Ventura Homes for Sale

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Ventura at a glance

• City or County? Check the parcel: Ventura homes for sale can include addresses that the City of San Buenaventura, Ventura’s legal name, does not govern. Saticoy, urbanized North Ventura Avenue and the beach communities up the coast are unincorporated, so zoning and permits there run through Ventura County.
• Two rivers and a beach shape the flood map: The city’s FEMA 100-year flood areas include land west of the Ventura River levee and near its mouth, an area just north of the Santa Clara River by the Olivas Park and Buenaventura golf courses, and the beach along the Pierpont lanes. In a high-risk zone, a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance (FEMA, as of 2026).
• Hillside homes sit in fire zones: The City’s fire hazard map, adopted July 1, 2025, rates more than 4,600 acres High or Very High, much of it in the north of the city against the foothills. Owners in those zones must finish brush clearance by June 1 every year.
• A sewer lateral inspection comes with a resale: Since 2014 the City has required a video inspection of the private sewer lateral before escrow closes, with the results shared with the buyer; who pays for any repair is negotiable. The City’s building records report has been optional since March 1, 2026.

Ventura’s areas, from the river to the east end

Downtown Ventura centers on the Main Street shops that run from Fir Street west to Mission San Buenaventura, with turn-of-the-century houses nearby and more duplexes, triplexes and apartments than most of the city. Midtown follows with mid-century homes. The City’s housing study puts the greatest concentration of older homes in the western and central parts of Ventura.

On the coast, homes in Pierpont line its beach lanes, and boats reach the Ventura Keys through a stub channel from Ventura Harbor, which opened in 1963; the Port District and the City dredge that channel as conditions require. The General Plan’s single-family beach designation sets lots of about 3,200 square feet and up and a limit of 2.5 stories or 30 feet, and building there must conform to the Local Coastal Program. See all Ventura beach homes.

Farther east come suburban tracts, with large-lot homes on the hillsides. Off Foothill Road, Ondulando, Clearpoint, Skyline and Hidden Valley were evacuated or under curfew in the 2017 Thomas Fire, which damaged or destroyed 686 structures in the city. Montalvo has the city’s second train station after Downtown, and at the eastern edge, Saticoy is a 240-acre County community on the Santa Clara River.

North of the Ventura River, the County’s North Coast runs 12 miles to Rincon Point. Solimar Beach Colony, Faria Beach Colony and Mussel Shoals are small County communities zoned mainly Residential-Beach, set between the highway and the sand.

Houses for sale in Ventura, and everything else

State figures for 2021 in the City’s Housing Element count about 55 percent of Ventura’s homes as detached houses, 11 percent attached, 28 percent in buildings of two or more units and 5 percent mobile homes, and more than 82 percent were built before 1990. Browse condos, townhomes, multi-family, mobile homes including the Ventura Marina mobile home park, new construction or open houses, search ZIP 93001, 93003 or 93004, or compare areas with a Ventura real estate agent.

Ventura questions, answered

Can I rent out a Ventura home by the night?

Only with a City permit for any stay of 30 days or less. As of 2026, non-owner-occupied permits are capped by area: 100 in Pierpont, where no lane may exceed 10 percent of its homes, 100 Downtown and 35 in the Harbor and Keys area. An owner may hold two, only one of them in Pierpont, and a lot with an accessory dwelling unit cannot get one. On the County coast, the permit for stays under 30 days goes only to owners and expires when the home sells.

Where does Ventura’s water come from?

All local: Lake Casitas, the Ventura River, three groundwater basins and recycled water. The Westside and Midtown, generally west of Mills Road, sit in the Casitas Municipal Water District, so owners there pay an annual Casitas assessment on the property tax bill.

Which parts of Ventura face tsunami risk?

The City’s Safety Element names low-lying land along the Ventura and Santa Clara rivers, around Ventura Harbor, and west of US-101 and Harbor Boulevard, and its evacuation plan moves the coastal neighborhoods east. Look up the exact address on the state tsunami map.

What do fire zones change for a hillside buyer?

New buildings in High and Very High zones must meet California’s wildfire-resistant construction code, as must some remodels. Sellers must disclose the zone, and insurers use their own wildfire models, so get quotes early.