617 FLOWER AVE.
Los Angeles, CA 90291 · APN 4240-011-024
UNITS
2
BUILDING SF
2,802
SF / UNIT
1,401
YEAR BUILT
2015
BEDROOMS
4
BATHROOMS
3
USE · CODE 0200
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PROP 13 ASSESSED VALUES, USUALLY WELL BELOW MARKET ON LONG-HELD BUILDINGS.
No market sale detected on this parcel since 2021. The last recorded transfer may have been a refinance, trust move, or family transfer that didn't reset the Prop 13 base.
LIKELY EXEMPT (NEW CONSTRUCTION)
Built 2015, inside the City of Los Angeles. Buildings under 15 years old are exempt from AB 1482, and construction after 1 October 1978 is outside the RSO. The state cap applies once the building turns 15.
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SALE DATES ARE RECORDED TRANSFERS; THE NEWEST HERE IS DEC 30, 2024.
PRICES ESTIMATED FROM ASSESSOR REASSESSMENT AT SALE (ASSESSED VALUE DEFLATED 2%/YR), NOT VERIFIED CLOSING PRICES.
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The short answers.
Is 617 Flower Ave rent controlled?
Built 2015, inside the City of Los Angeles. Buildings under 15 years old are exempt from AB 1482, and construction after 1 October 1978 is outside the RSO. The state cap applies once the building turns 15. This is an inference from public assessor records, not a determination. Confirm the certificate of occupancy date with the LA Housing Department or ZIMAS before you rely on it for pricing or notices.
How many units does 617 Flower Ave have?
County records list 2 units at 617 Flower Ave, classified as duplex across 2,802 square feet of building area, averaging about 1,401 square feet per unit. Unit counts on the roll can lag permitted conversions and unpermitted additions in both directions.
When was 617 Flower Ave built?
The assessor roll gives a build year of 2015, which is after the 1 October 1978 RSO cutoff. The ordinance turns on the certificate of occupancy rather than the roll's build year, so a building finished either side of that date is worth confirming with LAHD. Age drives more than character here. It sets rent-cap exposure, seismic retrofit obligations, and what a lender will underwrite.
When did 617 Flower Ave last change hands?
The most recent transfer on the roll was recorded August 2023. Not every recorded transfer is a market sale: refinances, trust transfers, and family conveyances all appear in the same field, and those do not reset the assessed value.
What is 617 Flower Ave assessed at, and is that what it is worth?
The current assessed value is $1,652,630 ($941,412 land, $711,218 improvements). Assessed value is not market value. Under Proposition 13 it resets only on a change of ownership and then climbs about 2% a year, so a long-held building is often assessed far below what it would trade for, and this one has held its base year for roughly 23 years.
Would the owner of 617 Flower Ave face a big tax bill on a sale?
Possibly. A base year going back roughly 23 years usually means a long hold and a low tax basis, and a low basis means a large taxable gain on a straight sale: capital gains plus depreciation recapture, with California taxing gains at ordinary income rates. The base year is not proof of when the current owner bought, though: a building inherited from a parent before Proposition 19 took effect in February 2021 could keep the old base year while its tax basis was stepped up at death. Long-held buildings also often sell through a 1031 exchange, or pass through an estate for the step-up in basis.
What is the Venice apartment market doing?
617 Flower Ave sits in Venice, in Los Angeles. Sale counts, median price per unit and median price per square foot for the submarket are estimated from county assessor reassessments at sale, not verified closing prices, and are published with the share of rent-control-era stock on the Venice market page. See that page for the figures rather than a number quoted here.
How do I find out what 617 Flower Ave would sell for today?
Public records give you the frame, units, size, age, assessed value, and when it last traded, but pricing needs in-place rents, expenses, and the condition of the units, none of which appear in county data. A broker valuation puts closed comps and a rent survey against the actual rent roll. Shaya Lowenstein does that free for LA multifamily owners, typically within 48 hours, with no obligation to list.
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