How much does it cost to build a house in Colorado Springs? The usual new home job filed with Colorado Springs is $407,676, from 4,274 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $371,394 and $782,254. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual new home job filed with Colorado Springs is $407,676, from 4,274 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $371,394 and $782,254. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A new home permit here usually takes 190 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 4,274 priced permits across 122 firms, pooled into one. Half of Colorado Springs new home permits were filed between $312,000 and $610,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $225,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $312,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $412,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $610,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $813,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: El Paso County Assessor market values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $377,642 | $388,466 | 39 | 856 |
| Middle third | $377,642–$605,538 | $422,049 | 40 | 2,910 |
| Upper third | $608,318 and up | $712,327 | 40 | 462 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Properties Group, Inc. | 667 | 245 | $327,527 | $299,120–$391,813 |
| Vector Construction LLC | 161 | 161 | $171,626 | $171,119–$216,266 |
| Elite Properties of America, Inc. | 505 | 156 | $494,076 | $400,182–$780,446 |
| Challenger Building, LLC | 551 | 123 | $422,049 | $368,447–$511,985 |
| Melody Homes, Inc. | 169 | 106 | $325,033 | $321,016–$326,006 |
| Goodwin Knight, LLC | 154 | 105 | $202,739 | $195,299–$277,646 |
| Lennar Colorado, LLC | 202 | 93 | $389,805 | $346,296–$499,999 |
| Toll Bros., Inc. | 295 | 89 | $684,878 | $440,987–$794,447 |
| Weekley Homes LLC | 180 | 73 | $637,247 | $586,967–$744,672 |
| Ahvco, LLC | 161 | 70 | $291,726 | $290,158–$294,724 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Colorado Springs, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $225,000, the middle half between $312,000 and $610,000, and 1 in 10 over $813,000.
Colorado Springs files the fewest new home permits in November (72 against an average month of 100) and the most in May (157). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Colorado Springs →
Source: Pikes Peak Regional Building Department permits inside Colorado Springs city limits. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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