Los Angeles home prices (US$/m²): returns since 2012
Los Angeles home prices, measured as the typical value per square meter (data: Redfin). This is the value of the property itself — bricks and mortar — not an investor's total return.
It excludes rent received and all costs (closing, property taxes, maintenance, vacancy). Compare it against U.S. inflation (CPI) and the S&P 500 below to see whether Los Angeles real estate kept up.
Los Angeles is a large, expensive coastal market spread across a sprawling metro, where entertainment, trade through its ports, aerospace and a broad service economy support demand, and chronic supply constraints keep prices high. As one of the markets at the center of the mid-2000s boom, it ran up sharply and then fell hard in the 2008 housing crash, with a slow recovery through the 2010s. Prices vary enormously by neighborhood and proximity to the coast, so a single metro figure smooths over a famously fragmented patchwork of local submarkets.
Cumulative return by window (in U.S. dollars)
| Window | Cumulative |
|---|---|
| 1 year | -4% |
| 5 years | 8% |
| 10 years | 60% |
Largest historical drop: -14% · annual volatility: 8% . Typical home price per m² (Redfin). Excludes rent received, closing costs, property taxes, maintenance and vacancy — the value of the property itself, not the investor's total return.
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Descriptive, educational content computed from official public data. Not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.