Redding real estate
Redding is located on edge of the Central Valley in the shadow of Mt Shasta and is the county seat of Shasta County. It now has a population of approximately 107,741 due to recent annexations.
Redding real estate is always in demand because of being close to Shasta Lake. Rain falls abundantly in the Winters in Redding, and snow will occasionally fall on colder winter days. The summers in the Redding area, even in the neighboring mountain communities are hot, and dry. One hundred degrees is the average maximum temperature in July. While the official high temperature in July is listed at 120 degrees, the temperature has been known to reach 125 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 many retirement communities, some gulf resort, that are located in the Redding/Shasta area. However, the unemployment rate is still above the state average, and with little industry, wages are low.
Redding is the largest city in the northern Sacramento Valley as well as the largest city on the 470-mile stretch of Interstate 5 between Sacramento, California 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 on the banks of the Sacramento River, contains a museum and twenty-acres of beautiful gardens. The campus features both permanent and changing exhibitions highlighting 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.
