08/07/2026
July 2026 Coachella Valley Residential Real Estate Market Update
Here are some of the highlights from the July 2026 GPSR Desert Housing Report by our local real estate market experts, Market Watch LLC:
PRICES:
• The July Coachella Valley detached home median price was $650,000 (the same as in July 2025 but down 0.7% from $654,333 in June)).
• The July Coachella Valley attached home median price was $435,000 (down 3.1% from $448,875 in July 2025 & down 4.3% from $454,750 in June).
• In July, year-over-year changes in the detached home median price in the Coachella Valley ranged from an increase of 4.1% in Coachella to a decrease of 9.4% in Indian Wells.
• In July, year-over-year changes in the attached home median price in the Coachella Valley ranged from a 42% increase in Indian Wells to a decrease of 25.3% in Desert Hot Springs.
SALES:
• In July, Coachella Valley average monthly home sales were 28.3% below pre-pandemic normal (i.e., average July home sales in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019).
• In July, Coachella Valley average monthly home sales were 608 homes (down 1.3% from 616 home sales in July 2025).
• In July, Coachella Valley average monthly home sales in dollars were $536 million (up 2.7% from $522 million in July 2025).
INVENTORY & MONTHS OF SALES RATIOS:
• Coachella Valley home sales inventory on August 1st was 2,668 homes (down 9.9% from 2,961 homes on August 1st, 2025 (close to pre-pandemic norms for this time of year).
• On August 1st, the highest home inventory level by city was 592 homes in Palm Desert (down 10.4% from 661 homes on August 1st, 2025). The lowest home inventory level was 33 homes in Coachella (down 8.3% from 36 homes on August 1st, 2025).
• On August 1st, the Coachella Valley’s months of sales ratio was 4.3 months (down from 4.9 months on August 1st, 2025).
• On August 1st, months of sales ratios by city ranged from 2.7 months in Coachella to 5.4 months in Desert Hot Springs.
• On August 1st, months of sales ratios by price range ranged from 3.8 months for homes priced between $300K and $399K to 5.6 months for homes priced between $900K and $999K.
DAYS IN THE MARKET:
• At the end of July, the median number of days in the market in the Coachella Valley was 52 days (down from 56 days at the end of July 2025).
• In July, Coachella had the shortest average selling time at 21 days and Indian Wells had the longest median selling time at 65 days.
• In July, the shortest median selling time was 43 days for homes priced between $700K and $799K and the longest median selling time was 61 days for homes priced under 300K.
PRICE DISCOUNTS/PREMIUMS:
• In July, Coachella Valley detached homes were selling at an average discount of 3.1% from list price and attached homes were selling at an average discount of 3.5%.
• In July, average selling discounts in the Coachella Valley ranged from a discount of 1.3% in Desert Hot Springs to a discount of 5.2% in Indian Wells.
• In July, the lowest average discount from list price in Coachella Valley homes sold was 2% for homes priced between $400K and $499K. The highest average discount was 5.4% for homes priced over $2 million.
• In July, the percentage of homes in the Coachella Valley selling over list price was 10% (down from 10.5% in July 2025).
For more details, please read our blog post at: https://www.desert-dreamhomes.com/blog/july-2026-coachella-valey-residential-real-estate-market-update/
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