During a Thursday study session, councilmembers said they support advancing a program with a preferred design for El Paseo, while noting only two restaurants are using the current program.
While desert condo prices slid 3% overall, Palm Desert attached homes held steady with a fractional 0.4% dip. Active listings fell to 532 homes across the city, where properties averaged 57 days on the market.
Detached home prices in Palm Desert fell 3% over the past year, while condo values edged up slightly to $507,000—making it one of only two valley cities where attached home prices grew.
Palm Desert is shifting from complaint-based enforcement to regular business inspections with a new dedicated commercial compliance officer.
Palm Desert recorded 166 home sales through June, the highest volume in the region, as detached home prices fell 5%.
Palm Desert sales volume jumped year-over-year amid price drops, as homes in the city are averaging nearly seven weeks on the market.
One of the longest-standing boutiques on the desert’s most glamorous boulevard shuttered its doors, leaving behind a legacy of family pride, Hollywood history, and decades of high-end design.
The city council voted to preserve the patio spaces through mid-2027 while studying a uniform redesign. However, not every remaining restaurant is guaranteed to keep their deck.
Detached home prices fell 4% year over year to $725,000, while the city led all nine valley markets with 180 sales over the past three months.
Rock'n Avenue Bar won 4-0 approval with 53 conditions, including noise limits, acoustic testing, and mandatory status updates at six, 12, and 24 months.
