Your Ventura County real estate agent

Mostly by its plains and valleys. Ventura, Oxnard and Port Hueneme sit on the coast, with the farmland of the Oxnard Plain running inland to Camarillo. Thousand Oaks and the rest of the Conejo Valley sit east of Camarillo, up the Conejo Grade. Somis and Moorpark lie between Camarillo and Simi Valley, which fills its own valley along the 118. The Santa Clara River Valley runs east from Ventura along Highway 126, through Saticoy, Santa Paula and Fillmore to Piru, and Ojai sits in a mountain valley north of Ventura. The Los Padres National Forest covers nearly half of the county, across its northern part. The region cards link to every city.

Yes. Besides its ten cities, the county has unincorporated communities that the County of Ventura governs directly, including Oak Park, Oak View, Somis, Saticoy, El Rio and Piru. There, permits, zoning and some public services go through the county instead of a city. Saticoy borders the City of Ventura and El Rio borders Oxnard, so check the exact address with the County of Ventura map lookup before you buy.

All of it: the ten cities and the unincorporated communities between them. As a Ventura County real estate agent with my office in Ventura, I keep a page here for each city, with its neighborhoods, the official address lookups and the home searches for that city. Start with the county map near the top of this page.

A lot, and mostly by setting and home type. A condo, a tract home in a valley city, a house near the sand and a rural parcel with a well each sell against very different comparisons, even inside one city. The city searches show what is listed now, and I can pull recent sales for any area you are weighing.

It depends on where you start. Highway 101 runs from the coast through Camarillo and the Conejo Valley toward Los Angeles, and the 118 links Moorpark and Simi Valley to the San Fernando Valley. Metrolink’s Ventura County Line runs commuter trains from East Ventura through Oxnard, Camarillo, Moorpark and Simi Valley to Los Angeles Union Station, and Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner stops in all five cities. Drive your commute at rush hour before you commit to a home.

Because the county is not one market. A home near the beach raises flood and tsunami map questions, a hillside lot fire zone questions, a rural parcel well and septic questions, and an address outside city limits a different tax rate and permit office. Each city page covers what comes up there, and I walk you through it before you write an offer.

Yes. Because I hold a loan officer license as well as my real estate license, your home search and your loan questions can run side by side, wherever in the county you buy. My lending team at 21st Century Lending can take the loan from there, and you are free to use any lender you choose. If I act as both your agent and your loan officer, I disclose both roles to you in writing. More on home loans in Ventura County.

Recent sales of homes like yours, close by, set the range, and then condition and the homes competing with yours right now move it. In smaller communities there are fewer recent sales to compare, so the comparisons take more care. For my price opinion, which is not an appraisal, start with my free home valuation page.