California Real Estate is some of the most expensive and
sought after real estate in the United States. Most homes in
California are very expensive, many ranging in the millions of
dollars. The average price per home in California is the highest in
the entire country.
Availability of California Real Estate
Because of the limited supply of real estate in California, the price
of each property is extremely high. The price is derived through many
factors but the two main determinants, like in any economic equation,
are demand and supply. There is a limited supply with an ever
increasing demand, which equates to appreciation.
For many owners who purchased California real estate a few years
ago they have doubled their investment by now. The fact remains that
California has very beautiful ocean front property which is also very
limited and highly sought after.
Description of California Real Estate
Real estate in general is a sound and very stable investment. It is
one of the only commodities in the world that continues to appreciate
with time and use. An owner cannot go wrong by investing in real
estate in southern California.
California has been leading the real estate boom in the United
States for the last decade. California has a wide variety of diverse
properties. From condos to vacation homes to single family residences
to apartment complexes, to breathtaking estates. The location of the
property is the main key in southern California.
We have listed the Southern California counties below, for you to
view read about some of the more well known cities within the count.
We have provided some general and real estate information on the city.
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Principal Cities
The extensive Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metropolitan area
had a population of 16.4 million in 2000, or one-half of the entire
population of California. The city of Los Angeles proper had 3,798,981
residents (2002 estimate). Founded in 1781 as a Spanish pueblo, Los
Angeles, by the time of its bicentennial year in 1981, passed Chicago
as the nation’s second largest city. The metropolitan area includes
numerous communities with large populations in addition to Los
Angeles. Long Beach, the biggest besides Los Angeles, had 472,412
inhabitants in 2002. Other major cities included Anaheim (332,642),
Riverside (274,226), San Bernardino (191,631), Torrance (141,615),
Pomona (153,555), Pasadena (139,712), and Ventura (103,619). The area
is a leading manufacturing and entertainment center.
The entire San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan region had a
population of 7 million in 2000. San Francisco, the “city by the
Golden Gate,” was California’s largest city from gold rush days in the
1850s until the early 1920s when Los Angeles passed it in population.
The city holds an influence in the United States in finance,
international trade, and culture far greater than other cities of
similar size. San Francisco city and county, which are geographically
the same, contained 764,049 people in 2002. San Jose had 900,443
inhabitants, and Oakland had 402,777. San Jose is one of the most
important manufacturing centers in the state and lies at the heart of
Silicon Valley. Oakland is an important port and manufacturing city.
Also in the metropolitan region is Berkeley, seat of the University of
California, which had 103,640 residents in 2002.
San Diego is the hub of an extensive metropolitan area. The city is an
important naval base and commercial port, and it serves as the major
trade center of the Imperial Valley to the east. Sacramento, the state
capital, had a population of 435,245 in 2002. In addition to serving
as an administrative center, it is a commercial and manufacturing
city. Fresno, with a population of 445,227, and the smaller cities of
Stockton (262,835) and Bakersfield (260,969) are also food-processing
centers in the Central Valley. The largest cities in the state north
of Sacramento are Redding, a tourist center for the mountain region
with 85,660 inhabitants; Chico, a commercial and service center for a
large almond- and fruit-growing region, with 65,904 people; and
Eureka, a seaport and fishing and lumbering center of 25,866
inhabitants.
Coming Soon: Orange County, San Diego County, Riverside County, San
Bernardino County, Ventura County, Kern County, Santa Barbara County,
St. Louis Obispo County
