What makes a home mid-century modern?

Post-and-beam structure, low or flat roofs with deep eaves, walls of glass toward the view or the garden, open plans and honest materials: homes designed from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. In Bellevue the best examples came from Northwest architects such as Paul Hayden Kirk, Fred Bassetti, Roland Terry, Wendell Lovett and Ralph Anderson, and from tract builders who borrowed the vocabulary.

How are mid-century homes identified on this page?

Two ways: the listing agent marked the NWMLS architectural style Mid-Century Modern, or the listing description calls the home mid-century. A 1960 split-level with vinyl windows can carry the label; the detail page and the photos tell you whether the architecture survived.

What are the common problems in Bellevue mid-century homes?

Flat and low-slope roofs that have been patched rather than replaced, single-pane glass walls, radiant heat in the slab (expensive when it fails), original electrical panels, asbestos in flooring and ceiling texture, lead paint (pre-1978), and additions that fought the original plan. None is a deal-breaker; each is a number your inspector and agent put on the table before you write.

Do mid-century homes in Bellevue sell at a premium?

An intact, architect-designed mid-century home with its view sells to a small, motivated audience and usually above the neighborhood median; a compromised one sells as a 1960s house. The twelve-month closings here show the range in Bellevue.

How should I sell a mid-century home in Bellevue?

Photograph the architecture, name the architect or builder when records support it, present the original drawings or permits, and market to the buyers who search for exactly this. RexMont lists mid-century homes with that research done, because a buyer who understands the house pays for it.

Bellevue, WA · Mid-century modern

Bellevue mid-century modern homes for sale

24 active NWMLS listings right now · 106 closed in the last 12 months at a median $1.54M. Refreshed hourly.

See the listings What is my mid-century home worth?

This page lists every Bellevue home on the NWMLS filed as mid-century modern or described as one, refreshed hourly. 106 mid-century homes closed in Bellevue in the last twelve months at a median $1,542,500 ($715 per square foot, 8 median days on market). An intact, attributed house sells to a small and motivated audience; RexMont researches the architect and the permit file before we price one, on either side.

Written by Adriano Tori, Founder & Designated Broker · WA Lic. #27660Reviewed 2026-10-231,244+ five-star Google reviews

The last 12 months

What mid-century modern homes sold for in Bellevue, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026

Every closed NWMLS sale of mid-century modern homes in Bellevue in the window, compiled by RexMont from the listing records. This is the comparable set a buyer should be offering against and a seller should be pricing from.

Closed sales: 106
Median price: $1.54M
Median $/sq ft: $715
Median days on market: 8
Sale-to-list: 98.4%
Sold at or over asking: 42.5%

Sales by price

Under $750K0
$750K–$1M1
$1M–$1.5M45
$1.5M–$2M36
$2M–$3M22
$3M+2

Where they sold (NWMLS area)

Bellevue/East of 40563
East Side/South of I-9026
Bellevue/West of 40511
Kirkland/Bridle Trails6

Range $900K to $6.35M; median home 2,230 sq ft, median year built 1961.

Information and statistics derived from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Window Oct 2025–Oct 2026; refreshed monthly.

How this market works

What a Bellevue mid-century modern home buyer is really buying

Bellevue's mid-century modern homes begin with Hilltop: the 1947 cooperative community on the ridge above Lake Hills where Paul Hayden Kirk, Fred Bassetti, Perry Johanson and their peers built for each other, still intact and still one of the Northwest's best collections of the style. Around it, Enatai, Vuecrest, Surrey Downs, Woodridge and the older Lake Hills blocks hold 1950s–60s post-and-beam homes by the same architects and by the builders who followed them.

In Bellevue the mid-century house competes with the lot it sits on, and a buyer who wants the architecture is bidding against a builder who wants the land. I price both for every one we list and tell buyers which bid they face; the inspection list is the era's: the roof, the glass, the radiant slab, the panel, asbestos and lead.

The twelve-month data on this page is every Bellevue NWMLS closing filed or described as mid-century modern.

New listing alerts

New Bellevue mid-century homes, the day they list.

Months pass between the good ones. Add an email and a RexMont agent sends each new Bellevue mid-century listing as it hits the NWMLS, with the architect and the roof noted first.

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Bellevue mid-century modern homes for sale right now

Active NWMLS listings of mid-century modern homes in Bellevue (24 active). Refreshed hourly.

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Based on information submitted to the MLS GRID as of October 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM PT (date and time MLS GRID Data was obtained). All data is obtained from various sources and may not have been verified by broker or MLS GRID. Supplied Open House Information is subject to change without notice. All information should be independently reviewed and verified for accuracy. Properties may or may not be listed by the office/agent presenting the information.

Listing information courtesy of Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS). The listing data relating to real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than RexMont Real Estate are marked with the “Listing courtesy of NWMLS” designation. Information provided is for the consumer’s personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing.

Some IDX listings have been excluded from this website.

Where to look

Where Bellevue mid-century homes are

Hilltop

The 1947 architects' cooperative above Lake Hills: about forty homes on large wooded lots with covenants that protect the architecture. Listings are rare and sell to people who have waited years.

Enatai and Vuecrest

Lake-view post-and-beam homes of the 1950s–60s; the highest mid-century prices in Bellevue and the most teardown pressure.

Surrey Downs and West Bellevue

Custom 1950s homes within a walk of downtown.

Woodridge and Lake Hills

Builder mid-century homes with the vocabulary at a lower price.

Before you write

What to check before buying a Bellevue mid-century home

Who designed it

Permit records, the Seattle Public Library's building files and the Docomomo WEWA register identify architect-designed homes in Bellevue. An attributed house is a different asset from a 1962 tract rambler with a flat roof.

Roof and glass

Low-slope and flat roofs need a replacement date, not a patch history. Single-pane window walls are the house's best feature and its energy cost; replacement with slim-profile insulated glass keeps the look.

Radiant slab heat

Many mid-century homes heat through pipes in the slab. When it works it is the best heat there is; when it fails, the repair is the floor. Ask for the system's service history.

Asbestos, lead and the panel

Floor tile, ceiling texture and ductwork of the era can carry asbestos; paint before 1978 can carry lead; original electrical panels are a known insurance issue. Each is a line item, not a surprise.

Additions that fought the plan

A 1980s second story on a 1958 post-and-beam house is the most common way a mid-century home loses its value. Look at the original footprint and ask what was added.

The buyer is specific

Mid-century homes in Bellevue sell to buyers who searched for them. When you sell, the architecture is the marketing; when you buy, be ready to move, because the next one is months away.

Selling

Selling a mid-century modern home in Bellevue?

The buyers for a mid-century modern home search for exactly this page, and they compare your home with the closings listed above, not with the city median. RexMont prices from this set, prepares the file the buyer's inspector and lender will ask for, and markets to the audience that is already looking.

Adriano Tori, RexMont's founder and designated broker, prepares the value personally for every home in this niche: the closings, the current competition, and the number that gets the home sold, in writing, within one business day.

Your buyers are comparing you with the 106 mid-century modern homes that closed in Bellevue in the last 12 months, median $1.54M.

What is my mid-century modern home worth?

Prepared by Adriano ToriFounder & Designated Broker · WA Lic. #27660

A written value within one business day.

The address, your timing, and anything you want us to know. Adriano prepares the value from the Bellevue mid-century modern homes closings and sends it in writing.

Common questions

Bellevue mid-century modern homes FAQ

What makes a home mid-century modern?: Post-and-beam structure, low or flat roofs with deep eaves, walls of glass toward the view or the garden, open plans and honest materials: homes designed from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. In Bellevue the best examples came from Northwest architects such as Paul Hayden Kirk, Fred Bassetti, Roland Terry, Wendell Lovett and Ralph Anderson, and from tract builders who borrowed the vocabulary.
How are mid-century homes identified on this page?: Two ways: the listing agent marked the NWMLS architectural style Mid-Century Modern, or the listing description calls the home mid-century. A 1960 split-level with vinyl windows can carry the label; the detail page and the photos tell you whether the architecture survived.
What are the common problems in Bellevue mid-century homes?: Flat and low-slope roofs that have been patched rather than replaced, single-pane glass walls, radiant heat in the slab (expensive when it fails), original electrical panels, asbestos in flooring and ceiling texture, lead paint (pre-1978), and additions that fought the original plan. None is a deal-breaker; each is a number your inspector and agent put on the table before you write.
Do mid-century homes in Bellevue sell at a premium?: An intact, architect-designed mid-century home with its view sells to a small, motivated audience and usually above the neighborhood median; a compromised one sells as a 1960s house. The twelve-month closings here show the range in Bellevue.
How should I sell a mid-century home in Bellevue?: Photograph the architecture, name the architect or builder when records support it, present the original drawings or permits, and market to the buyers who search for exactly this. RexMont lists mid-century homes with that research done, because a buyer who understands the house pays for it.

Buying

Talk to a Bellevue mid-century modern home specialist before you tour.

Tell us the budget and the sub-market, and whether you are buying only or selling first. A RexMont agent who works this niche sets the call, with the current listings and the twelve-month closings already pulled.

Talk to a mid-century modern home specialist

Budget, timing, the area you want. We set the call.

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