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VICTOR VALLEY IS STILL GROWING DESPITE THE HOUSING SLUMP

By
Real Estate Agent with Bankers Realty

 

 CALIFORNIA IS A STATE IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE COME TO LIVE AND VISIT. POSSIBLY THE REASON IS THAT WORK IS EASY TO FIND HERE AND THE WEATHER BEATS ALL OTHER STATE'S. UP HERE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY OF THE HIGH DESERT, WE HAVE 4 SEASONS AND STILL THE CLOSENESS TO THE AMUSEMENT PARKS, BEACHES, AND CITY LIVING.

AN ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE DAILY PRESS ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2007.

IT NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH NATION WIDE WE HAVE A HOUSING SLUMP, THE VICTORVILLE COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD AN OUTSTANDING GROWTH. THE STAFF WRITER ADDRESSED THE GROWTH OF VICTORVILLE AS HAVING A POPULATION OF 100,000 AS OF MAY 2007. SINCE MAY OF THIS YEAR ANOTHER 2000 PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO THIS COMMUNITY. THIS INDICATES AN ANNUALIZED GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 9.2 PERCENT PER YEAR.

EVEN MORE SURPRISING ARE THE NUMBERS FOR HESPERIA CALIFORNIA. THE POPULATION IN MAY OF 2007 WAS 85,876, ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STATE FINANCE FIGURE OF 80,218 AS OF JANUARY 1, HESPERIA HAD A GROWTH BY 5,658 PEOPLE IN FIVE MONTHS. THIS IS AN ANNUALIZED GROWTH RATE OF 16.9 PERCENT.

LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS GROWTH WITHIN THESE CITIES, IT APPEARS THAT DESPITE A NATIONWIDE HOUSING SLUMP, PEOPLE ARE STILL MOVING TO THE HIGH DESERT.