What's New in Desert Real Estate?

June 5, 2018

What Current Spring Buyers Are Looking For

According to the California Association of Realtors® (CAR), among current spring home buyers 44% want a 3 bedroom home and 93% want at least 2 bathrooms. Among buyers 55 years of age and older 28% want a ranch-style home, 12 % want a contemporary-style home, 20% want privacy, 18% want physical ...

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June 4, 2018

Just Purchased: Spectacular South Palm Desert Remodel

 

We recently had the pleasure of helping our clients Chris and Michael purchase this spectacular South Palm Desert remodel, with stunning mountain views and a beautiful rear yard pool/spa.  Wishing them many happy times as they begin this new chapter in their lives.

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Jan. 30, 2018

Suzanne Somers’ $14.5 Million Palm Springs Hillside Home Being Sold By Auction January 31st

 (Please click on the image above to view our short video highlight reel)

The Desert Sun’s Xochitl Pena writes that one of Palm Springs’ most unique properties, owned for almost 40 years by Suzanne Somers and her husband, Alan Hamel, will be auctioned off on January 3st by Concierge ...

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Nov. 16, 2017

Elvis Presley's Palm Springs Honeymoon Hideaway On The Market

 

The Los Angeles Times’ Lauren Beale writes that the Palm Springs Midcentury Modern home, known as the Elvis Presley Honeymoon Hideaway, has come on the market, listed at $5.9 million. This unique home, located in the Vista Las Palmas neighborhood, was designed by famed architect William Krisel and ...

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Oct. 12, 2017

Prime Real Estate: Amazon Now Delivers Tiny Houses

Like Amazon’s online shopping and delivery service? How about having them deliver your house to you? Inman’s Dani Vanderboegh writes that MODS International has just made their shipping container home extremely easy to order through Amazon.

As seen on the Amazon website, Amazon and MODS International are making a 320-square-foot ...

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Sept. 18, 2017

Coming To Palm Springs This Fall: Sunset Magazine’s 2017 Idea House

 

 

This fall experience the next wave in west coast style and design at Time Inc.’s Sunset Magazine 2017 Idea House, located in the Chino Canyon neighborhood of Palm Springs. The 3,750 square-foot 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom modernist home features an ultra-modern design with expansive views of ...

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Sept. 12, 2017

New Del Webb Active Adult Development Breaks Ground In Rancho Mirage

The Desert Sun’s Rosalie Murphy writes that Del Webb, the developer behind Sun City Palm Desert and Sun City Shadow Hills, has started work on its latest desert development of 1,028 homes near the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage. The community is an active adult community ...

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Aug. 26, 2017

Community Spotlight: New Homes At K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Terra Lago

For a quick video look, click here: K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons at Terra Lago

Recently took a look out at K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Terra Lago, an active adult (55+) new-home community, located in north Indio. The center piece of the community is The Lodge, the community’s ...

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Aug. 14, 2017

Unique Property Spotlight: Joshua Tree Retreat With Helipad, Pool, Wine Cellar and Epic Views

  

The Desert Sun’s Xochitl Pena takes a look at Mojave Rock Ranch, a unique 225 acre Joshua Tree area retreat featuring a 1950s homestead cabin, a helipad, vintage “wild west” jail cell and self-sustaining lily pond. The one-bedroom, one-bath home, built from rocks and recycled colored glass bottles collected ...

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July 8, 2017

The Tiny House Movement Comes To Palm Springs

Are you a fan of HGTV’s “Tiny House, Big Living” and “Tiny House Builders” and FYI’s “Tiny House Nation” shows? If so, then you might want to check out a new “micro home” development located inside Palm Canyon Mobile Club on South Canyon Drive in Palm Springs being touted as ...

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