2017 Coconino County Arizona Tax Lien Auction Results
The 2017 online tax lien auction for Coconino county in northern AZ ended last week and here are some unofficial results. Results can change if investors do not make their final payments for their lien purchases.
Dollar amount was about 30% higher than the last two years. However the total number of liens sold to investors was down almost 18% this year for Coconino compared to the last two years. The largest number of investors won liens this year since the 2013 auction.
I eliminated the "Struck to County" liens which are the liens nobody bid on and are now held by the county. There were 1,853 liens that were struck to the county. A total of $1,687,241.99 in liens not sold.
Number of liens sold to investors:
2017 - 630
2016 – 766
2015 - 767
2014 - 1,062
2013 - 1,220
Total dollar of liens sold:
2017 - $1,023,450.05
2016 - $789,139.40
2015 - $752,379.78
2014 - $1,359,566.57
2013 - $1,868,433.33
Average rate of return overall:
2017 – 5.91% (12.19% if you include the Struck to County which all get 16%)
2016 - 4.71% (11.74% if you include the Struck to County which all get 16%)
2015 - 6.52% (12.58% if you include the Struck to County which all get 16%)
2014 - 6.58%
2013 - 6.83%
Number of Investors who won liens:
2017 - 84
2016 - 54
2015 - 68
2014 - 69
2013 - 106
Total Number of bids for all liens:
2017 – 3,601
2016 - 3,348
2015 - 4,311
2014 - 6,254
2013 - 54,255,0890
You bid down the interest rate in 1% increments from 16% down to 0%.
Rate Percent that had the most number of bids overall:
2017 – 5% 688 bids
2016 - 4% 867 bids
2015 - 5% 551 bids
2014 - 7% 1,162 bids
2013 - 7% 18,001,058 bids
Most bids per lien/parcel:
2017 – One lien had 25 bids
2016 - One lien had 21 bids
2015 - One lien had 35 bids
2014 - One lien had 38 bids
2013 - Two liens each had 482,840 bids
Results by Property Type minus the Struck to County (click on image to make larger):