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Tarzana is named for Tarzan because Edgar Rice Burroughs owned the ranch the town grew out of. It runs from Victory Boulevard south to Topanga State Park, with Ventura Boulevard's restaurants, medical offices and the Providence Cedars-Sinai hospital through the middle.
Gary Jacobs helps buyers weigh the hillside streets south of Ventura against the flatter blocks to the north, and sorts out which LAUSD high school a given address feeds.
Before Burroughs, the land belonged to Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis, who had assembled about 550 acres here. Burroughs bought the tract on March 1, 1919, and called it Tarzana Ranch. By 1923 Los Angeles surrounded the ranch and he began selling home sites; when a post office opened in 1930, the roughly 300 residents settled on the name Tarzana in a contest. Otis's house served as the first clubhouse of El Caballero Country Club, and Burroughs built an office on Ventura Boulevard in 1927.
Daily life centers on the boulevard between Lindley and Corbin Avenues. The hospital off Reseda Boulevard, which recently added a five-story patient tower, keeps the surrounding blocks full of doctors' offices. South of Ventura the streets climb toward Mulholland, with custom and heavily remodeled view homes, a few guard-gated enclaves near the top, and the Caballero Canyon trail off the south end of Reseda Boulevard. North of Ventura the ground flattens out into mid-century ranch homes on regular lots up to Victory, with the G Line busway crossing the north end. Depending on the address, students are zoned for Taft, Reseda or Birmingham high schools. Buyers usually compare Tarzana with Encino to the east and Woodland Hills to the west, often for the same reasons: hillside versus flat, the school assignment, and the drive to the 405.
Market Snapshot
Live MLS numbers for Tarzana, refreshed every night. The Free Market Report box lower on the page uses the same figures.
Homes, townhomes and condos (no rentals) from the MLS. These numbers refresh every night as listings go active, pending or sold. Last updated Oct 29, 2026 at 11:52 pm.
Absorption rate shows how fast homes are selling. It takes the homes for sale today and divides them by the number of homes that sold per month over the last 12 months.
The answer is how many months it would take to sell every home on the market if no new listings came up. Under about 4 months usually means a seller’s market, 4 to 6 months is balanced, and over 6 months favors buyers.
Right now about 17% of the homes for sale in Tarzana are selling each month.
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Based on 290 sales in the last 12 months. Charts cover the last 8 full quarters. Source: CSMAR MLS and its data-share MLSs. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Fifteen Tarzana neighborhoods, including the hillside area known as South of the Boulevard, the guard-gated communities in the hills and the condo blocks along Hatteras Street. Click a shape or a card to open its guide.
Outlines are drawn from Los Angeles County parcel records. Neighborhood names follow the tract names agents use on the MLS.
Tarzana is split among three LAUSD high schools: Taft Charter in Woodland Hills, Reseda and Birmingham in Lake Balboa. Which one depends on the exact address, so check the property with LAUSD's Resident School Identifier rather than relying on the ZIP code. Gaspar de Portola Middle School is in Tarzana, and many local families also look at LAUSD magnet programs and private schools in the area.
Yes. Tarzana is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, not a separate city, so it has LAPD, LAFD, LADWP utilities and LAUSD schools. Its boundaries run roughly from Victory Boulevard on the north to Topanga State Park on the south, and from Lindley Avenue on the east to Corbin Avenue on the west. The main ZIP code is 91356.
It depends on what matters more. South of Ventura, the streets rise into the Santa Monica Mountains with larger, more private hillside lots, views and some gated communities near Mulholland, along with steeper driveways and fire-zone insurance questions. North of Ventura the lots are flatter and easier to use for a pool, a garden or an ADU, and prices usually start lower. The school assignment can change between the two sides as well.
Much of Tarzana south of Ventura borders Topanga State Park and is mapped as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Owners there have yearly brush-clearance requirements, and insurance has become harder and more expensive to place. Buyers should line up insurance quotes during the inspection period. Sellers can help by documenting the roof age, defensible-space work and any vents, gutters or windows they have upgraded.
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center sits just off Reseda Boulevard near Ventura, and it opened a five-story patient tower as part of a major rebuild. For many buyers, especially those who work in health care or want a hospital close by, that is a real draw. It also means the blocks right around it carry more medical-office traffic during the day.
The Caballero Canyon trail, off the south end of Reseda Boulevard, is a loop of about 3.6 miles that climbs to Mulholland and the edge of Topanga State Park, with views across the Valley. Tarzana Recreation Center has a gym, a lighted ball field and courts. The Sepulveda Basin, with its lake, golf courses and bike paths, is a short drive east.
Gary Jacobs can pull the recent Tarzana sales and active listings for a specific street from the MLS, and flag the school assignment and fire-zone status for each address you are considering. Sellers can get the same comparison for their own home.
The newest Tarzana listings, straight from the MLS.
Active$609,00018307 Burbank Boulevard, 64
Active$2,795,00019970 Greenbriar Drive
Active$979,0006231 Melvin
Active$2,649,0004815 Brewster
Active$1,799,0003914 Corbin Avenue
Active$499,00018550 Hatteras Street, 107
Active$1,020,00018119 Calvert Street
Active$310,00018645 Hatteras Street, 295
Active$699,99818730 Hatteras, 47Free Market Report
Everything in the snapshot above, in far more detail: month-by-month prices, what sells at each price point, neighborhood-by-neighborhood numbers and who lives here. Homeowners also see recent sales of homes like theirs.
Homes for sale and closed sales (no rentals) from the MLS — CSMAR and its data-share MLSs. Updated Oct 29, 2026.
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Public and private schools that serve Tarzana. Assignments go by exact address, so confirm with the district before you buy.
School assignments follow the street address, and districts adjust boundaries and offer transfers, so confirm the schools for a specific home with the district before you rely on them. Ratings and test scores open on GreatSchools.
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