Calabasas.
Discover a distinctive city where hillside neighborhoods, established communities, local gathering places and the surrounding Southern California landscape come together just beyond the western San Fernando Valley.
City Living.
Surrounded by Hills.
Calabasas occupies a distinctive setting at the southwestern edge of the San Fernando Valley, between the foothills of the Santa Monica and Santa Susana Mountains.
Its built environment ranges from established residential neighborhoods and planned communities to hillside properties, condominiums and larger homes positioned throughout the city’s varied terrain.
Old Town, local shopping and dining, parks, trails and the surrounding hills give different parts of Calabasas their own character — which is also why real estate here needs to be evaluated community by community and property by property.
History. Hills.
Modern Calabasas.
Historic Calabasas Road and the Leonis Adobe connect modern Calabasas with an earlier chapter of the area.
Rolling terrain and mountain foothills form an important part of the city’s physical setting.
Calabasas includes established neighborhoods alongside later planned residential development.
The Ventura Freeway connects Calabasas with the western Valley and the wider Los Angeles region.
Everyday Life.
Distinctly Calabasas.
Places to Meet. Places to Stay Awhile.
Calabasas combines neighborhood-serving shopping, restaurants and outdoor gathering spaces with a setting shaped by landscaped streets, hills and open space.
Historic Calabasas
Old Town Calabasas preserves a visible connection to the city’s past, with the Leonis Adobe serving as one of its most significant historic landmarks.
Local Gathering Places
Shopping, restaurants and everyday services create gathering points throughout the city and complement its primarily residential character.
Outdoor Calabasas
City parks and trail connections provide opportunities to experience the hills and open-space landscape that surrounds much of Calabasas.
West Valley Connection
Calabasas sits along the Ventura Freeway corridor with connections toward Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills and communities throughout the western Los Angeles region.
Understanding the
Local Options.
Calabasas is served by the Las Virgenes Unified School District, with public elementary, middle and high-school options in and around the city. Families considering a particular home should always confirm the current school assignment directly with the district because attendance boundaries can vary by address.
The area also includes independent-school options. Rather than ranking schools, the guide below identifies the type of school and grade levels so buyers can decide which options they want to research further.
Calabasas High School
A Las Virgenes Unified public high school located in Calabasas. This is one of the principal public high-school options associated with the Calabasas area.
Explore LVUSD Schools →A.C. Stelle Middle School
A Las Virgenes Unified middle school located on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas. Buyers should confirm the assigned middle school for the specific property address with LVUSD.
Explore LVUSD Schools →Bay Laurel, Chaparral & Lupin Hill
These are among the LVUSD elementary schools located in Calabasas. Elementary-school assignment is address-specific, so the district’s current boundary information should be checked before relying on a school for a home search.
View District Schools →Viewpoint School
Viewpoint is an independent TK–12 school on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas. It is a private alternative to the public-school system and has its own admissions process, programs and tuition.
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Where Calabasas
Comes Together.
The Commons at Calabasas is one of the city’s most visible shopping-and-dining gathering points, combining restaurants, cafés, shops and landscaped outdoor spaces in one walkable setting.
The feel is polished but relaxed: coffee and casual lunches during the day, patio dining and dinner in the evening, with shopping and everyday errands woven into the same destination.
King’s Fish House
A seafood-focused restaurant at The Commons with oysters, seasonal catches, sushi and shellfish. A useful local option for a relaxed lunch or a sit-down seafood dinner.
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Toscanova
An Italian trattoria serving pasta, seafood and steaks. Its patio-and-dinner setting makes it one of the more polished places to meet for lunch, dinner or an evening at The Commons.
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Porta Via
A California-cuisine bistro and bar with salads, pasta, seafood and cocktails. The setting works for brunch, lunch, dinner or meeting friends in the center of The Commons.
Visit Restaurant →The Commons at Calabasas
For someone new to Calabasas, The Commons is an easy place to understand the city’s social rhythm: dining, coffee, shopping and outdoor seating all meet in one destination. Old Town adds a more historic layer nearby, while parks, trails and the surrounding hills provide the quieter side of the Calabasas lifestyle.
Historic Roots.
A Modern City.
Calabasas has a history extending far beyond its relatively recent incorporation as a city. The area was home to Chumash communities before Spanish expeditions reached the region during the eighteenth century.
During the nineteenth century, ranching became an important part of the area’s story. The Leonis Adobe, associated with Miguel Leonis and his family, survives as one of the most visible links to that period.
Larger-scale residential development accelerated during the second half of the twentieth century as water infrastructure and freeway access helped transform the area. Planned residential development later became an important part of modern Calabasas.
On April 5, 1991, Calabasas officially incorporated as a city, beginning the next chapter in its development and local governance.
Golf Course Views.
Rolling Calabasas Hills.
Calabasas is shaped as much by its natural setting as by its residential development. Hills, ridgelines and open spaces create a visual backdrop throughout different parts of the city.
Parks, trails and recreational facilities add another dimension to the area, while the terrain itself creates meaningful differences in elevation, outlook and property setting from one neighborhood to another.
Community Matters.
Property Matters More.
Calabasas is made up of multiple residential settings, and the differences between them matter when evaluating real estate.
Community, lot characteristics, elevation, condition, improvements, immediate competition and recent comparable sales all help determine how an individual property should be positioned or evaluated.
Different Communities. Different Comparisons.
The Calabasas housing landscape includes planned neighborhoods, established residential streets, hillside homes and attached housing. Properties that appear similar in size can compete differently depending on their location, lot, setting, condition and community.
Single-Family Homes
Established and planned neighborhoods provide a broad range of single-family housing, architecture, lot sizes and residential settings.
Hillside Properties
Calabasas terrain creates properties with varying elevations, outlooks, lot configurations and proximity to surrounding open space.
Condos & Townhomes
Attached housing forms another part of the local market and should be evaluated using relevant community-specific sales, fees and property characteristics.
Calabasas
Market Data.
Real estate conditions change. The live CRMLS chart below allows you to follow Calabasas median sales price movement without relying on a market number that may quickly become outdated.
Looking across several reporting periods provides more context than relying on a single month or individual sale.
Median Sales Price · Calabasas
Live CRMLS DataTurning Market Data Into Context.
Read Left to Right
The horizontal axis represents time. Following the graph from left to right shows how Calabasas median sales prices have moved across the reporting periods displayed.
Read Bottom to Top
The vertical axis represents price. Points appearing higher on the graph correspond with a higher median sales price for that reporting period.
Follow the Overall Trend
Rather than concentrating on one month, look across several reporting periods to understand the broader direction of the median.
Understand the Midpoint
Median sales price is the midpoint of the sales included in the data. Half fall above the median and half below. It does not mean every Calabasas property has that value.
A Graph Is Context — Not a Home Valuation.
One reporting period should not be treated as the value movement of every Calabasas property. The mix of homes closing during a particular period can influence the median.
A period containing a greater proportion of higher-priced sales can move the median upward without indicating that every property increased by the same amount.
Community, recent comparable sales, condition, lot, improvements, location and current competition provide additional context when evaluating an individual home.
For buyers, the data helps place an asking price in context. For sellers, it provides a starting point before narrowing the analysis to the individual property.
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Real Estate.
Explore current Calabasas properties available through the MLS, then contact me when you’re ready to evaluate a home, compare recent sales or plan your next move.
Considering Calabasas?
Whether you’re buying, selling or simply trying to understand the Calabasas market, I can help you evaluate the data, the property and the strategy behind your next move.
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