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Murrieta is located in Riverside County California, and borders The City of Temecula. On this website you will find information on the Murrieta and Temecula real estate markets in addition to information regarding local schools, neighborhoods, shopping, wine country and business.

If you are familiar with the Murrieta and Temecula real estate market, you already know that the homes and property in this area are some of the most affordable in Southern California. When I moved to Murrieta and bought my new home here, I was amazed at the value and quality of the new homes in Murrieta.

If your are interested in reading about the various communities in Murrieta check our our Murrieta Communities pages. These communities within Murrieta, Temecula and French Valley will give you a well rounded view of the Real Estate choices that are available in our area.

Murrieta is one of California’s fastest growing communities. From 2000-2006, its population growth rate (109.9%) ranked 2nd in the state and it added the 8th largest number of new residents (48,651). This is largely occurring because of the rapid expansion of the city’s housing stock. Meanwhile, the city’s homes are valuable because of its excellent living environment.

Murrieta’s location on the I-15 freeway, mid-way between San Diego and Orange counties, means it is receiving growth impulses from both, a new phenomena in Southern California. As a result, Murrieta has seen its existing and new single family home sales reach record levels, and homeowners are seeing property values continue to reach all-time highs.

Murrieta is a young city, incorporated in 1991. It is one of Southern California’s fastest growing places thanks to a climate that is milder than most inland areas, a location adjacent to the Santa Rosa plateau and its proximity to San Diego County . The city’s housing stock is very new and much of it is upscale. It has thus become a location of choice for people being priced out of San Diego County ’s increasingly unaffordable housing markets (91% of San Diego County ’s families cannot qualify to buy its median priced existing home).

Murrieta is near a large array of private and public colleges and universities. There are 22 campuses and a combined enrollment of 149,443. They include nationally known private, liberal arts schools like the Claremont Colleges and the University of Redlands .

Murrieta’s office space along the I-215 freeway will likely be successful as it becomes part of the market being created by the Meridian Project near to March ARB. This will occur because the city of Riverside is running short of developable office property, a fact that will push office firms wanting to be in the county into the I-215 south corridor. This migration will be encouraged when the new Metrolink line to Perris opens in 2007.