Ventura County · Ventura County
Simi Valley real estate
Wood Ranch · Big Sky · Texas Tract · Santa Susana Knolls · Indian Hills
Simi Valley is the natural next step for West Valley buyers, and the search patterns show it, a large share of Simi buyers are coming over the 118 from Chatsworth, Northridge, and West Hills looking for more house and more lot. The city is well-defined by pocket: Wood Ranch and Big Sky are the newer master-planned areas, while the Texas Tract and Santa Susana Knolls hold older, more varied stock with more character and more variability.
There is a concrete financial difference that most people moving from the Valley do not know about. Simi Valley is in Ventura County and is not part of the City of Los Angeles, so neither the LA City documentary transfer tax nor Measure ULA applies to a sale here. On a higher-priced property, that difference at closing is not trivial, and it is worth understanding before you compare a Simi listing to a Chatsworth one.
- ZIP codes
- 93063, 93065
- County
- Ventura County
- City of LA
- No
If you're selling
What it costs to sell in Simi Valley
Simi Valley is in Ventura County, outside City of Los Angeles limits. A sale here pays the county documentary transfer tax of $1.10 per $1,000, and neither the LA City transfer tax nor Measure ULA applies.
If you’re comparing a move between here and the Valley, that difference is real money at closing and belongs in the comparison.
Reading on Simi Valley
- Moving costsChatsworth to Simi Valley: what the move over the 118 actually costsThe drive is fifteen minutes. The tax difference at closing can be five figures, and almost nobody accounts for it before they list.
- Prop 19Should you sell before you buy? If you're 55 or older, the order mattersProp 19 lets you carry your property tax base to a new home. Buying before you sell locks in the best version of that benefit.
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