Ventura County Real Estate
This Ventura County Real Estate guide is offered as a way to help you become more familiar with the wide variety of communities that make up Ventura County. From the ranches of Simi Valley to the new condos in Downtown Ventura, your Ventura Home Team has it covered. As Ventura County Realtors, our goal is to help you make an informed decision about buying or selling your home. Please contact us at any time for all your Ventura County Real Estate needs!
Ventura County Home Search
This site is directly connected to the Ventura County MLS so that once you find a community you're interested in you can see what's available right away. We don't require registration or anything to use these tools, we just hope that when you're ready to buy or sell a home you'll contact us and give us the opportunity to earn your business.
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Living in Ventura County
With approximately 742,000 residents, Ventura County is the 12th most populous county in the State of California. Ventura County is a mecca for 
outdoor enthusiasts, as we have 43 miles of coastline, 411 acres of State beach parks and 860 square miles of Los Padres National Forest. We also have one of the most dramatic increases in elevation too, from sea level in Ventura to 8,831 feet at Mount Pinos.
The mild climate in Ventura county allows for maximum enjoyment of the outdoors too. In fact you can nearly consider your patio area livable square footage in your home because you'll find you're able to enjoy it most of the year. In Ventura County you can pick your climate too: If you like 90 degree summers you may prefer Simi Valley or Ojai, for highs in the 80's perhaps Camarillo, and if you like it cool year-round you'll love the 70 degree summers in Ventura. In fact Ventura County is home to six different microclimates, which is more than any other county in the nation!
The Channel Islands National Park is only a short, one-hour boatride away from Ventura Harbor. Catch a ride with Island Packers for a day hike to the lighthouse on Anacapa Island, or camp for the weekend on Santa Cruz island. The islands are so natural and unpopulated that you'll feel like you're on another continent and yet you're still right here in Ventura County.
Our schools are exemplary, and our Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores have consistently exceeded state and national averages for the last 10 years. We have three community colleges in Ventura, Oxnard and Moorpark and the new Cal State Channel Islands campus in Camarillo.
Ventura County is home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum located in Simi Valley, the San Buenaventura Mission, the Union Oil Museum in Santa Paula, art galleries featuring the work of world famous artists in Ojai and a state-of-the-art Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks offering symphony, ballet and a variety of quality theatrical performances.
History of Ventura County
The original inhabitants of Ventura County and the Channel Islands were the Chumash Indians. In the 16th Century Spanish settlers arrived and called the region the land of everlasting summers. In 1782, the Mission San Buenaventura (meaning Good Fortune) was founded by Father Junipero Serra. In 1873, the county as we know it was broken off from Santa Barbara county and officially established as Ventura County. Rumor has it that the county became known as "Ventura" when Southern Pacific Railroad shortened San Buenaventura when printing their timetables in 1887.
Helene Reinman is a licensed California real estate agent with Century 21 America Realty, 2801 Townsgate Road #123, Westlake Village, CA. Each CENTURY 21 Office Independently Owned and Operated. CENTURY 21 is a licensed Trademark of Century 21 Real Estate Corporation.
