Redding CA Real Estate

Redding is located in the Sacramento Valley near Shasta Lake. It now has a population of approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations.

Redding CA real estate is always in demand because of being close to Shasta Lake. There is a lot of rainfall in Redding in the wintertime, and snow will fall on colder winter days. The summers in the Redding area, even in the neighboring mountains are extremely hot, and dry. One hundred degrees is the average maximum temperature in July. Although the official high temperature in July was listed at 120, the temperature has been known to reach hotter temperatures in some areas of Redding.

In recent decades an influx of retirees from the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles seeking lower cost housing and a slower pace of life has caused a shift in the city’s economic base towards the service sectors of medical, legal, retail and tourism. There are now numerous retirement communities located in the area. However, the unemployment rate is still above the state average, and with little industry, wages are low.

This city is the largest of all cities in the northern Sacramento Valley and is also the largest city on the 470-mile stretch of Interstate 5 between Sacramento, CA and Eugene, Oregon. Both Redding and its neighbor to the south, Red Bluff, are popular with tourists who use the cities as bases to explore Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lake Shasta, and other natural and man-made attractions such as:

• Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay is a  pedestrian span that was designed by the noted Spanish architect-engineer-artist Santiago Calatrava and links the north and south campuses of the 300-acre Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
• Turtle Bay Exploration Park, located along the banks of the Sacramento River, contains a museum and 20-acre gardens. The campus features permanent and changing exhibitions which highlights art, history, horticulture, forestry and natural science.
• The Cascade Theatre(which opened in 1935) has been restored and now operates as a multi-use performance venue. The theater is an example of Art Deco architecture of the period.