Los Angeles County takes in the beach cities, the Westside, the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, the Gateway Cities and the Antelope Valley high desert, so one county holds many housing markets that move independently. A Craftsman bungalow in Pasadena, a postwar tract house in Downey and a desert subdivision home in Palmdale share an assessor and little else.
- Coverage
- Desktop appraisals countywide
- Single-family & condo
- Basic Desktop $299 · Desktop $449
- 2–4 units
- Desktop from $549
- Effective dates
- Current or retrospective
The Los Angeles County housing landscape
Pre-war Craftsman, Spanish Revival and Tudor homes are concentrated in Pasadena, Glendale, Long Beach and older Los Angeles neighborhoods, while Torrance, Downey and much of the San Fernando Valley filled in with single-story tracts after World War II. Hillside houses climb the Hollywood Hills, the Santa Monica Mountains and the Verdugo foothills above Glendale and Burbank, and duplexes, courtyard buildings and older condominiums are woven through Hollywood, Inglewood and Santa Monica. Santa Clarita, Lancaster and Palmdale supply newer master-planned subdivisions, often on larger lots, for buyers who trade commute time for space. With dozens of incorporated cities packed side by side, housing age, rent rules and buyer demand can change at a city line, and comparable sales are usually drawn from within the same city or community.
Cities we frequently appraise
- Burbank
- Downey
- Glendale
- Hollywood
- Inglewood
- Lancaster
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Palmdale
- Pasadena
- Pomona
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Monica
- Torrance
Property elsewhere in Los Angeles County? Desktop appraisals cover the entire county — include the address in your request.
Property types
- Craftsman and Spanish Revival bungalows
- single-story postwar tract homes
- hillside and canyon view homes
- duplexes and rent-controlled small apartment buildings
- coastal and high-rise condominiums
- high-desert homes on larger lots
Valuation considerations
Retrospective date-of-death work tied to the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires turns on the effective date: a death before the fires calls for valuing the intact home in the pre-fire market, while a later date may involve a burned or cleared lot in Pacific Palisades or Altadena and a changed insurance landscape. Older apartments and duplexes in the City of Los Angeles and Santa Monica can fall under local rent control, which shapes income and the buyer pool for occupied units. Hillside drainage and retaining walls, active landslide ground such as Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos Verdes, and aircraft noise beneath the LAX approach over Inglewood also call for site-specific analysis.
Is a desktop appraisal the right fit?
Where records are clean and same-tract sales are plentiful, as with tract homes in Torrance, Downey or Palmdale and condominiums in Long Beach, a desktop report meets the needs of a typical estate, trust or divorce assignment. Parcels in the burn areas, hillside homes with unpermitted additions, and income properties with undocumented interiors are better served by an in-person inspection.
Read more about how desktop appraisals work, or compare report types on the pricing page.
Purposes we handle in Los Angeles County
- Date-of-Death Appraisals
- Estate & Trust Appraisals
- Divorce Appraisals
- Bankruptcy Appraisals
- Proposition 19 Appraisals
- Property Tax & Gift Tax Appraisals
- Pre-Purchase Appraisals
- Pre-Sale Appraisals
- Family Transfer Appraisals
- Insurance Dispute Appraisals
- Bail Bond Appraisals
- Expert Witness & Litigation Support
- Appraisal Review & Second Opinions