Slava Ploshkin is a Los Angeles and Long Beach real estate agent, founder of The Slava House brand, with a combined social media audience of 10 million followers. He works with broker Joe Goodman (more than 25 years of California real estate experience). Slava Ploshkin, REALTOR® with Hayden & Bach. Joe Goodman is the broker. Russian available.

Los Angeles · Westside · Valley · English · Russian

Los Angeles real estate agent, in English and Russian

I'm Slava Ploshkin, a REALTOR® based in Long Beach, and Los Angeles is where most of my showings outside my own city happen. LA is not one market.

Median askingLos Angeles$1.2M5,684 for sale

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REALTOR® · DRE #02323623 · 4.9★ on Google · Hayden & Bach

Asking prices · updated Oct 3, 2026

Los Angeles right now. Live from the MLS.

5,684homes for sale

Los Angeles, neighborhood by neighborhood

The median asking price in each neighborhood, from the lowest to the highest. The red dot is all of Los Angeles.

$1.2M

What’s for sale

43% of the homes for sale in Los Angeles are single-family houses.

5,684homes for sale

Single-family43%2,452 homes
Multi-unit30%1,704 homes
Condo24%1,353 homes
Other2%108 homes
Townhouse1%67 homes

Price cuts

34%

34% of the homes for sale in Los Angeles are priced below an earlier asking price.

3,188rentals listed, median $4K a month

See all 5,684 Los Angeles homes

What I know about Los Angeles

A condo in West Hollywood, a house in Sherman Oaks and a bungalow in Silver Lake have different buyers, different rules and different risks. I tell you which neighborhoods fit the budget before we drive anywhere. Joe Goodman, my broker, reads every contract before you sign.

Tall palm trees over a curving concrete plaza with skateboarders, under a partly cloudy sky, with shops and hotels behind — Late afternoon among the palms of the Venice Beach recreation area

Buyers moving from abroad usually start with the Westside and the Valley, and that's where a lot of Russian-speaking LA already lives: West Hollywood and the streets around it, Studio City and Sherman Oaks over the hill, Santa Monica and Playa Vista by the water. The Westside costs more per square foot and gives you the ocean air. The Valley gives you the house, the yard and the garage for the same money.

Two story Spanish Revival building with a tile roof, arched doorways and iron balconies behind large trees and a lawn — The Magnolia, a Spanish Revival building behind a big lawn on Magnolia Boulevard

What I check for every LA home: the school assignment inside a district as large as LAUSD, whether a hillside street sits in a mapped fire zone, what an older building's HOA has in reserves, and how the commute actually looks at 8 a.m. rather than on the map. Rent-controlled buildings and short-term rental rules matter if you plan to rent the place out later, so I read the city rules for the specific address.

A row of very tall palms and a large rounded shade tree beside a quiet street with houses, under a blue sky with thin clouds — Tall palms and old shade trees along Bundy Drive in Brentwood

LA sellers compete with thousands of listings, so the first photos and the first weekend decide the price. We shoot video that shows the street and the light, price against the same neighborhood and home type, and Joe and I read every offer together before we respond. If you are selling in one part of LA to buy in another, I run both sides so the timing works.

White stucco cottage with a red tile roof and green shutters in front of a steep hillside covered in trees and houses — A white Spanish cottage below the hillside homes of Whitley Heights

Areas I work most. Guides with live listings.

VeniceSmall beach lots on canals and walk streets, inside the City of Los AngelesRead the guide ›Sherman OaksHills south of Ventura Boulevard, ranch-house flats north of it, and the 405 down the west sideRead the guide ›BrentwoodCanyon houses above Sunset and big-lot streets below it, on the west side of the 405Read the guide ›Hollywood HillsThe canyons and ridges above Sunset, from Laurel Canyon across the Cahuenga Pass to the Hollywood Sign, where every view comes with fire-zone fine printRead the guide ›Silver Lake1920s hillside streets around a city reservoir, between Los Feliz and Echo ParkRead the guide ›Beverly GroveThe flat Los Angeles blocks between the Beverly Hills line and Fairfax Avenue, where most of what sells is a boulevard condo or a 1920s duplexRead the guide ›Los FelizThe 1920s hills and flats under Griffith Park, where Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra built on the slope and the village streets sit belowRead the guide ›Hancock ParkThe 1920s neighborhood laid out around the Wilshire Country Club, where Revival houses sit 50 feet back from the street and the HPOZ keeps them that wayRead the guide ›

More areasWest Hollywood Studio City Santa Monica Playa Vista

How we work.

The Tandem

“No agency matched them. A street in Long Beach did.”

Two people on every deal

I run the search, the showings and the marketing. My broker Joe Goodman has worked California contracts for over 25 years and reads every offer before it goes out. You get both of us for one commission.

Honest about the house

If the floor slopes, the street is loud or the price is wrong, I say it on the tour. Clients tell me that's the reason they trust the yes when it comes.

Our own search, updated daily

Explore is our live MLS map with every listing and the market numbers behind it. You see what I see, in English or Russian, and I call when something is actually worth a call.

Don’t take my word for it. Take theirs.

4.9 on Google · 5.0 on Zillow

“I was nervous at first because Slava is young, and buying a house in LA isn’t something I wanted to take lightly. But I gave him a chance, and I’m glad I did. It was way more comfortable than I expected, and Joe Goodman helped too. These guys know what they’re doing.”

AleksandrHome buyer · Google

“I was pleasantly surprised how professional and knowledgeable he was for his age. His knowledge of the housing market helped me feel confident making an informed decision. He really took the time to learn my situation. Past agents never did.”

Megan P.Home valuation · Google

“I liked that Slava didn’t pretend every home was perfect. Sometimes he’d point out something uncomfortable we hadn’t noticed. At first it was surprising, but then I realized that’s exactly what I want from an agent.”

Mityai Da.Home search · Google

Questions I get about Los Angeles

West Hollywood and the surrounding streets have the longest history, and the Valley, especially Studio City, Sherman Oaks and Encino, is where families go for a house with a yard. Santa Monica and the Westside draw buyers who want the ocean and don't mind the price. I show two or three areas in one day so you can feel the difference.

At the same monthly number a condo puts you closer to the center and a house puts you in the Valley or further east. Condos add HOA dues and shared-wall rules; houses add roof, plumbing and yard costs. I show both at the same total monthly cost, including the HOA, so the comparison is honest.

Some hillside streets sit in mapped fire zones, and insurance there costs more or is harder to get. Older hillside homes can also have foundation and drainage questions. I check the fire-zone map and get an insurance quote before you write an offer, not after.

Yes, and often in Russian. I walk through homes on a live video call and say what I see, we go through every document in your language, and you decide before you fly in. I moved here from abroad myself, so the questions are familiar.

Yes. I'm based in Long Beach and work across LA County and Orange County: Irvine, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Palos Verdes and the South Bay. If your search crosses the county line, you keep the same agent.