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Cost to Build a House in Scottsdale, AZ: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build a house in Scottsdale? The usual new home job filed with Scottsdale is $865,193, from 1,026 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $839,085 and $1,217,603. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$865,193usual filed value
$839,085–$1,217,603middle half of firms' usual jobs
1,026priced permits (96% of 1,067)
304firms on file
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build a house in Scottsdale?

The usual new home job filed with Scottsdale is $865,193, from 1,026 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $839,085 and $1,217,603. 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.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,026 priced permits across 297 firms, pooled into one. Half of Scottsdale new home permits were filed between $619,000 and $1,110,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$476,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$619,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$872,000the middle permit
75th$1,110,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$1,410,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

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: Maricopa County Assessor full cash values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $1,311,200$593,84498268
Middle third$1,311,200–$2,135,500$772,49598539
Upper third$2,157,100 and up$1,197,57399251

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

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; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
Toll Brothers18065$553,335$493,820–$872,55986.9%
K.Hovnanian Homes4747$547,260$474,131–$567,430—
Mark Hancock Development Corp5234$378,148$348,178–$817,10573.1%
American First Builders1513$1,264,281$999,383–$1,283,176—
Patterson Homes2012$1,501,758$1,340,414–$1,578,61580.4%
Five CS1212$395,794$347,464–$404,510—
Camelot Homes488$772,495$610,403–$960,76460.7%
TJH Arizona Homebuilders, LLC188$975,858$966,053–$1,228,61192.5%
Bordeaux Builders126$886,344$861,591–$946,6226 of 6
Sticks and Bricks Development55———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $553,335; the 278 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $1,050,367.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $2,157,100 and up) usually file $1,197,573, against $593,844 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 new home permits is filed under $476,000 and 1 in 10 over $1,410,000, 3 times as much.
  • 96.2% of the 1,067 permits carry a value; the 41 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 1,026 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Scottsdale, 1 in 10 new home filed values sit under $476,000, the middle half between $619,000 and $1,110,000, and 1 in 10 over $1,410,000.

  • $1,830,000Above $1,410,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Scottsdale.
  • $865,193Right at the usual $865,193: in the middle of the file.
  • $333,000Below $476,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule new home construction in Scottsdale

Scottsdale files the fewest new home permits in May (59 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (127). 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 Scottsdale →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Scottsdale building permits (the City's open-data permit file up to January 2026, and the City's SPUR permit system since), with the contractor named on each permit. 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.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Scottsdale →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a new home job in Scottsdale?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Scottsdale new home firms usually file between $839,085 and $1,217,603 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.5 times apart and both be normal for Scottsdale. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for new home jobs in Scottsdale?Half of permits were filed between $619,000 and $1,110,000; 8 in 10 between $476,000 and $1,410,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do home builders charge in Scottsdale?The usual new home job is filed at $865,193; the middle half of firms usually file between $839,085 and $1,217,603. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $553,335, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $865,193?$865,193 is the construction value contractors wrote on Scottsdale permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $1,197,573, the lower third $593,844. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Scottsdale building permits (the City's open-data permit file up to January 2026, and the City's SPUR permit system since), with the contractor named on each permit, read October 2026. How the records work in Scottsdale →

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