In May, the answer to the eternal “how’s the real estate market?” question once again depended on the particular Coachella Valley city in question.
The median price a single-family home sold for was up in four cities compared to a year ago and down in four others. Palm Springs, meanwhile, saw its median home sale price of about $1.18 million sit virtually unchanged from May 2025.
While the changes were modest in several cities, Cathedral City and Indian Wells saw double-digit increases. (Given Indian Wells’ small population — about 5,000 people — and high home prices, it often sees such large percentage swings, since just a few home sales can make a big difference)
Six valley cities saw more sales than in May of 2025, and three saw fewer. The average number of days homes were listed on the market ranged from 50 in Coachella to 93 in neighboring Indio, although most cities’ numbers were in the 60s or 70s.
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 February 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 June 2.
Home prices in Palm Springs for May
Home prices in Desert Hot Springs for May
Home prices in Cathedral City for May
Home prices in Rancho Mirage for May
Home prices in Palm Desert for May
Home prices in Indian Wells for May
Home prices in La Quinta for May
Home prices in Indio for May
Home prices in Coachella for May
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 May? See sales by city
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