When compared to a year ago, September was a rather sluggish month for much of the Coachella Valley estate market.
Detached single family home sales were down — often significantly — in six of the valley’s nine cities. Only Indio saw a significant increase, while Palm Desert and Coachella saw modest increases.
Movement on the pricing side of the equation, meanwhile, was largely split geographically. The valley’s westernmost cities saw median sale prices decline by between 8% and 16% compared to Sept. 2025. Prices were flat in Rancho Mirage and Indio and up in the other four cities, with La Quinta seeing a whopping 43% increase in median sale price.
That city was also home to what was by far the most expensive home sold in the valley last month:
a 10,260-square-foot palace in the ultra-exclusive Madison Club with seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms.
See these numbers and more in our latest monthly market breakdown below. The breakdown contains single-family home sales numbers for the nine Coachella Valley cities from September 2026 compiled by TheMLS.com, a private industry database for realtors in Southern California.
The Desert Sun is able to share this data with subscribers through a partnership with Greater Palm Springs Realtors. The numbers in this report are accurate as of Oct. 18.
Home prices in Palm Springs for September
- Number of homes sold: 38 (-23 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $794,500 (-16% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $1.02 million
- Lowest price of home sold: $295,000
- Highest price of home sold: $2.1 million (248 E. Palo Verde Ave.)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 66
Home prices in Desert Hot Springs for September
- Number of homes sold: 33 (-14 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $380,000 (-10% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $426,479
- Lowest price of home sold: $225,000
- Highest price of home sold: $540,000 (73111 18th Ave.)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 66
Home prices in Cathedral City for September
- Number of homes sold: 18 (-9 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $520,000 (-8% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $569,000
- Lowest price of home sold: $34,000
- Highest price of home sold: $694,780 (228 Via Genova)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 68
Home prices in Rancho Mirage for September
- Number of homes sold: 32 (-3 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $1.2 million (-1% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $1.25 million
- Lowest price of home sold: $580,000
- Highest price of home sold: $5.235 million (16 Via Linea)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 77
Home prices in Palm Desert for September
- Number of homes sold: 64 (+1 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $588,192 (+9% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $665,820
- Lowest price of home sold: $280,000
- Highest price of home sold: $3 million (49841 Canyon View Drive)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 77
Home prices in Indian Wells for September
- Number of homes sold: 3 (-5 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $1.7 million (+19% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $585,000
- Lowest price of home sold: $1.367 million
- Highest price of home sold: $3.5 million (75650 Altamira Drive)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 45
Home prices in La Quinta for September
- Number of homes sold: 52 (-8 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $1.052 million (+43% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $894,814
- Lowest price of home sold: $410,000
- Highest price of home sold: $16.25 million (81193 Columbus Way)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 67
Home prices in Indio for September
- Number of homes sold: 86 (+19 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $551,000 (+0.04% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $575,000
- Lowest price of home sold: $250,000
- Highest price of home sold: $2.280 million (49320 Croquet Court)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 71
Home prices in Coachella for September
- Number of homes sold: 8 (+2 from Sept. 2025)
- Median price of home sold: $499,000 (+3% from Sept. 2025)
- Median list price of home on the market: $542,450
- Lowest price of home sold: $312,500
- Highest price of home sold: $615,000 (48677 Chiriaco Summit Street)
- Average number of days homes were listed for before selling: 43
Paul Albani-Burgio covers growth, development and business in the Coachella Valley. Email him at paul.albani-burgio@desertsun.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Were home prices up in Palm Springs area in September? Sales by city
