1700 Adobe in Socorro with Updated Systems and Extra Lot — $140,000

If the year built is accurate, you are looking at one of the oldest standing homes in the country. 1700. That number stops you. Socorro was a Spanish colonial settlement, and this adobe has been here through all of it. Whether the documentation holds up to scrutiny is worth asking about before you close, but the listing says 1700 and that alone makes the property worth a closer look.

It is 1,184 square feet, three bedrooms, two baths. The rooms are not large. Adobe homes from this period were built around survival and efficiency, not square footage, and the layout reflects that. What you get is thick walls that hold temperature well, which matters in a high desert climate where summers are hot and winters are cold.

The systems have been brought forward. HVAC was replaced in 2019, and dual water heaters were added in 2026. Those are two of the bigger line items on any older home, and they are current. New cabinets and carpet are in as well. The agent copy calls it move-in ready, and from a mechanical standpoint, the argument holds.

There is an additional lot across the street that can be purchased with the property. The listing does not give dimensions or a price for that parcel, so you would need to ask. It could matter a lot or very little depending on what you want to do with it.

Socorro is a small New Mexico city with a state university and a high desert landscape that people either love or find remote. At $140,000, the price is consistent with the area and the size. What you are paying for here is not square footage. It is the age, the construction method, and whatever it means to own something built in 1700 that is still standing and still being lived in.

If the year checks out, there is almost nothing else like this on the market anywhere.