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Notes from the West Valley.
Specific answers to the questions that come up over and over. No market fluff, no listicles.
- Moving costs · 2 min read
Chatsworth to Simi Valley: what the move over the 118 actually costs
The drive is fifteen minutes. The tax difference at closing can be five figures, and almost nobody accounts for it before they list.
Read it → - Neighborhoods · 2 min read
Canoga Park, West Hills or Winnetka? The ZIP codes overlap, and it matters
Three West Valley neighborhoods share the same ZIP codes and get marketed interchangeably. Here is where the lines actually fall and why it changes your comps.
Read it → - Prop 19 · 3 min read
Should you sell before you buy? If you're 55 or older, the order matters
Prop 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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What gets written here
These posts come out of questions that come up repeatedly with actual clients. Where a neighborhood boundary really falls and why it changes your comps. What a move over the hill costs at closing. Whether to sell first or buy first when Prop 19 is in play.
What you will not find is a monthly market recap assembled from numbers anyone can pull off Zillow, or a listicle about staging with candles. If a post cannot tell you something specific about the West Valley that you would struggle to find elsewhere, it does not get written.
For the evergreen material, including Measure ULA, Prop 19 and ADU rules, start with the guides and calculators. Those get updated as the rules change. For the neighborhoods themselves, the area guides cover boundaries, ZIP codes and selling costs for each one.