Claremont home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
Tree-lined college town with historic districts and modernist foothill tracts
Seven Claremont Colleges, the shops of the Village and block after block of mature street trees define Claremont, incorporated in 1907 at the county's eastern edge below the San Gabriel foothills. Valuation questions here often involve architecturally significant houses, where preservation rules can matter as much as square footage.
- Location
- Claremont is an incorporated city in the East San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 91711
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Claremont
Craftsman, Victorian and Spanish Colonial Revival houses from about the 1890s to the 1940s fill the grid around the Village and Pomona College. University Circle and other Old Claremont streets carried revival and early ranch styles into the postwar years, and Chaparral is largely 1960s and 1970s ranch construction, much of it by Lewis Homes. Hillside Claraboya, from the early 1960s, and Padua Hills, whose post-and-beam houses include two by Richard Neutra, carry modernism into the foothills, while condominiums, townhomes and senior communities such as Pilgrim Place form a smaller share.
What moves value in Claremont
Proximity to the Village and colleges, mature trees, architectural pedigree and, to the north, views and lot size drive value. Metrolink already serves the Claremont Depot, and an A Line extension from Pomona received its design contract in early 2026, with service targeted for the early 2030s.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- The Village
- Old Claremont
- University Circle
- Chaparral
- Claraboya
- Padua Hills
- Piedmont Mesa
- Sumner
Local reference points: Memorial Park on Indian Hill Boulevard, the Claremont Depot, the Padua Hills Theatre and the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park join the Village and the college campuses as its main landmarks.
Appraisal considerations in Claremont
Homes on the Claremont Register or inside a historic district need a Certificate of Appropriateness for significant exterior work, and demolishing any building 45 years or older triggers city review. Mills Act contracts lower taxes but bind future owners, so their terms should be confirmed. Foothill lots also face rural-residential design standards and fire hazard mapping.
My aunt's house is on the Claremont Register; does that raise or lower its value?
Listing alone does not set value; it changes what an owner may do with the property. We compare sales of listed and unlisted homes of similar quality to see how buyers weighed significance, review requirements and any Mills Act savings.
Reports we prepare for Claremont properties
Each is a certified desktop appraisal of a single-family home or condominium, as of a current or past date.
- Date-of-Death Appraisals
- Step-Up in Basis Appraisals
- Trust Administration Appraisals
- Estate Settlement & Estate Tax Appraisals
- Gift Tax Appraisals
- Prop 19 Parent-Child Transfer Appraisals
- Divorce & Date-of-Separation Appraisals
- Family Sale & Co-Owner Buyout Appraisals
- Retrospective Appraisals
Reviewed November 2026.
Need a value for a Claremont property?
Send the address and the date the value is needed for. We confirm the property and the fee within one business day; the report is delivered in 3+ business days.