San Fernando Valley Neighborhoods
36 neighborhood guides for sellers and buyers.
The San Fernando Valley is the largest residential region in the City of Los Angeles, running from the Verdugo foothills in the east to Woodland Hills and West Hills in the west, with Ventura Boulevard as its spine. Housing is mostly single-family ranch, traditional and mid-century homes on 6,000 to 10,000 square foot lots, with gated and estate pockets south of the boulevard and in the northwest hills, and condo corridors along the major boulevards. Most of the Valley is inside the City of Los Angeles, so City rules including the 9A report, Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Measure ULA apply; Burbank, Glendale, San Fernando, Calabasas and Hidden Hills are separate cities.
Neighborhoods in The Valley
The Valley seller questions
Is the San Fernando Valley part of the City of Los Angeles?
Most of it is. Neighborhoods from Sylmar and Sunland in the north to Woodland Hills, Encino, Sherman Oaks and Studio City in the south are City of Los Angeles, which means City transfer taxes, Measure ULA, the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and the LADBS 9A report apply to sales. Burbank, Glendale, San Fernando, Calabasas and Hidden Hills are separate cities with their own rules.
Which Valley neighborhoods are most expensive?
South of Ventura Boulevard in Encino, Sherman Oaks, Studio City and Tarzana, the gated and estate streets of Hidden Hills and Calabasas, and the hillside enclaves of Woodland Hills and Toluca Lake trade at the top of the Valley. Shadow Hills and the equestrian pockets command premiums for lot size. Entry-level ownership concentrates in the north and central Valley: Arleta, Pacoima, Panorama City, North Hills, Reseda, Canoga Park and Winnetka.
What sells fastest in the San Fernando Valley?
Updated three and four bedroom single-family homes on the flats inside a strong elementary boundary, priced to the last 90 days of closings, draw multiple offers almost everywhere in the Valley. Clean homes with an ADU or a permitted guest house move quickly. Overpriced new construction and hillside homes with unpermitted additions or retaining wall issues sit.
Which Malcom Group office serves the Valley?
The Encino office at 17547 Ventura Blvd covers the east and central Valley, and the Woodland Hills office at 6263 Topanga Canyon Blvd covers the west Valley, Calabasas and Hidden Hills. Call (310) 595-0915 for either.
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