Lincoln County, NM: 11 findings, 4 at a watch level and 7 noted

11 findings #

1. watchLincoln County, NM's typical home value is -3.1% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • test: home.yoyPct = -3.1308775330927454 < 0

   arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level

2. watchLincoln County, NM's typical home value is -1.3% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical home value at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • test: home.momPct = -1.3109926121356776 <= -1
   • month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns

   arithmetic on the Zillow ZHVI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level

3. watchLincoln County, NM's years of wages of 7.3 ranks 299th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • test: yearsOfWages percentile = 90.26779882429784 >= 90
   • typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household

   position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level

4. watchLincoln County, NM's momentum index is -0.32, a watch level here: momentum index in the cooling band (the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • test: momentum = -0.3212858737169988 <= -0.25
   • momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)

   the cooling band of the momentum index computed here, score at or below -0.25; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level

5. noteLincoln County, NM's typical home value fell 1.3% from $339,590 in July 2026 to $335,138 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • -1.3% = (335137.5612963605 - 339589.5552776347) / 339589.5552776347 × 100
   • 335137.5612963605 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
   • 339589.5552776347 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07

6. notetypical asking rent (rent.latest) and typical asking rent (rent.momPct) for Lincoln County, NM could not be lined up against the previous published period this run, so no change is printed for them.

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   • not comparable this run: rent.latest, rent.momPct

   the two newest month columns in the published file are not the two this table carries

7. noteLincoln County, NM's momentum index of -0.32 ranks 33rd of 33 New Mexico counties, against a median of 0.20.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 33 New Mexico counties that published momentum
   • momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)

   position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

8. noteLincoln County, NM's momentum index of -0.32 ranks 3,084th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 0.23.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • 4 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published momentum
   • momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)

   position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

9. noteLincoln County, NM's typical home value of -3.1% ranks 2,846th of 3,063 US counties, against a median of +2.9%.

   Period 2026-08.
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   • 7 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3063 US counties that published home.yoyPct

   position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level

10. noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering Lincoln County, NM is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

11. noteThe next Zillow ZORI typical rent (monthly) covering Lincoln County, NM is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.

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    • window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern

    estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date

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