Signal Hill home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
Former oil-field hilltop city of view homes, townhomes and working wells
Signal Hill is a small city completely surrounded by Long Beach, rising about 365 feet to a summit with views from downtown Los Angeles to Catalina. Its 1921 oil strike crowded the hill with derricks, and today's questions often concern view homes and townhomes built on that former oil land and how nearby wells affect value.
- Location
- Signal Hill is an incorporated city in the Long Beach, Harbor & Catalina region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 90755
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Signal Hill
A small historic district near the Heritage Square site preserves some of the city's older houses. As production wound down, parts of the hill were redeveloped with view homes and with townhome and condominium complexes run by their own associations. Upper streets are steep, and remaining housing sites such as Walnut Bluff and Orange Bluff sit on former oil land that must be remediated before construction.
What moves value in Signal Hill
Views drive the hilltop market, and the difference between a full panorama and a partial outlook can outweigh differences in size. Lower blocks trade more like adjoining Long Beach neighborhoods with easy 405 access, and townhome and condominium sales are compared within the same project or with projects of similar age and view exposure.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- Hilltop
- Crescent Heights
- Civic Center
- Heritage Square
- Town Center
Local reference points: Hilltop Park, Discovery Well Park, Panorama Promenade, Reservoir Park and Signal Hill Park beside the Cherry Avenue civic center are the city's gathering places.
Appraisal considerations in Signal Hill
Producing, idle and abandoned wells remain scattered through the city, so well locations from state records and any city oil and gas code requirements are noted, without engineering conclusions. View quality is documented with client photos, and because Signal Hill used Long Beach ZIP codes until 2002, older records may show a Long Beach ZIP.
Does an abandoned oil well near a Signal Hill townhome affect its value?
That is a market question first. We identify the well from state and city records, compare sales in the same complex or nearby projects with similar conditions, and adjust only where buyers have demonstrably paid less; questions about the well itself go to qualified specialists.
Reports we prepare for Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill 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.