San Fernando Valley · Los Angeles County
Van Nuys real estate
Lake Balboa border · Valley Glen border · Kester Ridge · Sherman Circle
Van Nuys is central, large, and genuinely mixed. Single-family tracts, a substantial multifamily stock, and commercial and industrial corridors all inside the same boundaries. It is one of the higher-transaction-volume areas in the Valley, and one where the spread between the bottom and top of the market within a single ZIP can be wide. Adjacent identities matter: homes near the Lake Balboa and Valley Glen edges are frequently marketed under those names.
This is value-add territory. The gap between a tired property and a well-executed renovation is usually wider than the cost of the work, which is exactly why investors are active here, and why sellers of dated homes get lowball offers that are not always as unreasonable as they first look. Knowing what your home is worth both as-is and after repairs is the whole game in Van Nuys. It is inside City of Los Angeles limits for transfer tax purposes.
- ZIP codes
- 91401, 91405, 91406, 91411
- County
- Los Angeles County
- City of LA
- Yes
If you're selling
What it costs to sell in Van Nuys
Van Nuys is inside City of Los Angeles limits. That means a sale here pays the Los Angeles County documentary transfer tax of $1.10 per $1,000, plus the City of Los Angeles transfer tax of $4.50 per $1,000, about 0.56% of the sale price combined.
Above $5,400,000, Measure ULA also applies, at 4% of the entire gross sale price, not just the portion above the threshold, and not reduced by your mortgage or your original purchase price.
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