Data through April 2026 · updated 24 Apr 2026
How much does it cost to build a house in Little Rock, AR? The usual new home job filed with Little Rock, AR is $280,000, from 1,290 priced permits (May 2023 through April 2026); the middle half of firms file between $232,300 and $605,000. 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 Little Rock, AR is $280,000, from 1,290 priced permits, May 2023 through April 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $232,300 and $605,000. 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.
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,290 priced permits across 206 firms, pooled into one. Half of Little Rock, AR new home permits were filed between $200,000 and $485,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $170,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $200,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $282,000 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $485,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $776,000 | 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: Pulaski County CAMA market values (Arkansas GIS Office parcel file), matched by street address.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $212,000 | $190,000 | 64 | 448 |
| Middle third | $212,000–$514,540 | $254,100 | 64 | 592 |
| Upper third | $524,708 and up | $641,000 | 65 | 236 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months on file (May 2025–Apr 2026). 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 | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Homes and Rentals Investments LLC | 96 | 84 | $175,000 | $164,750–$185,000 | 98.4% |
| H&D Homes LLC | 93 | 43 | $254,000 | $201,600–$307,000 | 99.2% |
| Ms Newcon LLC | 37 | 33 | $190,000 | $190,000 | — |
| H A Custom Homes, LLC | 47 | 26 | $505,000 | $417,500–$654,000 | 99.6% |
| Apex Professional Construction, LLC | 33 | 20 | $250,000 | $185,000–$315,000 | 100.0% |
| Platinum Construction, Inc | 18 | 18 | $275,000 | $180,000–$275,000 | — |
| Gscdev LLC | 35 | 15 | $254,100 | $198,800–$287,100 | 98.6% |
| Mike Orndorff Commercial Development | 21 | 11 | $170,000 | $136,500–$230,000 | 96.2% |
| Randy James Construction Inc | 41 | 10 | $350,000 | $300,000–$380,000 | 96.0% |
| Arkansas Home Designs | 11 | 10 | $587,925 | $577,950–$864,675 | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Little Rock, AR, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $170,000, the middle half between $200,000 and $485,000, and 1 in 10 over $776,000.
Little Rock, AR files the fewest new home permits in January (87 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (117). 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 Little Rock, AR →
Source: City of Little Rock Planning and Development permits on single-family, duplex and manufactured homes (the City's periodic permit download, the edition that runs to April 30, 2026). The window is May 2023 through April 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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Contractor Records, "Cost to Build a House in Little Rock, AR: what the permits say", https://contractorrecords.com/little-rock/newhome-cost, data through April 2026, from City of Little Rock building-permit records.Link to a table: The spread · By home value · Busiest firms.
Download the tables (CSV): Key figures · By home value.
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