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What 51,502 homes sold for in Los Angeles and Ventura counties

Closings from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, compared with the twelve months before. Published September 7, 2026. Closed sales, not asking prices, not estimates.

A house is worth what a buyer pays for it. So this report skips the forecasts and the automated estimates and reports the number that actually closed. 51,502 homes sold across Los Angeles and Ventura counties in the twelve months ending August 31, 2026, for a combined $66.8 billion. The median home sold for $905,000, up 0.6 percent from $900,000 the year before. Sales were up 2.8 percent. The median single family house sold for $1,000,000, the same as the year before, to the dollar.

The headline numbers

Los Angeles and Ventura counties, twelve months ending August 31, 2026, against the twelve months before
MeasureSep 2024 to Aug 2025Sep 2025 to Aug 2026Change
Homes closed50,08651,502+2.8%
Dollars closed$64.9 billion$66.8 billion+2.8%
Median sale price, all homes$900,000$905,000+0.6%
Median single family house$999,970$1,000,000+0.0%
Median condo$649,923$635,000-2.3%
Median townhouse$743,000$725,000-2.4%
Sales at $1,000,000 or more21,084 (42.1%)21,884 (42.5%)+3.8%
Sales at $5,000,000 or more942985+4.6%
Sales at $10,000,000 or more253235-7.1%
Los Angeles County median$905,000$910,000+0.6%
Ventura County median$870,000$874,000+0.5%

Source: Ascension Estates archive of CRMLS closings, deduplicated to one record per sale. Medians are of closed prices. Property type is as reported to the MLS.

The fire zones are the fastest growing markets in the county

Two places stand apart from every other city in this report, and they are the two that burned in January 2025.

Pacific Palisades and Altadena, closed sales, twelve months ending August 31, 2026 against the twelve months before
CitySales, prior yearSales, this yearChange in salesMedian, prior yearMedian, this yearChange in medianPrice per sq ft, this yearChange
Pacific Palisades109166+52.3%$3,400,000$3,026,993-11.0%$1,071/sf-11.4%
Altadena143207+44.8%$1,250,000$1,375,000+10.0%$749/sf-5.1%

Price per square foot uses the living area reported to the MLS for the structure that was sold, so a lot with a fire damaged or demolished home on it reads as a very low price per foot. Treat the Palisades price per foot as a signal of what is being sold, not of what a standing home is worth.

Pacific Palisades closed 166 sales, up 52 percent, while its median fell 11 percent to $3,026,993 and its median price per square foot fell 11 percent. That is the shape of a market where a large share of what closed was land and damaged structures rather than finished homes. Altadena closed 207 sales, up 45 percent, and its median rose 10 percent to $1,375,000. The data reports what closed. It does not say why, and we are not going to guess at the mix of lots, rebuilds and standing homes behind either number. Both are the most active markets, relative to their own past, in the two counties.

Where prices rose the most

Largest gains in median sale price, cities with at least 100 closings in both years
CityMedian, prior yearMedian, this yearChangeSales this year
Culver City$1,105,500$1,265,000+14.4%307
Stevenson Ranch$999,000$1,142,000+14.3%120
Studio City$1,625,000$1,825,000+12.3%339
Altadena$1,250,000$1,375,000+10.0%207
Calabasas$1,699,000$1,818,000+7.0%275
San Gabriel$1,100,000$1,175,000+6.8%239
Cerritos$1,125,000$1,200,000+6.7%223
Palos Verdes Estates$2,600,000$2,750,000+5.8%151
Inglewood$720,000$760,000+5.6%301
Ojai$1,211,250$1,275,000+5.3%187

Culver City and Studio City led. Studio City is the only city with a median above $1.5 million that gained more than 10 percent. Calabasas gained 7.0 percent to $1,818,000 on 21 percent more sales, the strongest year in this report for any city in the Conejo corridor.

Where prices fell the most

Largest declines in median sale price, cities with at least 100 closings in both years
CityMedian, prior yearMedian, this yearChangeSales this year
Pacific Palisades$3,400,000$3,026,993-11.0%166
Newhall$655,000$590,000-9.9%244
Pacoima$725,000$676,000-6.8%168
Venice$2,285,000$2,140,000-6.3%229
Valencia$847,000$800,000-5.5%869
Malibu$3,255,000$3,080,000-5.4%199
La Verne$975,000$924,000-5.2%193
Porter Ranch$1,345,000$1,275,000-5.2%305
Valley Village$1,310,000$1,245,000-5.0%173
La Canada Flintridge$2,500,000$2,380,000-4.8%169

Three of the ten are coastal and expensive: Pacific Palisades, Venice and Malibu. Malibu's median fell 5.4 percent while its sales rose 28 percent, the same shape as the Palisades in a smaller dose. Newhall, Valencia and Porter Ranch put the north end of the county on the list too.

The most expensive cities, by median and by the square foot

Highest median sale price, cities with at least 100 closings in both years
CityMedian, this yearChangePrice per sq ftSales this year
Beverly Hills$3,500,000+4.5%$1,159/sf372
Manhattan Beach$3,500,000+4.5%$1,493/sf333
Malibu$3,080,000-5.4%$1,222/sf199
Pacific Palisades$3,026,993-11.0%$1,071/sf166
Palos Verdes Estates$2,750,000+5.8%$1,030/sf151
Hermosa Beach$2,410,000-0.6%$1,208/sf168
La Canada Flintridge$2,380,000-4.8%$1,004/sf169
Venice$2,140,000-6.3%$1,243/sf229
Studio City$1,825,000+12.3%$801/sf339
Calabasas$1,818,000+7.0%$669/sf275
Santa Monica$1,800,000+2.3%$1,123/sf587
Rancho Palos Verdes$1,750,000+1.4%$747/sf374
South Pasadena$1,750,000+0.0%$950/sf141
Encino$1,575,000+5.0%$673/sf451
Redondo Beach$1,571,000-0.1%$835/sf639
Highest median price per square foot, cities with at least 100 closings in both years
CityPrice per sq ftChangeMedian sale price
Manhattan Beach$1,493/sf+4.8%$3,500,000
Venice$1,243/sf-1.0%$2,140,000
Malibu$1,222/sf-2.5%$3,080,000
Hermosa Beach$1,208/sf-6.8%$2,410,000
Beverly Hills$1,159/sf+2.9%$3,500,000
Santa Monica$1,123/sf-1.7%$1,800,000
Pacific Palisades$1,071/sf-11.4%$3,026,993
Palos Verdes Estates$1,030/sf-3.5%$2,750,000
La Canada Flintridge$1,004/sf-0.2%$2,380,000
South Pasadena$950/sf+7.3%$1,750,000
Redondo Beach$835/sf+0.4%$1,571,000
West Hollywood$806/sf-3.6%$1,049,000
Studio City$801/sf+0.9%$1,825,000
Pasadena$795/sf-1.6%$1,270,000
Marina Del Rey$793/sf-0.1%$1,259,238

Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach tie at a $3,500,000 median, but Manhattan Beach costs $1,493 a square foot against Beverly Hills at $1,159, because a Beverly Hills house is bigger. Hidden Hills would top both lists at a $5,998,000 median and $1,224 a foot, but it closed only 14 sales in the year, so it sits in the home turf table below rather than here.

The ten million dollar club

Cities with the most closings at $10,000,000 or more, twelve months ending August 31, 2026
CitySales at $10M+Sales at $5M+Largest closingAll sales
Beverly Hills69140$47,750,000372
Los Angeles66271$130,000,0007,807
Malibu2657$55,000,000199
Pacific Palisades1845$22,610,000166
Manhattan Beach1284$16,000,000333
Santa Monica1268$22,950,000587
Hermosa Beach619$14,000,012168
Pasadena629$17,350,0001,083

The city of Los Angeles row covers Bel Air, Brentwood, Holmby Hills and every other neighborhood the MLS files under the city itself. Individual sales are not identified; the largest closing is a price only.

235 homes closed at ten million dollars or more, about one every day and a half. Beverly Hills and the city of Los Angeles account for 135 of them. The largest, at $130,000,000, closed inside the city of Los Angeles.

The month a home closes matters

Homes closed per month, both years, with the count of $5,000,000 and up closings
Month2025 closings2026 closingsChange$5M+ closings, 2026
January3,0422,980-2.0%61
February3,5543,415-3.9%60
March4,2344,423+4.5%86
April4,7564,676-1.7%104
May4,6194,590-0.6%92
June4,5154,899+8.5%114
July4,8034,903+2.1%93
August4,4524,056-8.9%85

January through August of each year. A home that closes in June typically went under contract in April or May.

June and July 2026 were the two busiest months in the archive, at 4,899 and 4,903 closings. January 2026 was the quietest month in two years at 2,980. June 2026 also had the most five million dollar closings of any month, 114. The year to date through August is flat against 2025: 33,942 closings against 33,975.

The Conejo Valley and the west San Fernando Valley

This is the part of the map we work every day, so it gets its own table, including Hidden Hills, which is too small for the ranked lists above.

Home turf, twelve months ending August 31, 2026 against the twelve months before
CityMedian, this yearChangePrice per sq ftChangeSales, prior yearSales, this yearChangeShare at $1M+$5M+ sales
Calabasas$1,818,000+7.0%$669/sf-1.8%227275+21.1%82%22
Hidden Hills$5,998,000-6.6%$1,224/sf-2.7%1814-22.2%100%10
Westlake Village$1,425,000-2.6%$649/sf+3.3%404390-3.5%74%17
Agoura Hills$1,305,000+4.4%$577/sf-3.2%189223+18.0%69%1
Oak Park$1,130,000+2.7%$567/sf-3.4%149143-4.0%57%0
Thousand Oaks$1,065,000-3.2%$538/sf-2.9%654641-2.0%56%7
Newbury Park$1,003,000-0.2%$523/sf-0.6%300378+26.0%51%0
Woodland Hills$1,224,500-2.0%$601/sf-2.4%636740+16.4%69%3
Encino$1,575,000+5.0%$673/sf-1.9%445451+1.3%66%25
Sherman Oaks$1,450,000+0.0%$732/sf+1.4%592607+2.5%70%11
Tarzana$1,100,000+0.0%$555/sf-3.1%325291-10.5%54%10
Studio City$1,825,000+12.3%$801/sf+0.9%371339-8.6%75%14
Malibu$3,080,000-5.4%$1,222/sf-2.5%156199+27.6%89%57
Simi Valley$820,000-1.2%$479/sf-2.6%9931,027+3.4%23%0
Moorpark$979,888-0.0%$450/sf-2.6%276287+4.0%46%1
Camarillo$866,500+0.9%$497/sf-4.2%714758+6.2%32%2

Hidden Hills closed 14 sales in the year, so treat that row as directional rather than statistical.

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Every city with at least 100 closings, ranked by median

All 111 cities. The same table is available as a CSV file for anyone who wants to work with it.

All cities with at least 100 closings in both years, twelve months ending August 31, 2026, ranked by median sale price
CityMedian, this yearChangePrice per sq ftSales this yearChange in salesShare at $1M+
Beverly Hills$3,500,000+4.5%$1,159/sf372+0.5%95%
Manhattan Beach$3,500,000+4.5%$1,493/sf333+0.0%99%
Malibu$3,080,000-5.4%$1,222/sf199+27.6%89%
Pacific Palisades$3,026,993-11.0%$1,071/sf166+52.3%91%
Palos Verdes Estates$2,750,000+5.8%$1,030/sf151+11.9%99%
Hermosa Beach$2,410,000-0.6%$1,208/sf168+1.8%92%
La Canada Flintridge$2,380,000-4.8%$1,004/sf169-1.2%98%
Venice$2,140,000-6.3%$1,243/sf229-11.9%94%
Studio City$1,825,000+12.3%$801/sf339-8.6%75%
Calabasas$1,818,000+7.0%$669/sf275+21.1%82%
Santa Monica$1,800,000+2.3%$1,123/sf587-5.2%81%
Rancho Palos Verdes$1,750,000+1.4%$747/sf374-1.1%85%
South Pasadena$1,750,000+0.0%$950/sf141-7.2%85%
Encino$1,575,000+5.0%$673/sf451+1.3%66%
Redondo Beach$1,571,000-0.1%$835/sf639+4.1%87%
Arcadia$1,470,000+1.1%$670/sf461+6.2%69%
Sherman Oaks$1,450,000+0.0%$732/sf607+2.5%70%
Westlake Village$1,425,000-2.6%$649/sf390-3.5%74%
Altadena$1,375,000+10.0%$749/sf207+44.8%76%
La Crescenta$1,353,000+2.1%$781/sf177+3.5%80%
Agoura Hills$1,305,000+4.4%$577/sf223+18.0%69%
Ojai$1,275,000+5.3%$740/sf187+15.4%63%
Porter Ranch$1,275,000-5.2%$530/sf305+2.7%77%
Pasadena$1,270,000+1.0%$795/sf1,083+8.0%64%
Culver City$1,265,000+14.4%$772/sf307-8.9%62%
Marina Del Rey$1,259,238+0.7%$793/sf206-16.6%76%
Glendale$1,250,000+2.8%$721/sf671+10.0%64%
Valley Village$1,245,000-5.0%$697/sf173-1.1%65%
Woodland Hills$1,224,500-2.0%$601/sf740+16.4%69%
Walnut$1,209,950+5.2%$612/sf220+6.3%74%
Cerritos$1,200,000+6.7%$637/sf223-8.2%72%
Burbank$1,197,745+3.9%$780/sf584+7.7%67%
San Gabriel$1,175,000+6.8%$720/sf239+22.6%66%
Temple City$1,170,000+3.8%$682/sf176+20.5%67%
Stevenson Ranch$1,142,000+14.3%$446/sf120+4.3%67%
Los Angeles$1,133,000-1.9%$732/sf7,807+4.6%56%
Oak Park$1,130,000+2.7%$567/sf143-4.0%57%
Tarzana$1,100,000+0.0%$555/sf291-10.5%54%
Torrance$1,080,000+0.0%$694/sf983+16.1%56%
Thousand Oaks$1,065,000-3.2%$538/sf641-2.0%56%
West Hills$1,050,000+0.0%$565/sf381+7.0%59%
West Hollywood$1,049,000+3.7%$806/sf339+8.3%53%
Claremont$1,040,000-1.2%$533/sf308+9.2%52%
Diamond Bar$1,025,000+4.6%$554/sf370+0.3%51%
Granada Hills$1,010,000-4.8%$553/sf357+2.6%52%
Newbury Park$1,003,000-0.2%$523/sf378+26.0%51%
Monrovia$985,000-4.1%$655/sf227+0.4%46%
Moorpark$979,888-0.0%$450/sf287+4.0%46%
Hacienda Heights$970,250-3.0%$530/sf304+3.1%48%
Rowland Heights$965,000-2.1%$532/sf189+8.6%46%
Northridge$950,000+0.9%$510/sf346+3.6%47%
Chatsworth$940,000+4.4%$460/sf314-1.6%45%
La Verne$924,000-5.2%$533/sf193-4.5%41%
Sunland$910,000+2.8%$618/sf136-2.2%40%
Glendora$905,000+0.6%$553/sf351-8.1%38%
Hawthorne$900,000-0.6%$671/sf218+7.9%36%
Tujunga$895,000+4.4%$659/sf153+5.5%35%
Lakewood$890,000+3.5%$648/sf473-0.8%18%
Alhambra$885,000+0.6%$626/sf279+7.3%37%
Lake Balboa$881,000-2.1%$605/sf112-5.1%27%
Monterey Park$881,000-2.1%$591/sf282+9.3%33%
La Mirada$880,125+0.4%$593/sf308-0.6%19%
Rosemead$880,000-2.5%$603/sf159+2.6%31%
San Dimas$880,000-3.6%$534/sf185-20.9%30%
Sun Valley$875,000+0.6%$630/sf129-20.4%29%
Downey$869,000+1.0%$590/sf322-0.3%30%
Ventura$869,000+2.2%$548/sf779+0.8%31%
Camarillo$866,500+0.9%$497/sf758+6.2%32%
Playa Del Rey$865,000+3.3%$716/sf118-24.4%43%
North Hollywood$855,000-2.8%$574/sf397+2.3%29%
Long Beach$850,000+4.3%$646/sf2,217+1.4%36%
Montebello$845,000+1.2%$511/sf225+12.5%23%
West Covina$838,800-1.3%$521/sf463+5.9%21%
Whittier$828,000-0.2%$564/sf832-2.0%20%
Van Nuys$825,000-0.5%$534/sf382+15.1%27%
Winnetka$825,000-1.8%$492/sf257+1.6%10%
North Hills$820,000-1.7%$468/sf218+4.8%17%
Simi Valley$820,000-1.2%$479/sf1,027+3.4%23%
Saugus$819,000-2.3%$417/sf485+5.4%18%
Carson$800,000+1.3%$506/sf350-9.3%7%
San Pedro$800,000-4.8%$541/sf445+1.8%28%
Valencia$800,000-5.5%$428/sf869-1.7%25%
Castaic$799,900-0.0%$402/sf227+5.1%14%
Gardena$799,000+0.4%$540/sf304-8.4%6%
Covina$795,150-0.5%$516/sf385-0.8%14%
Bellflower$795,000+2.6%$584/sf179-6.3%12%
Harbor City$795,000+2.6%$523/sf115-1.7%19%
Oxnard$785,000+2.1%$492/sf787+3.1%22%
San Fernando$785,000+3.3%$532/sf145+5.1%6%
Sylmar$780,000-2.9%$491/sf356+4.7%14%
Reseda$770,000-3.8%$507/sf284-2.4%12%
Canyon Country$768,500+2.5%$420/sf530-1.3%17%
Duarte$762,500+0.3%$573/sf116-15.3%14%
Inglewood$760,000+5.6%$521/sf301+18.0%17%
Norwalk$755,000+0.7%$621/sf363+2.0%2%
Pico Rivera$750,000+0.0%$565/sf205+15.2%2%
La Puente$749,000-0.1%$575/sf273-15.0%3%
El Monte$738,000-0.3%$507/sf253+0.8%7%
Santa Paula$732,500-0.2%$418/sf176-16.6%11%
Canoga Park$725,000+3.6%$505/sf163-7.4%12%
Panorama City$700,000+0.0%$480/sf158+12.1%11%
South Gate$697,492-1.8%$520/sf126+7.7%1%
Azusa$690,000-1.4%$501/sf265+6.0%12%
Baldwin Park$684,000-3.0%$529/sf180-10.4%1%
Pacoima$676,000-6.8%$493/sf168+9.8%2%
Pomona$659,495-1.6%$466/sf556-6.7%1%
Compton$640,000-1.0%$526/sf436+9.0%1%
Newhall$590,000-9.9%$432/sf244+7.5%14%
Port Hueneme$575,000-2.9%$459/sf214+20.2%0%
Palmdale$520,000+0.0%$277/sf1,053-4.9%1%
Lancaster$469,900-1.1%$269/sf1,390+2.1%1%

Method, and what these numbers do not say

Every figure on this page comes from closed sale records reported to the California Regional Multiple Listing Service, pulled through the Trestle RESO Web API into an archive Ascension Estates maintains, and deduplicated to one record per sale. The archive holds 107,860 closed residential sales from July 27, 2024 through September 5, 2026. This report uses the two full twelve month windows inside it: September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, and September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026.

Prepared by Ascension Estates, Cade Cashman and Kurt Mellinger, Equity Union Real Estate, 24151 Ventura Blvd #300, Calabasas, CA 91302. Published September 7, 2026. Quote any figure on this page with a link back to this URL. Press and researchers: for the underlying aggregates by city, zip code or month, or a cut we have not published, email [email protected] or call 805-796-1793. We answer the same day.

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