2016 Coconino County Arizona Tax Lien Auction Results

[Jerry K.]

The 2016 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 and number of liens sold was flat this year for Coconino compared to 2015.

I eliminated the "Struck to County" liens which are the liens nobody bid on and are now held by the county. There were 1,227 liens that were struck to the county. A total of $1,303,047.86 in liens not sold.

Number of liens sold to investors:

2016 - 766

2015 - 767
2014 - 1,062
2013 - 1,220

Total dollar of liens sold:

2016 - $789,139.40
2015 - $752,379.78
2014 - $1,359,566.57
2013 - $1,868,433.33

Average rate of return overall:

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:

2016 - 54
2015 - 68
2014 - 69
2013 - 106

Total Number of bids for all liens:

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:

2016 - 4% 867 bids

2015 - 5% 551 bids
2014 - 7% 1,162 bids
2013 - 7% 18,001,058 bids

Most bids per lien/parcel:

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):