Sheri’s Blog

Investors Returning To The Market

Savvy investors are often the first to jump at a potentially profitable housing market and a new national survey indicates things are heating up. More than 12 percent of home buyers today plan to purchase a home or condo as an investment, compa...

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Dining Around The Desert: Morgan’s of The Desert

A La Quinta Resort and Club restaurant damaged by fire more than a year ago is now open with a new look and menu. The Azur Restaurant reopened in December as Morgan's in the Desert with James Beard Foundation award recipient Jimmy Schmidt as it...

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Dining Around The Desert: IW Club, Indian Wells

The IW Club at The Indian Wells Golf Resort is located in the recently opened Indian Wells Golf Resort clubhouse, located midway between the Hyatt Grand Champions and Renaissance Esmeralda resort hotels on the property. This modern and upsca...

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Not Exactly Palm Springs

Not Exactly Palm Springs

Looks like Don & Gale could not make it to La Quinta this month so they had a cocktail instead on their freshly shoveled deck up north in Canada. Nice palm tree. Where's the pool (I mean skating rink)?

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Not A Typical December Market

Not A Typical December Market

Last month I wrote “traditionally we see a short pause in real estate activity from the middle of November until the second week in January. The holidays in November and December usually prompt desert-dwellers from other places to temporarily...

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Sales of Previously Owned Homes Up Again

On December 12th I reported here that we were experiencing an exceptionally busy December. The usual lull between Thanksgiving in November and the second week of January has not occurred. Today the news media reported record November re-sale...

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It’s Hard To Beat Local Knowledge

National real estate sites such as Truila®, Zillow® and others offer people a variety of online content. Few of the national real estate sites, however, actually receive live feeds from the MLS®. Their lack of a live feed results in much of ...

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Hideaway Golf Club, La Quinta

New Hideaway Photo Gallery Online

The Hideaway Clubhouse My husband Bill recently shot about 100 new images of Hideaway’s Clive Clark course in La Quinta today. We’ve uploaded our 21 favorite images into a new Hideaway photo gallery. You can access the video tour on our ...

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Realtors Expect Home Prices To Rise

Home prices are expected to grow modestly during 2010 and sales should keep slowly rising as the housing market continues to recover, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) reported yesterday. National home re-sales are projected to to...

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