Malibu Real Estate
Malibu Real Estate
This guide to Malibu real estate covers the City of Malibu, a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, about 30 miles west of Los Angeles. Wikipedia’s infobox gives its total area as 19.90 square miles and lists ZIP codes 90263 to 90265. According to Wikipedia, the city is bounded by the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, Topanga to the east, Solromar to the west and the ocean to the south. Read on for the city’s history, Malibu Pier, Pepperdine University, getting around, parks, shopping and schools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Malibu is one of the communities in the Westside section of this site.
Malibu Real Estate By The Numbers
Malibu
Compared with 45 other Los Angeles-area communities
Why The Score Is 55
Malibu ranks above the middle on Price Growth, among the highest on Rent Growth, and among the lowest on Rental Demand. The score is the average of the three.
It is not a rating of Malibu, its people or its schools, and it does not measure affordability. A higher or lower number only shows how these three housing-market numbers compare with other communities.
What The Number Means
Select a range to see what it means
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the slowest of the communities, and more rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the slowest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the slowest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the slowest, and the share of empty rentals is higher than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the lowest of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are slower, and more rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally behind the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose less, or fell more, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A larger share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally slower.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally slower than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is higher.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank below the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are faster, and fewer rentals sit empty, than in the typical community.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally ahead of the typical community.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in the typical community.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in the typical community, and rent growth is generally faster.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally faster than in the typical community, and the share of empty rentals is lower.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank above the middle of the communities.
Generally, price growth and rent growth are among the fastest of the communities, and fewer rentals sit empty than in most other communities.
- If you are a buyer
- Home price growth is generally among the fastest of the communities.
- If you are a seller
- Over the last 12 months, typical home values here generally rose more, or fell less, than in most other communities.
- If you are a tenant
- A smaller share of rentals sit empty than in most other communities, and rent growth is generally among the fastest.
- If you are a landlord
- Rent growth is generally among the fastest, and the share of empty rentals is lower than in most other communities.
- If you are looking to invest
- Price growth, rent growth and rental demand generally rank among the highest of the communities.
Based on the last 12 months of Zillow data and the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy survey, which covers several years. This compares housing-market numbers across communities. It says nothing about what a property costs or earns, and it is not a forecast, advice, or a rating of any area.
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Schools Near Malibu
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Each bar shows how Malibu ranks among the communities with figures for that measure. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Change in the typical home value over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
Change in the typical rent over the last 12 months (Zillow). Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
Share of rental homes that sit empty (Census Bureau survey, 2020 to 2024, so it can run behind today’s market). Fewer empty rentals ranks higher. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
See how this score is calculated
The Housing Market Score compares this community with the other Los Angeles-area communities this site covers (the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, central Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita Valley). It is a resource for anyone comparing areas: buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, investors and developers. A community with more than one ZIP code uses all of them: each ZIP code’s home values and rents count in proportion to its number of homes (the Census Bureau’s home counts), and the empty rentals and rental homes of all of them are added together. Each measure is turned into a rank from 0 to 100, then the ranks are averaged. A rank of 89 means the area is ahead of about 89 out of every 100 others on that measure. The bar below the score splits the 0 to 100 scale into four ranges (0–25, 26–49, 50–79 and 80–100). Selecting a range shows what it looks like for a buyer, seller, tenant, landlord or someone looking to invest, and the same four names label each measure bar. Price Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical home value over the last 12 months. Rent Growth is the change in Zillow’s typical rent over the last 12 months. Rental Demand is how few rental homes sit empty, from the Census Bureau’s rental vacancy rate (fewer empty rentals ranks higher). If a measure has too little data for an area, it is left out and the score says how many measures it used. The score describes housing-market numbers only. It is not a rating of the people or the neighborhood, and it is not investment advice.
Price Level
Price Level compares how high typical home values and rents are with the other communities. It is separate from the Housing Market Score and does not change it. A fuller bar means a higher rank, not a better or worse area. The gold tick marks the middle.
Malibu ranks among the highest on Home Values and Rents.
The typical home value (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to buyers, sellers and owners.
The typical monthly rent (Zillow), with all of this community’s ZIP codes combined. Useful to tenants, landlords and developers.
It is not part of the Housing Market Score, and it does not measure affordability or the cost of living. It compares typical home values and rents across communities. Dollar figures are in the Market Snapshot tab.
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A Short History Of Malibu
Wikipedia places the area within Ventureño Chumash territory and says the Chumash called the settlement Humaliwo, or “the surf sounds loudly,” and that the city’s name derives from this. Wikipedia’s article on Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit says Spanish Governor José Joaquín de Arrillaga gave the rancho to José Bartolomé Tapia and that it was sold to Frederick Hastings Rindge in 1891.
Few roads entered the area before 1929, when the state built what is now the Pacific Coast Highway, according to Wikipedia. Malibu incorporated as a city on March 28, 1991. Wikipedia lists the Woolsey Fire among the wildfires on the Malibu coast; it began on November 8, 2018, and burned 96,949 acres. The numbers section links to official fire and earthquake hazard maps.
Malibu Pier, Surfrider Beach And Malibu Lagoon
California State Parks’ Malibu Pier page lists the pier’s location as 23000 Pacific Coast Highway. Wikipedia says the pier was constructed in 1905 and was restored and reopened in 2008. The City of Malibu’s beaches page says State Parks owns the pier and the Adamson House, and that Surfrider Beach was dedicated in 2010 as the first World Surfing Reserve.
The same page places Malibu Lagoon State Beach where Malibu Creek meets the ocean, just west of the pier, and says the Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum are located there.
Pepperdine University
Wikipedia describes Pepperdine University as a private research university whose main campus consists of 830 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean. George Pepperdine founded it in 1937 in South Los Angeles, and the Malibu campus opened in September 1972. According to Wikipedia, the Malibu campus is in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, and the city’s boundaries were drawn to exclude Pepperdine, at the college’s insistence.
Getting Around Malibu
According to Wikipedia, the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) is the main thoroughfare of the city of Malibu. Wikipedia says Topanga Canyon Boulevard (State Route 27) begins at the highway at Topanga State Beach, in an unincorporated area east of Malibu, and runs north to the Ronald Reagan Freeway. It also says Malibu Canyon Road connects State Route 1 in Malibu with U.S. Route 101, and that Kanan Road / Kanan Dume Road runs for 19 miles, connecting the Conejo Valley and U.S. Route 101 with State Route 1 and Malibu.
Metro’s Line Schedules and Maps page lists Line 134 as Downtown Santa Monica Station – Malibu via Pacific Coast Hwy. Wikipedia’s Malibu article says there are many points of access to the Backbone Trail System throughout the local canyons, and the National Park Service says the trail was officially completed in 2016 with 67 miles of unbroken trail. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.
Parks, Beaches And Open Space
At 30000 Pacific Coast Highway, Zuma Beach has 1.8 miles of beach frontage and 105 acres of property, according to Los Angeles County. The City’s beaches page calls it the largest beach in Malibu.
California State Parks’ brochure for Point Dume State Beach gives its size as 63 acres and says a 34-acre parcel was designated a State Natural Preserve in 1992.
Wikipedia describes Leo Carrillo State Park, situated along the Malibu coast, as a 2,513-acre park established in 1953 that has expanded into Ventura County. The California State Parks page for Malibu Creek State Park gives its address as 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, and says the park encompasses over 8,000 acres and was classified and opened in 1976. The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.
Shopping And Dining
Wikipedia says there are several shopping centers in the Malibu Civic Center area, including the Malibu Country Mart.
Library, Schools And Colleges
The LA County Library’s Malibu Library is at 23519 W Civic Center Way (90265), and its page lists public computers, wireless printing and a Tool Lending Library.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District serves Santa Monica and Malibu, and its Schools page lists the district’s schools. Colleges in the area include Pepperdine University, described above. Wikipedia says Malibu is also served by Santa Monica College, a community college in the nearby city of Santa Monica to the south. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.
Look Up A Malibu Address
Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. The City of Malibu’s Local Coastal Program page says the City’s Local Coastal Program regulates zoning and land use, that zoning is administered through the Local Implementation Plan, and that all development and activity within city limits, unless considered exempt, is subject to the program’s regulations. The California Coastal Commission posts the City’s Local Coastal Program maps, which include Zoning Maps 1 through 5; each zoning sheet is marked “Revised 8/02.” Wikipedia notes that the Malibu ZIP code includes unincorporated canyon areas. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information.
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