Long Beach is located in southern Los Angeles County, California and is about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Long Beach is the 35th largest city in the nation with a 2005 population of approximately 464,000. The median income of a household in Long Beach is just over $37,000 and a little over 22% of the population is below the poverty line.
Long Beach, California is a vibrant and growing city with many high technology and aerospace industries supporting its economy. The real estate market is upscale, offering the best in quality and home construction designs.
Homes available for sale in Long Beach are of varied types and are available in different price ranges. Buyers can buy according to their budget and needs. As a prospective home buyer, you should be aware of the many types of residential real estate available. Click here to search for new homes in Long Beach.
- Single-Family Home – This is an individual and separate home structure in which the entire home space belongs to the home owner.
- Condominiums – Here the home structure is a unit in a building, of many such units. Resident members of the building have to share common areas and pay a maintenance fees for these area.
- Town Houses – Here each home structure is attached to the next one through a common wall. Houses are constructed in a row and owners have to pay maintenance fee for upkeep of common areas
- Manufactured Homes – Such homes are built in factories and their design conforms to a Federal building code, referred to as the HUD code. Also referred to as mobile homes, but now-a-days they have more design styles than in the past
- Modular Homes – Sections of the home are built in factories and then transported to the destination in truck beds after which they are put together by contractors. The building code conforms to state, local or regional building codes of its destination.
- Multi-family Homes – Quite similar to a single family home, except that there is space for more than one family and the home’s design is done to accommodate the needs of more than one family.
Whatever kind of property you choose, ensure to buy property from a reputed builder and have a home inspection done on a new or resale home so that you are well aware of the property’s condition and if it needs any repairs. Compare like kind of properties in different neighborhood before making a purchase.
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