If you have a Mediterranean-style home in Dallas, the odds are that it’s bound to be among the most expensive on the market. The design style comes along with an average cost of $915,180, according to a recent Five Star Painting report.
So, what’s the least expensive architectural design in the area? That would be bungalows, with an average price of $324,053.
While Mediterranean-style homes are the most valuable, mid-century style homes in Dallas are the fastest-selling architectural style, with an average time on the market of 31.19 days.
Five Star Painting, a residential and commercial painting service, analyzed 50 of America’s largest cities using Zillow’s listing. The data is measured by the average home price and the average number of days on Zillow, across the most popular architectural styles. The study was also collected by applying Zillow listing filters that included a home price cap of $1.5 million and single-family homes for sale to determine which were the most valuable and fastest selling.
Listed below are the most and least expensive architectural styles, average home prices, fastest-selling architectural style, and the average time on the market for a handful of key cities in Texas and across the nation.
- Most expensive architectural style: Mediterranean-style homes
- Average price: $915,180
- Least expensive architectural style: Bungalow-style homes
- Average price: $324,053
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Mid-century-style homes
- Average time on market: 31.19 days
- Most expensive architectural style: Spanish-style homes
- Average price: $945,505
- Least expensive architectural style: Craftsman-style homes
- Average price: $605,469
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Contemporary-style homes
- Average time on market: 22.84 days
- Most expensive architectural style: Mediterranean-style homes
- Average price: $851,188
- Least expensive architectural style: Cottage-style homes
- Average price: $365,938
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Mid-century-style homes
- Average time on market: 42.23 days
- Most expensive architectural style: Mediterranean-style homes
- Average price: $918,118
- Least expensive architectural style: Bungalow-style homes
- Average price: $357,450
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Bungalow-style homes
- Average time on market: 26.43 days
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- Most expensive architectural style: Tudor-style homes
- Average price: $1,014,487
- Least expensive architectural style: Ranch-style homes
- Average price: $374,598
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Bungalow-style homes
- Average time on market: 14.77 days
- Most expensive architectural style: Spanish-style homes
- Average price: $982,852
- Least expensive architectural style: Bungalow-style homes
- Average price: $841,000
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Mid-century-style homes
- Average time on market: 48.90 days
- Most expensive architectural style: Farmhouse-style homes
- Average price: $682,492
- Least expensive architectural style: Cottage-style homes
- Average price: $376,673
- Fastest-selling architectural style: Contemporary-style homes
- Average time on market: 28.92 days
Overall, Mediterranean-style homes were the most profitable in the country, with an average price of $884,745 nationwide.
Preeminent features of this style of architectural design showcase stucco exteriors; red tile roofs; large windows; with notable expansive outdoor spaces; courtyards; and terraces. The design inspiration naturally stems from the allure of traditional homes in Spain, Italy and Greece.
