own.

1983
typical home built · NM 1985
$645
median property tax bill · NM $1,731
47%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Eagle Nest

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$256,000
Typical Eagle Nest home $301K

That’s $45K short of a typical Eagle Nest home.

The typical home, each month
$1,750
Loan $1,490Tax $180Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,330 a month here, $420 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the New Mexico typical property tax (0.70% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,330

Renters already here pay a median of $894, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$990
1 bedroom$1,210
2 bedrooms$1,330
3 bedrooms$1,780
4 bedrooms$2,140
16%
of households rent · NM 30%
27
renter households
$894
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Colfax County, NM): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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