Where Does Cornell End and Malibu Begin?
Drive Kanan Road south from Agoura Hills and somewhere between the tunnels and the ocean, "the mountains" quietly becomes "Malibu." Ask five locals where that…
Author: Gary Jacobs
Gary Jacobs is a Southern California local, raised in Westlake Village, with real estate experience that spans hundreds of home sales across dozens of Southern California communities. He writes local guides, area updates and market insight on the main communities he serves — Conejo and San Fernando Valleys, Coastal Ventura to West Los Angeles, to help residents, community members and prospective buyers and sellers make confident, well-informed decisions.
Ventura Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: The Beach Town That Still Feels Like a Town
Ventura — officially San Buenaventura — is the rare Southern California beach town that still feels like a town. You can park once and spend…
The San Fernando Valley Housing Market: Sherman Oaks to Woodland Hills, Compared
The San Fernando Valley isn't a single market — it's a chain of distinct communities strung along Ventura Boulevard, each with its own price ceiling,…
Port Hueneme Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: The Coast’s Affordable Beach Town
Port Hueneme is the small city with the outsized identity: barely 4.5 square miles, entirely surrounded by Oxnard and the ocean, defined by its deep-water…
Studio City Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide
Studio City earns its name honestly — it sits next to Radford Studio Center and Universal, and that industry proximity drives a steady, particular kind…
Oxnard Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: Beaches, a Harbor, and the County’s Biggest City
Oxnard is the biggest city in Ventura County, and it contains multitudes: oceanfront canal homes, a working harbor, a historic downtown, a famous strawberry economy…
Camarillo Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: Newer Homes, Strong Schools, Easy Commute
Camarillo is the inland counterweight to the coastal cities around it: a Pleasant Valley commuter town where the draw is newer housing, strong schools, room…
The Malibu Housing Market: How to Read Prices After the 2025 Fires
Malibu is not one market and it never has been. It's roughly 21 miles of coastline strung along a single highway, where the price of…
Sherman Oaks Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide
Sherman Oaks is the Valley community that most cleanly captures the region's golden rule: the hills south of Ventura Boulevard command a premium, the flats…
Tarzana Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide
Tarzana has one of the best origin stories in Los Angeles — author Edgar Rice Burroughs bought the tract in 1919 and named it for…