How do you sell your Atwater Village home when you relocate?

1. Set your dates: start of the new job, lease end, or any other fixed date.
2. Decide on occupancy: sell while living there, sell vacant, or sell with a tenant under the lease terms.
3. Arrange remote signing with escrow, including any notary needs where you'll be.
4. Leave the paperwork: ZIMAS report, permits, warranties, utility contacts, HOA details if any.
5. Check EQ Zapp for the address before disclosures begin.
6. Approve a prep plan by photo and video.
7. Review offers by phone or video, then sign electronically where escrow allows.

Buyers will ask how they get in and out, and the answer is changing for a few years. The Bureau of Engineering's Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Improvement Project began construction in February 2026 and is expected to take five to six years. The Bureau says there will be various traffic control phases and that the bridge will not be fully closed to traffic. The project list also includes realigning the I-5 northbound off-ramp to allow travel both ways on Glendale Boulevard.

City freeway maps show the Golden State Freeway (I-5) and the Glendale Freeway (SR-2) within the area east of the river. I describe the routes plainly in the listing, check the Bureau's page before each open house, and adjust directions as phases change.

Two usually. First, the zoning: City GeoHub layers queried October 29, 2026, show the River Improvement Overlay suffix on nearly every zoned parcel east of the river, and ZI-2358 says work consisting only of interior remodeling or repair is not treated as a RIO project. Second, the disclosure report: parts of the neighborhood are mapped in an Earthquake Fault Zone or a liquefaction zone, and buyers read that section closely. Having both answers in the file keeps the sale on track while you're away.

LADBS requires City home sellers, with some exceptions, to give the buyer a Residential Property Report ($70.85 per report as of October 29, 2026); a report issued in the last six months can be reused, so check with LADBS before ordering.

LA County's documentary transfer tax is $1.10 per $1,000 of the sale price, and your escrow estimate shows the exact figure. For qualifying transactions closing after June 30, 2026, Los Angeles Measure ULA imposes an additional 4% tax when the value conveyed exceeds $5,400,000 but is below $10,900,000, or 5.5% when the value conveyed is $10,900,000 or more. The applicable ULA rate is calculated on the full gross value conveyed, not just the amount above the threshold. The City's 0.45% base transfer tax and the County documentary transfer tax are separate charges. Confirm the calculation and any applicable exemptions with your escrow officer. Escrow, title and commission are listed on the estimated closing statement, and some employers' relocation packages cover part of them.

The amount or rate of real estate commissions is not fixed by law. They are set by each broker individually and may be negotiable between the seller and broker.

Questions to bring to your CPA or attorney

• How the home sale exclusion applies if you've moved out
• How relocation benefits from your employer are taxed
• How the sale is reported if you've changed states

Atwater Village's eastern edge meets the City of Glendale line, and City of Los Angeles selling rules apply only to addresses inside LA City limits, so confirm the parcel on ZIMAS before relying on them.

• Selling a house in Atwater Village
• Downsizing from an Atwater Village home
• Relocation services
• Vacant property services

Sidney Manzo, CA DRE #01108914
In real estate since 1990 · RE/MAX Hall of Fame · Member, Pasadena Foothills Association of REALTORS® (PFAR) and California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.)
Brokerage: RE/MAX Dream Properties (ASLG Inc), CA DRE #02142193