Rancho Palos Verdes
Rancho Palos Verdes is a city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, California. It is the largest of the Peninsula cities by transaction volume, and it spans a wider range of housing types and price points than any of its neighbors.
What do homes cost in Rancho Palos Verdes?
Over the twelve months ending August 2026, detached homes in Rancho Palos Verdes sold at a median price of $1,893,750 and an average price of $2,071,718, across 294 closed sales. The median price per square foot was $793.
| Rancho Palos Verdes | Twelve months ending August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Median sale price | $1,893,750 |
| Average sale price | $2,071,718 |
| Median price per square foot | $793 |
| Closed sales | 294 |
| Median days on market | 21 |
| Median share of original list price | 96.9% |
| Months of inventory | 3.9 |
Average and median describe the same market differently. The average is every sale added together and divided by the number of sales, so a small number of high-value homes lifts it. The median is the middle sale, so the median stays closer to the typical home. Both are shown here. Why the two numbers differ, and which one to use.
How consistent are prices across Rancho Palos Verdes?
The average sale price in Rancho Palos Verdes ran 9.4% above the median over the twelve months ending August 2026, the narrowest spread of the Palos Verdes cities tracked on this site. In Palos Verdes Estates the same gap was 27.3%. Detached sales in Rancho Palos Verdes cluster closely around the middle of the market, which makes the median an unusually reliable guide to what a typical home there transacts for.
How does Rancho Palos Verdes compare with Palos Verdes Estates?
Rancho Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Estates sell at the same speed and at very different prices. Over the twelve months ending August 2026 both cities recorded a median of 21 days on market, and sellers received a median 96.9% and 96.7% of original list price respectively. The median sale price was $1,893,750 in Rancho Palos Verdes against $2,900,000 in Palos Verdes Estates, and the median price per square foot was $793 against $1,031.
Rancho Palos Verdes also recorded 294 closed detached sales against 148, so a buyer working in Rancho Palos Verdes has roughly twice as many transactions to compare against.
What neighborhoods make up Rancho Palos Verdes?
Rancho Palos Verdes spans MLS areas 167 through 177, including PV Drive East, Mira Catalina, PV Drive South, West Palos Verdes, Country Club, La Cresta, Los Verdes, Crest, Peninsula Center, Silver Spur and Eastview. Conditions differ substantially between them, and a city-wide figure describes the city as a whole rather than any one neighborhood within it.
Two of these areas have their own pages: PV Drive South and Peninsula Center. MLS area 175 (Peninsula Center) straddles the boundary between Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills Estates, so listings there may fall in either city.
How does view protection work in Rancho Palos Verdes?
Rancho Palos Verdes voters passed Measure M in 1989, and the city administers view claims through its View Restoration Division. That is the opposite arrangement from Palos Verdes Estates, where views are protected by 1923 deed restrictions administered by the Palos Verdes Homes Association rather than by the city. A view you can see is not the same as a view you own. How the Rancho Palos Verdes view ordinance works, and what Proposition M actually protects.
What schools serve Rancho Palos Verdes?
Most of Rancho Palos Verdes is served by Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Attendance areas vary by address, and not every part of the city falls within the same district boundary.
School attendance boundaries are subject to change and are not guaranteed. You are advised to verify current attendance areas, enrollment eligibility, and all school information directly with the school district for any specific address.
Working in Rancho Palos Verdes
Chhabria Real Estate has sold the Palos Verdes Peninsula for forty years from an office at 717 Yarmouth Road. In a city that spans eleven MLS areas and twice the transaction volume of its neighbors, the difference between a good sale and an average one is usually knowing which of those areas a property actually competes in.
Source: California Regional MLS (CRMLS), via InfoSparks. Residential detached homes, rolling twelve months ending August 2026, reported by city. Refreshed quarterly. Market statistics describe cities and neighborhoods, not individual homes, and no figure here is an appraisal or opinion of value for any specific property.