Lomita home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
Modest postwar houses and small complexes below the Palos Verdes hills
Lomita covers less than two square miles between Torrance, the Los Angeles community of Harbor City and the Palos Verdes Peninsula, with Narbonne Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway as its main streets. Finding enough local comparables is the recurring challenge in so small a market, whether the property is a modest house, a condominium or a small townhome.
- Location
- Lomita is an incorporated city in the South Bay & Palos Verdes region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 90717
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Lomita
The town began in 1907 as a settlement on a seven-square-mile tract, much of which Torrance annexed in the 1950s. What remains is flat to gently rising ground lined with small one-story postwar houses, many on land that once grew vegetables when Lomita called itself the celery capital. Residents incorporated in 1964 partly to head off high-rise apartments, and today apartments, condominiums and small townhome projects sit among houses on many blocks.
What moves value in Lomita
Lomita draws buyers who want to be near the Peninsula, Torrance employers and the harbor without hillside or beach-city premiums. Homes facing Pacific Coast Highway, Western Avenue or Lomita Boulevard generally trail those on quieter residential streets, and the comparable set overlaps heavily with Walteria in Torrance and with Harbor City.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- Central Lomita
- Narbonne Avenue
- Pacific Coast Highway corridor
- Lomita Boulevard corridor
- Western Avenue corridor
Local reference points: Familiar sites include the Lomita Railroad Museum, Lomita Park, Hathaway Park, the Takaishi Japanese Garden, City Hall on Narbonne Avenue and neighboring Zamperini Field.
Appraisal considerations in Lomita
Blocks nearest Zamperini Field's traffic pattern and the commercial corridors are compared with similarly placed homes. Rear units, patio enclosures and garage conversions are checked against permit history before any of that space is counted, and condominium dues, reserves and special assessments are documented for the date of value.
With so few Lomita sales, can Torrance or Harbor City homes serve as comparables?
Yes, when they are the closest matches. We start with Lomita sales, then extend to nearby Walteria and Harbor City blocks with similar lots, age and house size, and any location adjustment between them is supported by data and explained in the report.
Reports we prepare for Lomita 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 Lomita 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.