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Much of the Valley's public business happens in Van Nuys. The 1932 Art Deco Valley Municipal Building anchors a civic center with a Superior Court courthouse and state and city offices, and Van Nuys Airport, opened in 1928 as Metropolitan Airport, runs along the neighborhood's west side.
Gary Jacobs treats Van Nuys as several markets in one, because flight paths, school assignment and boundary changes since 1991 all shape what a given street is worth.
Van Nuys was founded in 1911, named for rancher and developer Isaac Newton Van Nuys, and annexed to Los Angeles in 1915. For more than four decades, from 1947 to 1992, the General Motors Van Nuys Assembly plant at Van Nuys Boulevard and Arminta Street built Camaros, Firebirds, Novas and Impalas, and the site is now The Plant shopping center. The neighborhood has also shrunk on the map: Magnolia Woods went to Sherman Oaks in 1991, the City Council renamed a large western section Lake Balboa in 2007, and in 2009 more streets moved to Lake Balboa, Valley Glen and Sherman Oaks.
Van Nuys Airport covers 725 acres, is run by Los Angeles World Airports, and is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world, so flight paths are part of the homework for buyers nearby. Housing is a mix of 1940s and '50s single-family streets and a large stock of apartments, which makes the area a common entry point for both first-time buyers and investors. The Metro G Line stops at Van Nuys and Sepulveda boulevards, and Metro's East San Fernando Valley light rail is planned up Van Nuys Boulevard. Buyers usually compare Van Nuys with Lake Balboa, Valley Glen and Panorama City.
Market Snapshot
Live MLS numbers for Van Nuys, 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 25% of the homes for sale in Van Nuys are selling each month.
See the full Van Nuys market report →
Based on 447 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.
Three Van Nuys neighborhoods with recorded names, including Hillview Park in the Valley Glen area and Chandler Park Village just north of Sherman Oaks. Click a shape or a card to open its guide.
Outlines are drawn from Los Angeles County parcel records. Most of Van Nuys has no single tract name, so only named neighborhoods are shown.
It can be confusing. All three are neighborhoods of the City of Los Angeles, and boundaries were redrawn in 1991, 2007 and 2009, while ZIP codes stayed the same. A 91401, 91405, 91406 or 91411 address may be officially Van Nuys or one of its neighbors. The neighborhood name rarely changes taxes or services, but it can affect how a home is marketed and compared.
It depends on the street. Van Nuys Airport is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world, with business jets, helicopters and small planes, and homes under the approach and departure paths north and south of the runways hear more of it. LAWA runs noise-abatement programs, but they do not eliminate it. Visit the house at different times of day, including weekday mornings, before you commit.
It is a planned Metro light-rail line running north along Van Nuys Boulevard from the G Line's Van Nuys station toward Pacoima and Sylmar, with a stop at the Van Nuys Metrolink station. Metro's schedule has targeted opening around 2031. Construction along the boulevard can affect traffic and nearby businesses for a while before then.
Van Nuys is in Los Angeles Unified. Van Nuys High, on Cedros Avenue, has long run magnet programs that draw students from around the Valley. Elementary and middle school assignments vary by address, so check LAUSD's Resident School Identifier, and compare nearby magnet and charter options.
Many investors look here because of the large apartment stock and the transit and job centers nearby. Do the homework first: many Los Angeles rental buildings built before October 1978 fall under the city's Rent Stabilization Ordinance, and older wood-frame buildings with tuck-under parking may be on the city's mandatory soft-story retrofit list. Confirm the RSO status, the retrofit status and the actual rents before you make an offer.
The 405 runs along the west side for the Westside and the 101 lies just south. The Metro G Line busway stops at Van Nuys and Sepulveda boulevards and connects to the B Line subway in North Hollywood, and the Van Nuys station also serves Metrolink and Amtrak trains toward downtown and Ventura County.
The civic center is the main piece: the 1932 Valley Municipal Building, a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, sits along Van Nuys Boulevard with the courthouses and government offices around it. The old GM plant site is now The Plant shopping center, and parts of Van Nuys Boulevard still have older storefronts from the town's early decades.
Flight path, the side of a boundary line and how close a home is to a busy boulevard can all shift value here. Gary Jacobs can pull the recent closed sales on your streets and explain what they mean for your house.
The newest Van Nuys listings, straight from the MLS.
Active$760,00016042 Kittridge
Active$1,240,0006853 Willis Avenue
Active$895,00014636 Haynes Street
Active$690,00014114 West Pine
Active$850,0007426 Dempsey Avenue
Active$379,5007035 Woodley Avenue, 203
Active$854,90016557 Vine Terrace
Active$1,249,0006819 Cantaloupe Avenue
Active$989,9996710 CalhounFree 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 Van Nuys. 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.
Top-rated local spots in and around Van Nuys. Tap a category.
Ratings and details from Google. Refreshed monthly.
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