Van Nuys, CA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Van Nuys: a median closing price of $922,500 across 452 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Van Nuys, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Van Nuys sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of September 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 452
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $922,500
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $549
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $745,000 and $1,200,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 452 closed sales in Van Nuys over the last six months, with a median closing price of $922,500. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $745,000 and $1,200,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 448 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $456 and $693 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Van Nuys, CA (September 2026)
The median home price in Van Nuys is $922,500, measured across the 452 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $745,000 and $1,200,000.
Where Van Nuys sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Van Nuys over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $745,000 and $1,200,000. Among the 262 California markets with a published band, Van Nuys's middle-half spread ($745,000 to $1,200,000) ranks 129th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 27 days, across 280 Van Nuys closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 23 days, across 263 Van Nuys closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Van Nuys angle
Van Nuys sits in the middle of the range for spread, which makes comp discipline the deciding factor. Across 452 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $922,500, and the middle half of sales closed between $745,000 and $1,200,000. There is meaningfully more room above the median than below it, so an estimate assembled from the upper half of the record will travel away from the center faster than one built from the lower half. Use the median as a reference point you keep returning to, and rank each comp by how closely it matches the subject rather than by how convenient its price is.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Van Nuys address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Van Nuys, CA
Geography: postal-city market, no municipal boundary
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 452
Median sold price: $922,500
Median sold $/sqft: $549 (448 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Van Nuys over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. Van Nuys has no municipal boundary of its own in the Census place and county subdivision files, so these figures cover the Van Nuys postal area rather than a city boundary.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Van Nuys?
The median sold price in Van Nuys over the last 6 months is $922,500, measured across 452 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Van Nuys last month?
Resideline tracked 56 closed sales in Van Nuys in August 2026, out of 452 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Van Nuys?
The middle half of Van Nuys sales over the last six months closed between $745,000 and $1,200,000, with a median of $922,500.
What is the typical price per square foot in Van Nuys?
Among qualifying Van Nuys closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $549, measured across 448 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
How wide is the closed-sale spread in Van Nuys?
The middle half of Van Nuys closings we tracked ran from $745,000 to $1,200,000, with the median at $922,500, a spread close to typical for the markets we track. That is wide enough that a citywide number alone will not price a specific address, and narrow enough that a well-matched set of closings should converge. Expect the upper side of the distribution to stretch further from the center than the lower side.
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