Real Estate Features Archive

Market Watch — Here Comes the Recovery

Most observers wonder whether last year’s price gains will continue this year and into next. The forces of supply and demand, which drive the prices of all markets, appear more positive than ever for desert housing.

By Vic Cooper and Mike McDonald

Bob Hope Estate Price Tag is $50 Million

Bob Hope's Palm Springs estate designed by John Lautner in 1973 and completed in 1980 is for sale.

Selling Palm Springs

Multimillion-dollar deals, opulent lifestyles, and smooth-talking reality TV Realtor Steven Aaron made time to chat modernism and the secret art of selling real estate.

The Return of Real Estate

Housing statistics show the median price per square foot for all houses in the Coachella Valley increased $5 to $126 in November 2012. Gains maintained through the slow season indicate that prices will likely advance again early this year.

By Vic Cooper and Mike McDonald

Coachella Valley's Home Buyer Number at All-Time High

As the number of foreclosures disappears by the end of 2013, Market Watch LLC believes the demand for new home building in the Coachella Valley will return in 2014.

By Jim Powers

REAL ESTATE — Up, Down, and Over the Cliff

As of Nov. 1, the Coachella Valley’s median home price per square foot was up 20 percent year over year, as values maintained double-digits price gains earned earlier in the year. This change in the price pattern is very positive.

Vic Cooper and Mike McDonald

Strong, Simple, and Peaceful

A massive dose of midcentury modern feels oddly cozy at the Madison Club in La Quinta. read the Q&A With Architect Austin Kelly

Carolyn Patten

Escena Adds Yucca Valley Artist's Sculpture

Steven Rieman's kinetic sculpture, “Wind Wave”, has become an official part of the 450-acre master-planned development.

10 Things to Look for at the Festival of Lights Parade

Parade-goers pack Palm Canyon Drive for this Palm Springs event that officially kicks-off the holiday season.

Carolyn Moloshco

PSST - High Roller Checklist

Hot Property - A $18.5 million mountaintop house in Rancho Mirage features 17-foot walls of glass and breathtaking views of more than 272,000 acres of pristine wilderness.

BY J. EVERETTE PERRY