The LK Fox Market Report · Coachella Valley
How’s the Coachella Valley market doing for sellers right now?
Every month we explain what home prices and listings did in the desert cities, in plain English, and what it means for your home.
Latest numbers · August 2026
Coachella Valley at a glance
The Coachella Valley has no county sales series of its own, so we read it two ways. Riverside County as a whole: the median price of an existing single-family home was $632,990 in August 2026, up 1.3% from a year earlier.
In the desert cities, the median asking price was lower than a year earlier in 9 of the 10 ZIP codes below in September 2026 (Realtor.com listing data).
| City | Median list price | vs. a year ago | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Springs | $722,225 | -5.3% | 81 |
| Palm Springs | $564,500 | -9.8% | 63 |
| Cathedral City | $499,749 | -9.0% | 57 |
| Rancho Mirage | $899,000 | -7.5% | 72 |
| Palm Desert | $599,000 | -7.7% | 69 |
| Palm Desert | $517,250 | -6.9% | 71 |
| Indian Wells | $1,106,250 | -16.1% | 70 |
| La Quinta | $760,000 | -4.9% | 63 |
| Indio | $483,500 | -19.2% | 88 |
| Indio | $619,900 | +1.2% | 65 |
Source: California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), existing single-family homes, August 2026. Listing data: Realtor.com Economic Research, September 2026 — asking (list) prices, not sale prices. The report updates each month after C.A.R. publishes the prior month’s numbers.
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