Real Estate Features Archive

Valery Neuman Shares Tenets of Success

Valery Neuman is one of the Coachella Valley’s most successful high-end real estate professionals, closing in excess of $1 billion. She shared her insights at the inaugural 2013 Women in Business awards event by Palm Springs Life.

By Jim Powers

Frank Sinatra's Villa Maggio on Market for $3.995 Million

Frank Sinatra's Villa Maggio estate above Palm Desert is for sale. The late actor named the property after the character Private Angelo Maggio that he played in the movie, “From Here to Eternity”.

By Jim Powers

Coachella Valley's New Housing Inventory Begins to Slowly Recover

Right now the battle to obtain new housing in the Coachella Valley is fierce because there is very little new inventory. But indicators show construction will take off in the next two years.

By Jim Powers

Real Estate - Power to the People

As the Coachella Valley housing recovery continues to evolve, the area’s median price per square foot declined slightly in February. Of the nine desert cities, six grew and three declined.

Vic Cooper and Mike McDonald

6 Dream Houses

Spectacular views, indoor/outdoor living spaces, and state-of-the-art amenities propelled six of the last year’s greatest home sales

By Carolyn Patten

Bob Hope on the Market

Bob Hope’s iconic Southridge house with the flying-saucer roof — possibly the most pointed-at property in Palm Springs — has come to market with an asking price of $50 million.

By Steven Biller

Market Watch — Prices Increase, Sales Decrease

The median price per square foot for the Coachella Valley rose another 4 percent to $135 in January — a three-month increase of 14 percent. Market Watch projects a year-end price of $150, assuming sales pick up in the next few months.

By Vic Cooper and Mike McDonald

Selling LA Features Palm Springs Realtors

Palm Springs will take center stage March 15 with a mid-century home for sale on the HGTV show, Selling LA.

Hot Property — Gucci’s Mountain Mansion

Jet-setting to the desert from Italy, British heiress Patricia Gucci heard about a one-bedroom casita with a 23-acre front yard in the hills above Palm Desert. She bought the Mountain Center property in 1993 and transformed it into an 11,000-square-foot, 10-bedroom/10-bathroom main house with guesthouses.

Off the Grid, On the Edge

In the High Desert, two prefab glass-and-steel “iT Houses” embrace the extreme elements and provide an outback brand of minimalist luxury

By Caroline Ryder