Featured image credit: Matthew Dillon Just two hours south of Palm Springs, you’ll find a desert preserve where history loses all meaning while resonating with unusual profundity. Grizzled prospectors eternally sift through the running waters of imagined streams, prehistoric sloths lumber across arid sands, and mythical serpents swim beneath rivers of asphalt. If it sounds […]
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Palm Springs’ Mojave Maxine Gives Groundhog Day a Run For Its Money
Featured image credit: The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens Groundhog Day, the annual tradition you sort of forgot was a thing, is coming up on February 2. And while the rest of the U.S. (and, believe it or not, Canada) will have to wait until then for the prophetic Punxsutawney Phil to predict the coming […]
Palm Springs Home Spotlight: Organic Architecture Lives On with the Elrod House
Featured image credit: Luis Ashelford Wait, haven’t we done this Palm Springs Home Spotlight before? If you’ve been paying attention (but not paying close enough attention), you’ll be mistaking today’s home for one we covered last year: The Bob Hope House. It’s an easy enough point of confusion: both that home and this one were […]
JohnHart Real Estate Vows to Bring a Higher Quality of Service to Palm Springs Real Estate
The real estate industry in Palm Springs is broken. At least that’s the fervent belief of Harout Keuroghlian, CEO, founder, and principal broker of JohnHart Real Estate whose Palm Springs branch on Palm Canyon Drive has set its Grand Opening for October 13. The company’s agents have been helping clients buy and sell homes all […]
Local Happenings: September Events in Palm Springs!
The fun isn’t over. As summer turns to fall, September 2023 will still bring on plenty of events and local happenings. Here are some of our top picks for local events that will be taking place right here in Palm Springs this upcoming month. Take your pick and mark your calendars. There’s something for everyone […]
Adopt a FREE Pet in Palm Springs this Weekend!
Palm Springs Animal Shelter is throwing a Clear the Shelter event this weekend. Thanks to a partnership with local restaurant, Boozehounds, the shelter will waive all weekend adoption fees. This means you can adopt a furry friend for FREE. Event Details The Palm Springs Clear the Shelters event will take place on August 12th and […]
Best Ice Cream Shops in Palm Springs
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM (especially in Palm Springs)! With Palm Springs weather showing no signs of cooling down, it’s time to treat yourself to some much-needed ice cream. So, where is the best place to go for ice cream in the Coachella Valley? We couldn’t choose just one place! […]
There are Not One But Two Southern California Desert Regions. Here’s How to Tell Them Apart.
Los Angeles may not be the desert that so many people claim. At least not all of it. Parts of the greater LA area encompass portions of the SoCal desert. For those unaware, we actually have two deserts in Southern California and three distinct deserts making up the California desert environment. Not too far off […]
Fractional Ownership Stands to Change the Luxury Real Estate Market. Is That a Good Thing?
While some people are struggling to get housing loans for their first homes, a somewhat new business model is taking some strain out of the price on a second home. That’s great news for those in the luxury home market. Yet, neighbors of these definitely-not-a-timeshare properties aren’t quite as thrilled. It’s called fractional ownership. And […]
Coachella Valley Home Spotlight: The Massive Mansion That Became the Most Expensive Home in the Valley
All photos: Realtor.com/Coldwell Banker During the course of our Home Spotlight series, we’ve mostly focused on homes with history. More often than not, these have been hulking behemoths and architectural oddities that would be more difficult to build in modern times. When was the last time you saw a home constructed on a scale comparable […]