Bakersfield CA Homes for Sale

There are so many reasons why making your home in Bakersfield is a wonderful idea. We have long been known as being one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, and our population has more than tripled since the 1980's. Bakersfield is a city for the young and the young at heart - our population's median age is 30 years old. If your family is looking for a beautiful place to live and raise your children, Bakersfield is one of California's best. We have homes that fit every budget, from small houses for sale to showplace residences that offer every amenity you could ask for.

Bakersfield has a desert-like climate with long dry summers and very brief, cool winters. Bakersfield is actually one of the most "sunny" cities in the US, right up there with Palm Springs and the most coveted Arizona areas. We see snow about once every 20 years, and our warm weather makes agriculture one of our economic staples. If you love the thought of living on a farmhouse with acreage for sale, Bakersfield has your dream home.

The sunshine in Bakersfield makes swimming pools and other water sports very popular, as well as golf and other outdoor family activities. Most of our well-known and upper scale neighborhoods are centered around a golf course or some type of water. We're about a hundred miles from Los Angeles and California's capital of Sacramento is 300 miles to our north.

The Bakersfield MLS is broken down by direction from the center of town. Areas such as Central, North, Northeast, East, etc., will be how Bakersfield home listings are grouped together. We have each area broken down here for you to learn about and help in your choice of the homes for sale, and one of the best MLS Search tools available - with large photos, mapping, and easy navigation. We want to be your source for all Bakersfield real estate information, and will guide you all the way from the beginning of your search for Bakersfield homes till you put a key in the lock of the house of your dreams!