Portales and Roosevelt County Real Estate:
Housing and Residential

Housing in Portales is highly affordable and is therefore maintaining or even increasing in value in 2009. Homes in Portales range from $70 per square foot for older properties requiring light renovation to $110 per square foot for new custom homes and luxury subdivision development.  Much of the real estate available in Portales is pictured on the following web sites, but great deals can still be found by driving around and by contacting some of the smaller "mom and pop" brokers and " for sale by owner" sellers who often do not list their properties on the Multiple Listing Service. Outstanding deals on homes with land can be found throughout the surrounding area (Zip Code 88130 and 88123). 

Nearby rural communities such as Dora, located 14 miles south of Portales, and Elida, home to San Juan Mesa Wind Farm offer top-noch public schools, good quality homes, affordable horse properties, and pristine rural living opportunities with a very high degree of public safety and community spirit. Wind companies are targeting Roosevelt County ands one of America's great renewable power generating centers, where cattle will still graze under wind towers.