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La Quinta Art & Festival

The City of La Quinta has a strong commitment to preserve the area’s unique character and to balance development with artistic enhancement. Art has played an important role in the creation of La Quinta’s character and image. The City...

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Explore – at La Quinta Museum!

The La Quinta Museum holds a number of true treasures – from traveling exhibits and historic La Quinta artifacts to a fabulous museum store and meeting room showcasing a phenomenal mural of La Quinta. The mural, painted by renowned art...

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Free Summer Concerts Continue in Civic Center Park

  The City of Palm Desert’s 2011 Concerts in the Park series continues on Thursday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. with a exciting performance by popular local high school band ONE11 at the Civic Center Park Amphitheater. Enjoy free music un...

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Possibilities of a Double-Dip in Home Prices

Concerns have arisen in recent months about the possibility of a double-dip in home prices. At present, this appears to be less likely for the California median price than the US median price. Here’s why… The CA median fell by nearly 60...

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Existing home sales on the rise

Existing home sales climbed for the second month in a row in September, fueling some hope that a housing recovery is underway. Sales of previously owned homes rose 10% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.53 million units last month, the ...

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Consumer confidence rises in May

The Consumer Confidence Index rose to 63.3 in May (1985=100) compared with 57.7 in April, the Conference Board reported yesterday. The Present Situation Index increased to 30.2 in May from 28.1 in April, and the Expectations Index improved...

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What do buyers want in a home? Survey offers clues

A recent study of more than 22,000 homeowners who bought their homes within the last nine years found that current homeowners plan to be “more practical” in their next purchase, focusing on livable space rather than unnecessary upgrade...

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