Prescott continues to be a great place to build a custom home, and one reason is that the community has taken growth, safety, infrastructure, and building quality seriously. The second quarter of 2026 illustrates something important about the construction market: slower demand doesn’t automatically mean lower building costs. We’re seeing a relatively steady custom-home market Read more…

Quarter three 2025 would best be described as “pretty flat” for custom homes in Prescott. Activity slowed, which matches the time of year, and uncertainty kept some buyers on the sidelines. Interest rates have come down from their highs, and affordability is slowly improving, yet many clients continued watching the market instead of starting a Read more…

The Prescott custom home market continued to be strong in the second quarter of 2023, with demand outpacing supply. The average sales price for a custom home in Prescott was $600,000, up from $550,000 in the same quarter last year. The average build time for a custom home in Prescott is 12-18 months. Residential Construction Read more…

The residential housing market has experienced drastic changes over the course of 2022. With sky-high prices at the beginning of the year to decrease and a general stabilization towards the end of the year, custom home builders have seen it all.  Luckily, the last quarter of 2022 and outlooks for 2023 paint a more positive Read more…

While the share of homebuyers looking for a new home versus an existing home declined to a pre-pandemic level of 19%, there is still enough pressure in the residential construction market to keep prices moving higher. New home starts are up and total spending on residential construction increased by 1.1% (NAHB). While we think the Read more…

At RES Contracting, we get regular inquiries into the costs per square foot to build a custom home in Prescott. Many would-be homeowners look to find the right time to invest their money into the custom home of their dreams. So, we’ve put together some data for you all to help in making that decision. Read more…