Three Bedrooms, A Fireplace, Two or More Baths: 2011 Cost, $272,900

The average new single-family home sold was built on a lot of 16,663 square feet. The average lot size for new homes sold inside metropolitan areas was 15,616 square feet. Outside metropolitan areas, it was 28,768 square feet.

56% of all single-family homes completed had a warm-air furnace installed as the primary type of heating system.

Of the completed single-family homes with warm-air furnaces, 88% used gas, 11% used electricity, and 1% used oil.

62% of all new single-family homes sold were financed by a conventional loan. The proportion was 58% in 2010 and 62% in 2009. The proportion that were financed by an FHA-insured loan was 20% in 2011, 25% in 2010, and 24% in 2009.

The average sales price of new single-family homes sold was $267,900. The average sales price was $272,900 in 2010, $270,900 in 2009 and $292,600 in 2008.

The average price per square foot for new single-family homes sold was $83.38. Regionally, the average price per square foot was $111.37 in the Northeast, $87.53 in the Midwest, $76.73 in the South, and $96.12 in the West.

Of the 138,000 multifamily units completed, 44% had one bathroom, 4% had 1½ bathrooms, and 53% had 2 or more bathrooms.

62% of multifamily units completed used electricity for heating fuel, while 37% used gas.

The average square footage of multifamily units completed and built for sale was 1,408.

12% of multifamily units completed were age restricted. The proportion was 8% in 2010 and 9% in 2009.

9,000 multifamily buildings were completed. Of these, 18% were 2-unit buildings and 13% were 3 to 4-unit buildings.

89% of multifamily buildings completed had 1 to 3 floors and 11% had 4 or more floors.

*As a promotion for the film (noted by the Wikipedia entry), the studio built 73 "dream houses" in various locations in the United States, selling some of them by raffle. Over 60 of the houses were equipped by General Electric, including the ones in the following cities:

Phoenix, AZ; Little Rock, AR; Bakersfield, CA; Fresno, CA; Oakland, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; Bridgeport, CT; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; South Bend, IN; Terre Haute, IN; Des Moines, IA; Louisville, KY; Baltimore, MD; Worcester, MA; Detroit, MI; Grand Rapids, MI; St. Paul, MN; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Omaha, NE; Tenafly, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Albany, NY; Buffalo, NY; Rochester, NY; Syracuse, NY; Tarrytown, NY; Utica, NY; Greensboro, NC; Rocky Mount, NC; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Toledo, OH; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Providence, RI; Chattanooga, TN; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN; Amarillo, TX; Austin, TX; Austin, TX; Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; and Spokane, WA.

Thousands lined up in front of the house in Ottawa Hills, Ohio paying admission to view the house at its opening.

In Phoenix, Arizona, the dream house was a ranch house built by P.W. Womack Construction Company in a central city development called BelAir (now part of Encanto Village).

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