Affordable Homes Drawing People To Working-Class Towns

5 August 2005 - 12:00pm

As the real estate boom in Los Angeles continues, many are looking at out of the way towns to settle down.

"But as the region's housing-price boom — some say bubble — stretches into its fifth year, it has reached into even these long-overlooked corners.

Cities such as Hawaiian Gardens have things that home buyers are looking for, said county Assessor Rick Auerbach: central locations, easy freeway access and relatively affordable prices."

Source: The Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2005
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