Sherman Oaks Apartment Buildings

If Koreatown is where the RSO rewrite lands hardest, Sherman Oaks is where it lands softest of any core LA submarket. Not because the law spares Sherman Oaks — it does not — but because the building-age mix in the submarket is more heterogeneous than any other core LA pocket.

Jurisdiction
LA City
Rent control regime
LA City RSO (pre-1978) + Costa-Hawkins (post-1995)
Sterman closings here
17 transactions
Typical sale
With tenants in place

Sherman Oaks apartment building sales — the closed record

Buildings closed17
Units349
Total volume$96.2 million
Median price per unit$238K
Range$130K – $486K

Median and range are drawn from the 17 Sherman Oaks buildings in the Sterman Transaction Index — Michael Sterman's own closed book, not a market-wide estimate. Per-unit pricing tracks building size as much as location, so compare against buildings of similar unit count rather than against the submarket average.

Every Sherman Oaks building in the record

AddressUnitsPriceClosed
4540 Natick Ave36$12,100,0002026-05
4556 Hazeltine Ave6$1,635,0002024-09
4331 Ventura Canyon Ave16$4,750,0002021-09
4484 Murietta Ave10$3,000,0002020-04
14632 Magnolia Blvd16$3,790,0002019-11
15009 Moorpark St45$18,100,0002017-07
14930 Magnolia Ave8$2,040,0002016-01
4632-4646 Vista Del Monte34$16,510,0002015-06
14900 Moorpark Ave47$9,000,0002014-10
14833 Magnolia Ave36$7,200,0002014-09
4433 Murietta Ave24$5,705,0002014-04
14258 Dickens St11$1,900,0002014-02
14701 Dickens St8$2,000,0002013-10
14258 Dickens Street11$1,435,0002013-04
13506 Rye Street15$2,900,0002013-04
4721 Kester Avenue10$1,915,0002013-03
15286 Sutton Street16$2,220,0002012-11
Selling guide

Selling an apartment building in Sherman Oaks

Sherman Oaks is the Valley floor's most-demanded multifamily submarket. Demographics favor the renter class that pays aggressive market rent. School district quality, walkability to Ventura Boulevard, and proximity to bo...

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Living in town

Living in Sherman Oaks

Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood south of the 101 in the central San Fernando Valley. Known for strong school districts, the Ventura Boulevard commercial spine, and a stable professional-class demographic.

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Closings

Sterman closings in Sherman Oaks

14 Sterman Multifamily Group closings in Sherman Oaks. See the full transaction record.

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FAQ

Questions about selling in Sherman Oaks

4 common questions about selling an apartment building in Sherman Oaks — answered.

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Michael's Take
Sherman Oaks is a reliable Valley LA City submarket with a deep local operator buyer pool. Post-1995 inventory and pre-1978 inventory trade quite differently here — the December 2025 RSO rewrite has widened that gap meaningfully.

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