Apartment buildings in Rowland Heights

What the buildings in Rowland Heights look like.

Most of the apartment stock in Rowland Heights is small. 102 of the 137 parcels hold two to four units, the duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes that are often bought by owner users and first-time investors.

The average parcel here holds 16.3 units. 9 parcels hold 50 units or more. The largest ones are listed further down this page, each with its own public record.

How old they are.

Half the apartment parcels in Rowland Heights were built in 1976 or earlier. 119 of 137, about 87%, went up in 1978 or before.

Across the 255 ZIP codes on this site that share is 89%, so Rowland Heights has about the same share of older buildings as the average. Older buildings tend to carry the questions a buyer will ask about, like plumbing, electrical, the roof and whether the building needs a seismic retrofit.

Rent control in Rowland Heights.

The City of Los Angeles rent ordinance does not cover Rowland Heights. 119 of the parcels here were built in 1978 or earlier, and age is usually the first thing a local rent rule looks at.

Where a city has no rent rule of its own, the state cap in AB 1482 covers most buildings more than 15 years old. Check with Rowland Heights before you underwrite a rent roll, because local rules change.

How long owners hold.

The median Prop 13 base year for apartment parcels in Rowland Heights is 1997. A base year resets when a building sells, so an old one usually means the same owner or the same family has held it a long time.

43 parcels, 31%, still carry a base year of 1995 or earlier. The figure for all 255 ZIP codes here is 28%, so owners in Rowland Heights have held longer than the average.

Long-held buildings often pay property tax on a value set decades ago. When they sell, the new owner is taxed on the price, which is part of why rents and expenses on these buildings need a close look before anyone sets a price.

How often buildings sell.

By last recorded transfer, 4 apartment parcels in Rowland Heights changed hands in 2022, 9 in 2023 and 9 in 2024.

That is 6.6% of the parcels here, against 7.3% across all 255 ZIP codes, so buildings here turned over at about the same rate as the average.

A building that sold twice in those years shows up once, in its later year, and a transfer is not always a sale at market. A move into a trust or between family members is recorded too.