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Housing in Magdalena

A typical Magdalena home is worth roughly $100,000

Typical home value
$100K
NM $318K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$654
NM $1,731

What kind of housing town is Magdalena?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Magdalena

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You could afford about
$258,000
Typical Magdalena home $100K

That covers a typical Magdalena home, with $158K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$580
Loan $490Tax $50Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $390 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Magdalena’s typical property tax (0.66% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

7 of Magdalena’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Magdalena’s homes were built before 1962.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

New Mexico: 70% own.

1962
typical home built · NM 1985
$654
median property tax bill · NM $1,731
0.66%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NM 0.70%
11%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Magdalena

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$890
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,570
7%
of households rent · NM 30%
47
renter households

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

On the market in Magdalena

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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