Help Support Your Community…. Shop this Saturday at the Palm Desert Community Yard Sale. Benefiting: Animal Samaritans of the Desert Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City Coachella Valley Rescue Mission. Where: 44-475 Monterey Ave., Palm Desert The California Desert Association of Realtors parking lot When: Saturday, Oct 17th 7-11 am. Donations can be dropped […]
Home buyers in much of the U.S. are still paying thousands of dollars below the home’s asking price, but had slightly less negotiating power in August 2009 than they did in July. Buyers paid a median $6,525, or 3% less than the last listing price on homes bought in August, down from $7,018, or 3.3%, […]
Are There Benefits to Owning a Home on Leased Land? Here in the Palm Springs Valley, we have become accustomed to leased land. Although land leases can be found throughout the valley, they are seen more in Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage. The primary difference between the two types of land; leased land can reduce […]
The Living Desert is Looking for Your Membership….. Mark your Calendar for Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. The Living Desert is having a fundraiser and membership drive to help support the Zoo. $50. Includes an Individual Membership, Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres at Pacifica Restaurant in The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert. A […]
Support our local Farmers.The Certified Farmers Market is Now Open for the 2009 -2010 Season in Palm Springs, Palm Desert and La Quinta. Bringing local farmers and vendors together to showcase the fruits of their labor. Find fresh vegetables and fruit (no spray and organic), cut flowers, honey, eggs, nuts, herbs, bread, cheese and plants, […]
The Palm Desert City Council voted unanimously to approve $156,000 to purchase new china & flatware for the city’s Desert Willow Golf Resort. A partner vote by the council approved that the city donate the existing china and flatware to the soon to open, Roy’s Desert Resource Center, a new homeless services facility set to […]
The Palm Desert City Council approved the conceptual design for the city’s $11.2 million dollar aquatic center. The project will now go out to bid , which the city expects will take 18 months. When complete, the new aquatic center will include an Olympic-size competitive pool and a smaller recreational pool at the north east […]
The pool pump exchange program that has been so popular in Palm Desert is now available valley wide. Southern California Edison announced they are extending the popular discount pool pump program to most of the desert cities. Homeowners with private pools, Home Owner Associations with community pools, Schools and community centers can purchase a variable […]
Production of new single-family homes slowed in August 2009 as the expiration date for an important buyer incentive drew nearer, according to figures recently released by the U.S. Commerce Department. While overall housing starts rose 1.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 598,000 units for the month, single-family starts declined 3% to a rate […]
American households were $2 trillion richer on June 30, 2009 than they were three months earlier, the first time in two years that household net worth has increased, the Federal Reserve recently reported. Household wealth rose in the second quarter at a 17% annual rate, or $2 trillion, to $53.1 trillion after falling at a […]
