We Buy Houses in Tujunga, CA

Tujunga was briefly its own independent city, incorporated on April 21, 1925 with aspirations of being called Verdugo Hills, and it took two failed annexation votes, in 1927 and 1930, before residents finally agreed in January 1932 to join Los Angeles, with consolidation completed March 8, 1932. That history of resisting annexation, then joining anyway, is a useful reminder for sellers: whatever independent identity Tujunga still has as a community, every sale here runs through the same City of Los Angeles transfer tax and property-report process as a house in Hollywood or the Valley floor.

Cash Home Buyers CA is based in Woodland Hills, about a thirty-minute drive on the 210 and the 5, and Tujunga is a neighborhood we buy in regularly. We deliver a written cash offer within 24 to 48 hours, purchase the property as-is with no repairs, commissions or showings, and close on the date that works for you.

Tujunga’s market: high prices, long waits

Movoto’s August 2026 data puts Tujunga’s median sale price at $899,999, with 84 homes sold that month and a median of 78 days on the market, one of the longer waits among the northeast Valley and foothill neighborhoods. The 2000 census recorded 26,527 residents in Tujunga, with a median household income of $58,001, in a community that stretches from the flatter blocks near Foothill Boulevard up into the canyons toward Mount Lukens, at 5,074 feet the highest point in the city.

The 78-day median points to buyers taking their time, especially on the hillside and canyon-adjacent parcels closer to the San Gabriel Mountains, where fire exposure and insurance costs weigh on financed offers. Updated houses on the flatter, more central blocks move faster, while original-condition hillside homes and larger canyon lots depend more on cash buyers willing to skip the insurance and appraisal hurdles a conventional loan requires.

What a Tujunga sale involves

• Transfer tax: the city’s $4.50 per $1,000 plus the county’s $1.10 per $1,000 totals $5.60 combined. On the $899,999 median that comes to about $5,040, customarily a seller cost.
• The 9A report: Building and Safety’s Report of Residential Property Records is required before close, along with the seismic gas shutoff, low-flow fixture and detector certifications.
• Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone: Tujunga’s hillside and canyon-fringe properties, including areas affected by the 2017 La Tuna Fire that burned 7,194 acres across Sunland-Tujunga, Burbank and Glendale, fall within the state’s mapped fire hazard zone, which adds disclosure requirements and can complicate a buyer’s insurance search.
• Larger canyon lots: a share of Tujunga’s housing sits on bigger, irregular lots near the San Gabriel foothills, which can complicate appraisal comparables for a financed buyer.

From Foothill Boulevard up into the canyons: Tujunga’s housing

Tujunga sits east of Mount Gleason Avenue, the informal dividing line from Sunland, between the Verdugo Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains and contiguous with La Crescenta-Montrose. Foothill Boulevard is the main commercial corridor, with Bolton Hall’s 1913 building standing as the community’s historic anchor and the Big Tujunga Wash running along the edge of the developed area. Housing ranges from standard mid-century single-family tracts on the flatter blocks to larger, older homes on canyon-adjacent lots closer to the mountains.

We buy houses throughout Tujunga. The properties that fit a cash sale best are hillside and canyon-adjacent houses that are hard to insure conventionally, larger irregular lots that complicate a standard appraisal, and inherited or long-held houses near Bolton Hall or the Big Tujunga Wash that need significant work before they could be listed.

Why Tujunga owners call us

• Hard-to-insure hillside houses. A house in the fire hazard zone that a conventional buyer’s insurer will not cover affordably can still sell as-is to us.
• Inherited property. A family home near Foothill Boulevard or the canyons that has passed down through the family can be sold as an inherited house in the Los Angeles area directly out of probate or a trust.
• Rented houses. We buy tenant-occupied houses across the Los Angeles area with the tenancy intact, no vacancy wait needed.
• Foreclosure. Once a notice of default is recorded, we can often close on a house in foreclosure before the trustee’s sale date.

We also work with owners handling a divorce, a relocation on a deadline, or anyone who wants to sell a Tujunga house fast.

Escrow, fire-zone disclosure, and recording in Tujunga

After you accept our offer, we open escrow and request the 9A report from Building and Safety right away, since it usually drives the pace of a Los Angeles closing. For hillside and canyon-adjacent parcels we confirm the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone disclosure during escrow so it is resolved before closing rather than discovered at the last minute. Probate estates are heard downtown at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse; a trust sale skips that step.

Recording happens with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk in Norwalk, with proceeds wired the day recording is confirmed. A flatland house with clear title generally records in two to three weeks; hillside properties, larger canyon lots or estates typically take three to six weeks given the added disclosures. You set the date.

Listing your Tujunga house versus selling to us

On an $899,999 sale, a roughly 5 to 6 percent commission runs about $45,000 to $54,000, plus the roughly $5,040 in combined transfer tax, the 9A report, and any repair or insurance-related credit a buyer’s lender requires. A well-kept updated house on a flatter, more central block will often still net more listed with an agent.

Our offer is most competitive on hillside houses that struggle to insure, larger canyon-adjacent lots that appraise oddly against flatland comps, and estates that would otherwise sit through a 78-day average wait. Subtract commission, transfer tax and carrying costs from a realistic list price on one of those, and our number is usually close, with a firm date attached.

Tujunga seller FAQs

Does Tujunga have its own transfer tax since it was once a separate city?

No. Tujunga has been part of the City of Los Angeles since consolidation in 1932, so the same $5.60 per $1,000 combined city and county transfer tax and the 9A report apply here as anywhere else in the city.

Is my house in the area affected by the La Tuna Fire?

Some hillside and canyon-adjacent Tujunga parcels sit within the footprint of the 2017 La Tuna Fire and the state’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. We buy those houses as-is without requiring a new insurance policy first.

Will you buy a house on a large, irregular canyon lot?

Yes. We evaluate larger and irregular lots on their own terms rather than forcing a standard flatland comparison.

Who handles the 9A report?

We order and pay for the Report of Residential Property Records on our purchases, along with the seismic gas shutoff and fixture certifications the city requires.

How fast can you close on a Tujunga property?

Two to three weeks for a flatland house with clear title; three to six weeks for hillside, canyon-lot or estate properties given the added disclosures. You choose the date.

If you own a house in Tujunga and want a firm cash number, call or text 424-493-4424. We will see the property once and hand you a written offer within 24 to 48 hours, with no obligation. Our how it works page explains the full process.

Written and reviewed by the Cash Home Buyers CA team, a Woodland Hills-based cash home buyer serving Los Angeles and Orange County. Market figures are from Movoto as of August 2026, U.S. Census 2000, and Wikipedia (Sunland-Tujunga and La Tuna Fire), and are updated periodically.