Category: City Highlights
In 1924, Floyd and Bess Shields came to the desert and opened Shields Date Garden and started a tradition that would soon become a Palm Springs legacy. Actually, Shields is in Indio on the East end of The Coachella Valley about 20 miles from Palm Springs but regardless of where you are, a visit to [...]
Sin City sees over 30 million visitors per year and can proudly declare that Las Vegas taxi cabs have been voted the best overall in the U.S., according to the annual taxi survey compiled by Hotels.com. Over 1,900 travelers from over 50 major U.S. cities responded to a Hotels.com survey and judged cabs on seven [...]
Parked cars may soon be a thing of the past in Balboa Park. A $33 million plan to remove cars from the center of Balboa Park was announced this week. Completion of the project would result in a new structure, just in time for the park’s 100th birthday in 2015. The plan would require the [...]
Palm Springs: Quiet Intimate Getaway The Pool House Palm Springs Do you need some time away from the hustle and bustle of daily life? Are you looking for a quite intimate getaway? If you answered yes than the The Pool House Palm Springs is the place for you! I stumbled upon this fabulous intimate 6 [...]
Palm Springs: Blue Pear Texx Mexx Restaurant Review Definitely a fan – Nothing over $9.95 on the menu – A Palm Springs Must Eat Restaurant! When we arrived we were greeted by Donald one of the owners, welcomed us all to The Blue Pear and informed us we would have a slight wait as the [...]
Relocate America recently released its 2010 list of Top 100 Places To Live In America. The rankings are topped by some cities you may expect, and some you may not. Los Angeles did not make the list. According to Relocate America, the rankings highlight communities “moving in the right direction”, defined as having a combination of [...]
The hills in Laguna Beach are alive with more vegetation this spring, and it isn’t music to the fire department’s ears. After several dry winters, January’s above-average rainfall has increased vegetation growth on hillsides surrounding the city. To prevent a fire hazard when that growth dries out, the ranks of the city’s four-legged firefighters will [...]
The California Desert Association of Realtors is holding its annual golf tournament May 5 at Desert Island Golf and Country Club in Rancho Mirage to raise money for its Scholarship Fund and for Semper Fi Air 29. The shotgun start is 11 a.m. A putting contest begins at 9 a.m. Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m. [...]
The Palm Springs High School “Spirit of the Sands” Band is scheduled to host a golf tournament on May 8. The registration fee is $125. Included in the price is a continental breakfast, Italian buffet lunch, 18-hole play, gift bags and a silent auction. The tournament is expected to take place at the Escena Golf [...]
A visit to Cathedral City should be part of your visit to the Palm Springs area. The City has long been known as a hub of family entertainment, which includes hiking the beautiful mountain canyons, catching a flick at the amazing Desert IMAX and Mary Pickford Theatres, reconnecting with your playful side at Big League [...]
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Average Home Prices Slip in Coachella Valley
I’ve been reading a lot of information lately about our current market conditions from other REALTORS® who are claiming an increase is sales price and number of homes sold. I would scratch my head and ask where they were getting their numbers. Turns out their numbers are coming from national statistics. Real estate sales are [...]
Mortgage Debt Tax Relief Program Ending Soon
The Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007 the IRS would not come after you for your taxable amount if you had an upside-down unpaid principle as a result of loan modification, short sale or foreclosure depending on your tax bracket, let’s say you were $100,000 short on your mortgage you could be responsible for as [...]
Is your REALTOR® connected? No, I don’t mean in the MobWives fashion, if that’s what you thought, you’re watching too much reality TV. As an active Palm Springs REALTOR® I believe it’s important to take advantage of the technology available to today’s real estate professional. Everything that required an agent to go back to the [...]
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