DESERT REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT
2018 Year in Review
As we start 2019, it’s time to take look back at how the Desert Real Estate Market performed last year and look for developing trends.
In 2018, there were 5,836 single family home ...
The Real Estate Corner Desert Market Update
NUMBER OF SALES
Home sales are up Valley-wide. The total three-month sales are up 2.9%. On a city by city basis, six cities show higher sales, with three; Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs and...
Summer Desert Market Report – Median home prices rose for the 8th straight month. Up 9.6% from last year. The hottest cities for sales by volume were Palm Desert (233), Palm Springs (213), La Quinta (156), Indio (131), Rancho Mirage (...
Ever wonder how much income you need to buy an average home in other areas of the country?
@HowMuch.net just published a map showing How much income you need to buy the average home in each state in the U.S.
They collected average home prices...
Home Design Trends for 2018 – Each year Fixr conducts a national survey of home industry influencers in the US; those who are building, designing, manufacturing and publishing content relevant to the field, revealing single family home design...
What the Dodd-Frank Rollback Means for Real Estate
On May 22nd, Congress passed reforms to the Dodd-Frank Act, the massive financial reform bill enacted in July of 2010 in the wake of the 2008 US financial crisis.
The current bill could...
Coachella Valley opens the Kim Nicols Trail, the first new major hiking trail in 10 years.
After a four year effort to create the trail with over $150,000 in funding from the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy and help from volunte...
2018 Home Design Trends – What to Ditch and What to Look for
OUT – Chevron Patterns and Gray
Time to ditch the Chevron pattern that we’ve seen everywhere from wallpaper to lampshades. Muted gray a...
Home Buying Mistakes You Can Avoid
Home buying is an emotional process. Ideally, you should set aside your emotions when you’re evaluating a house. But in practice, keeping your emotions in check can be difficult at best.
Make a lis...
Market Watch Fall 2017
Here in The Real Estate Corner, we’re keeping an eye on the Desert Real Estate Market.
Leading Economist, Michael McDonald, is one of the principals in Market Watch, LLC. Michael along with his partners, study real ...