The LK Fox Market Report · Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley housing market: August 2026
Asking prices in the desert cities were lower than a year earlier in nine of the ten ZIP codes we track in September.
Across Riverside County, the median sale price in August was higher than a year earlier.
The numbers · August 2026
What happened in August
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.
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