Westwood home and condo appraisals for estates, trusts, and taxes
Janss-era homes, UCLA housing and the Wilshire Corridor's condominium towers
Westwood is the City of Los Angeles community surrounding UCLA, bounded roughly by Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Boulevard and the 405 Freeway. Requests here range from date-of-death values for condominiums on the Wilshire Corridor to trust valuations of single-family homes in Westwood Hills and Holmby Westwood and family-sale values for units near campus.
- Location
- Westwood is a community within the City of Los Angeles in the Westside & Malibu region of Los Angeles County
- ZIP codes
- 90024, 90025
- Properties
- Single-family homes and condominiums
- Fees
- $449 Standard Desktop, $299 Basic Desktop
- Delivery
- 3+ business days
Homes in Westwood
Development began in the early 1920s, when the Janss Investment Company began selling lots on the former Wolfskill Ranch, and the single-family streets still carry many homes from those first decades alongside later remodels and replacements. The Wilshire Corridor east of Westwood Boulevard is lined with condominium towers, a concentration of high-rise ownership housing unusual on the Westside. North Westwood Village is mainly multifamily housing near campus, and other blocks mix single-family homes with duplexes, apartments and condominiums.
What moves value in Westwood
Proximity to UCLA, Westwood Village and the Century City and Santa Monica job centers supports steady demand, while traffic on Wilshire and the 405 weighs on some locations. In the towers, floor height, view direction, building services and association costs separate otherwise similar units. Single-family homes trade largely on lot size, street and condition, with older houses often bought for renovation.
Neighborhoods and tracts
- Westwood Village
- North Westwood Village
- Westwood Hills
- Holmby Westwood
- Holmby Hills
- Wilshire Corridor
- Persian Square
Local reference points: UCLA and Pauley Pavilion, the Fox Village and Bruin theaters, the Hammer Museum, the Geffen Playhouse, the Los Angeles California Temple and Holmby Park are local landmarks.
Appraisal considerations in Westwood
Wilshire Corridor units call for comparables from the same or similar towers, with adjustments for floor level, views, parking, building age and amenities, plus a review of reserves, special assessments and any building-wide repairs pending on the effective date. Single-family homes are often valued substantially for land, so lot dimensions and the floor-area limits of the City's Baseline Mansionization Ordinance matter. Near campus, homes with a long student-rental history may show deferred maintenance that comparables from owner-occupied blocks do not.
How are Wilshire Corridor condominium values set when sales in the same building are scarce?
We look first at resales within the subject's tower, then at competing towers along the corridor with similar age, services and views, adjusting for differences in floor, unit size and association costs. When the evidence is thin, we extend the time frame and adjust for market conditions to the effective date.
Reports we prepare for Westwood 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 Westwood 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.