Pacific Palisades home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
Bluff-top and canyon neighborhoods above the Pacific, rebuilding after the 2025 fire
Pacific Palisades is a coastal community in the City of Los Angeles between Santa Monica and Malibu, founded in the early 1920s by a Methodist organization and spread across bluffs, mesas and canyons above Pacific Coast Highway. Since the January 2025 Palisades Fire, most requests we receive here involve pre-fire values of homes that were lost, land values for burned lots, and date-of-death values that must fall on the correct side of January 7, 2025.
- Location
- Pacific Palisades is a community within the City of Los Angeles in the Westside & Malibu region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 90272
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Pacific Palisades
The Alphabet Streets north of the Village were the first area built and have the smallest lots, while Marquez Knolls, the El Medio Bluffs and the Palisades Highlands spread across hillsides with ocean or canyon views. Huntington Palisades and the Riviera, near the Riviera Country Club, hold larger lots and custom estates, and Castellammare sits on steep slopes just above Pacific Coast Highway. Rustic Canyon and Temescal Canyon add wooded canyon-floor settings, and the Highlands contain separately named tracts such as The Summit and Country Estates.
What moves value in Pacific Palisades
Ocean views, lot size and position on the bluffs or in the canyons have long separated values here, along with walking distance to Palisades Village and the beach. Since the fire, the market has split into standing homes, rebuilt or rebuilding homes, and vacant burned lots, and each draws a different buyer pool. Rebuild cost, permit timing and insurance terms now weigh heavily on land buyers.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- Alphabet Streets
- Marquez Knolls
- El Medio Bluffs
- Huntington Palisades
- Riviera
- Castellammare
- Rustic Canyon
- Palisades Highlands
Local reference points: Will Rogers State Historic Park, Temescal Gateway Park, the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, Palisades Village, the Eames House and the Getty Villa are the community's principal landmarks.
Appraisal considerations in Pacific Palisades
The Palisades Fire began on January 7, 2025, and destroyed large parts of the community, including much of the Alphabet Streets and Marquez Knolls, so an effective date before that day calls for pre-fire sales and conditions, and a later date for post-fire evidence. Burned parcels are valued as land, considering lot size, views, debris-removal status and rebuild rules; a 2025 state executive order and city action restricted SB 9 lot splits and duplexes in the burn area, so that potential should not be assumed. Fire-scarred slopes can also raise debris-flow and drainage concerns that buyers take into account.
My father died in 2024 and his Palisades house burned in 2025; which value applies?
For a date-of-death valuation the effective date controls, so a death in 2024 calls for the value of the house as it stood then, supported by pre-fire sales. The later loss does not change that opinion, though your attorney or CPA may consider whether an alternate valuation date or an insurance question is relevant.
Reports we prepare for Pacific Palisades 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 Pacific Palisades 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.