Venice home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
Canal-front houses, inland walk streets and beach-close cottages and condominiums
Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort and joined the City of Los Angeles in 1926; it now runs from the beach inland past Lincoln Boulevard between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey. Families and attorneys here bring us estate values for canal and walk-street homes, divorce valuations of remodeled bungalows, and retrospective values for condominiums near the sand.
- Location
- Venice is a community within the City of Los Angeles in the Westside & Malibu region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 90291, 90292
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Venice
Lots are generally small, and the housing mixes early 1900s cottages and bungalows, older multifamily buildings near Pacific Avenue, and many modern replacement houses. The Venice Canals hold houses fronting the waterways, while inland walk streets such as Nowita, Amoroso and Marco places line up homes facing pedestrian-only paths, with car access from rear alleys. Silver Strand and the Marina Peninsula hold houses and condominiums on narrow parcels close to the beach. Oakwood, Milwood and the Oxford Triangle add older single-family and small multifamily streets farther inland.
What moves value in Venice
Beach proximity, canal frontage and walk-street settings carry distinct premiums, and Abbot Kinney Boulevard's shops and restaurants add to demand on nearby streets. Many buyers purchase older cottages for renovation or replacement, so lot size and the permitted building envelope often matter as much as the existing house. Buyers here also shop Santa Monica and Mar Vista.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- Venice Canals
- North Venice
- Silver Strand
- Marina Peninsula
- Oakwood
- Milwood
- Oxford Triangle
- Ballona Lagoon East Bank
Local reference points: The Ocean Front Walk with Muscle Beach and the Venice Art Walls, the Venice Fishing Pier, the canals, Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Penmar Park mark the community.
Appraisal considerations in Venice
Venice lies in the coastal zone and is governed by the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan, so additions, rebuilds and new units can require coastal development permits, which shapes what a buyer can do with an older house. The Venice Canal Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and canal frontage, walk-street frontage and blocks closest to the beach each call for comparables from the same setting. Units in older multifamily buildings may fall under the City's Rent Stabilization Ordinance, which affects value when a property is tenant-occupied.
How is a Venice walk-street house valued against homes on regular streets?
We look first for sales on the same or other walk streets, because buyers treat the pedestrian frontage and alley parking as a distinct setting. When such sales are scarce, we use nearby street-front sales and adjust only for the difference the market evidence supports.
Reports we prepare for Venice 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 Venice 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.