Your Guide to Buying a Home in Lake Havasu City, AZ

Buying a Home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

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Lake Havasu City is located in Mohave County

Population: 50,000 Lake Havasu City, home of the historic London Bridge, is on the east shore of Lake Havasu on the Colorado River border of California and Arizona. McCulloch Properties, Inc. established the town in 1963 as a self-sufficient, planned community. It is the major population center of southern Mohave County, one of the fastest growing counties in the United States. Lake Havasu City incorporated in 1978.

Principal Economic Activities
Lake Havasu City attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to its calm waters and beautiful beaches. The London Bridge and its adjacent English Village, are the focal point of a multi-million dollar resort complex of shops, restaurants and lodging facilities. A million visitors bring $100 million annually to the economy of Lake Havasu City. Sterilite Corporation, the largest US independent manufacturer of plastic house-ware products, and employs more than 400 people in their 450,000 square foot facility. In addition, a cluster of boat manufacturers, including high performance and leisure crafts have found a home by the lake. Leaders in personal watercraft manufacturing, both Kawasawki and Yamaha have research and development facilities within the community. Other manufactured products are produced here as well.

The average home prices for a single family home in Lake Havasu city is $225,000-$250,000 while homes can range from $175,000 up to $500,000.

Scenic Attractions
The opening of the London Bridge in October, 1971 by McCulloch Properties, Inc. brought a unique attraction to Lake Havasu City. The Bridge has been reconstructed over a channel off of Lake Havasu and an English Village replica built next to it. Forty-five-mile-long Lake Havasu, formed by Parker Dam on the Colorado River, offers abundant attractions to its visitors. The deep blue water, with its coves and inlets, makes the lake a good fishing spot for bluegill, bass, and crappie. The city hosts a number of major bass competitions. Open stretches of water are the scene of annual national outboard championships, sailing competitions, water skiing, and International Jet Ski Competitions.

Early mines and mining towns are scattered in the desert to the north and east of Havasu: the most famous of these is Oatman. Lake Havasu National Wildlife Refuge provides areas where one can explore the rugged terrain where birds and small game flourish.

For those interested in geological phenomena, the area surrounding Lake Havasu City is ideal. Within a 10-mile radius of the city, such specimens as volcanic rock, geodes, jaspers, obsidian, turquoise, and agate can be uncovered.