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Legacy Villas La Quinta Real Estate Update

Legacy Villas La Quinta Real Estate Update

Our Sheri Dettman & Associates marketing team was onsite at Legacy Villas in La Quinta this week. If you’re not familiar with Legacy Villas, it’s a popular resort lifestyle community featuring two to three bedroom condos (called Villas) and both single and dual level townhomes.

We originally sold this Condo located at 77781 Tradition Drive in ’07. I like the location near the back of the Legacy community. You'll find this to be one of the most private locations within Legacy Villas. The two balconies have great views of the nearby mountains. One of the community pools is located just across the street.

Updated Legacy Villas Video Tour

Our production assistant, photographer and video crew were at Legacy to shoot our newest Legacy Villas Condo For Sale. While there, they updated our Legacy Villas video tour with new footage. It was a beautiful sunny day at Legacy with temps of about 83º F. You'll find the video at the bottom of this article.

Legacy Villas Amenities

Condo and townhome resale units are a great way to enjoy the Palm Springs desert lifestyle for people looking for a lock and leave experience. Most everything is taken care of for Legacy owners. And if you don’t want to do anything you can take advantage of optional cleaning services to handle the inside chores for you.

In addition to the 14 community pools, you'll have access to the fitness center, the expansive clubhouse, and one of my personal favorites; the hammocks strung between several palm trees.

Rental Opportunities At Legacy

The condos at Legacy are unique for rentals in that each of the one to three bedrooms can be locked off from the others, and they each have private entry doors. Some owners choose to lock off their master suite, leaving the other bedroom(s), great room and kitchen for renters or their guests to enjoy.

Legacy townhomes are larger than condos and offer a bit more privacy. Unlike condos, townhomes don’t have the lock off feature, but are very popular for vacation rentals.

Find Your Place In The Sun At Legacy Villas

If you’re considering making an investment in a vacation lifestyle condo or townhome, you’ll want to consider Legacy Villas. Over the years, our Sheri Dettman & Associates team of specialists has helped dozens of buyer and sellers at Legacy. We know the community and the inventory well. So please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information or to arrange your visit to Legacy Villas.

Palm Springs Real Estate & The California Drought

Palm Springs Real Estate & The California Drought

Desertscape & Grass At Griffin Ranch, La Quinta

Conserving Water In Our Desert Can Be A Good Thing!

California is working through a historical drought. The state has mandated water cuts of 25% statewide and asked for cutbacks of 35% here in the Coachella Valley. Personally I believe that could be a good thing. It’s time we realize that this is indeed the desert and that we need to start planting more desert landscape and less of the big, lush green lawns, which can help achieve our needed conservation of water.

State of California officials are focusing on meeting the new water goals by focusing on the replacement of 50 million square feet of green lawns with ‘drought tolerant landscaping.” Some cities and water districts are offering rebates for replacing turf.

A Little Less Grass, More Desertscape

Newly Installed deserts cape by the HOA At PGA West

Homes that combine smaller areas of grass with desertscape are great examples of just one way to save a lot of water. New homes being developed at Griffin Ranch in La Quinta (top photo) offer just that, and also include programmable irrigation systems with built-in rain sensors that automatically shut off sprinklers when it rains.

And yes, it does rain here in the desert! Several HOA's within PGA West are converting total grass areas to smaller areas of grass combined with desertscape.

New home communities have been required by local water agencies to plant more desertscape and fewer grass areas in common areas for over a decade. Many large country club communities including Rancho La Quinta Country Club started replacing large grass areas with desertscape several years ago, and these areas look great.

Desert Golf Courses Conserving Water

Conserving Water On The PGA West Palmer Golf Course

Palm Springs area golf courses have also been taking action with plans to replace turf areas outside of fairways and greens with desertscape. In past years, golf courses had been slow to conserve water because water has been cheap and plentiful here in the desert, but with mandated cuts many are now making the changes.

PGA West in La Quinta, the largest golf community in the desert already cut water usage this year by not over-seeding non-fairway and greens areas. Those areas of grass go dormant and for now require no watering. In addition, some of the HOA’s within PGA West have recently replaced common area grass with more desertscape. Others are in the works.

Inexpensive Desert Water

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles times, water in the LA area is about five times more expensive than here in the desert. And with this cheap water, golf courses and other large water users had little incentive to conserve water over the years. But now with state-mandated cuts, golf courses, and other large users are finally taking action.

The Coachella Valley Water Source

Coachella Valley's All American Canal

Most of the desert regions water supply comes from an underground aquifer. It’s so big “when the U.S. Geological Survey tried to measure its size, their scientists got to 12 trillion gallons, and they stopped counting,” said Coachella Valley Water District Spokesperson Heather Engel.

In recent years though, the valley had been drawing more water from this giant aquifer than it had been replacing. That's now being reversed by importing water via the 120 mile All American Canal from the Colorado River and letting it percolate into the giant aquifer. Long term though it’s up to all of us enjoying the desert lifestyle to plant more desertscape, less grass and not to waste our water resources.

Year-Round Sunshine Still Popular Here

People love the desert because of our almost year-round sunshine and warm temps. We have cheap water compared to the rest of Southern California, but that’s no excuse to not be smarter how we use our water.

Vacation Home Sales Up 57% Over Previous Year

Palm Springs Area Second Home Sales Update

Sales of second homes or vacation homes rose 57% in the U.S. last year compared to 2013 according to The National Association of Realtors (NAR). During 2014, 1.3 million vacation homes were sold which is a new record.

And according to this NAR survey, vacation homes accounted for 27% of all real estate transactions last year. The survey also found that 85% of vacation homebuyers think that now is a good time to invest in real estate.

These trends appear to parallel what we are experiencing here in the Palm Springs real estate market. 2014 was a record year for Sheri Dettman & Associates, and so far 2015 is tracking well ahead of last year.

Several Reasons Second Home Sales Are Strong

Palmilla Luxury Homes in La Quinta

Baby boomers remain a driving force behind second home sales. Many boomers have enjoyed a six-year market rally, and some of these boomers are now taking some of those gains out of the market and investing in second homes.

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Many of our current boomer clients also tell us that as they move closer to retirement they are investing in second homes that they’ll later make their primary residence.

Desert Buyers Taking Advantage Of Today's Low Interest Rates

In past years, we saw a mix of about 50/50 cash versus loan purchases. This year however we’re seeing more buyers taking advantage of today's low-interest rates and conserving cash. That said, many mortgage experts expect interest rates to start rising sooner rather than later.

Canadian Buyers Coming Back Into The Palm Springs Market

As the Canadian Dollar retreated against the U.S. dollar last year, we experienced a pullback in second home purchases by Canadians. U.S. homebuyers, especially from within the State of California stepped up in large numbers to keep our market growing.

Now however we’re starting to see a lot of Canadian buyers jumping back into the Palm Springs area market, and in all price segments from affordable to luxury. We have also seen quite a few Canadians with existing Palm Springs area homes trading up this year.

Palm Springs Real Estate Market Update

Sorry About Our Warm Palm Springs Weather This Week!

Our Palm Springs weather this week is one major reason so many people choose to spend part of or all winter here and to invest in Palm Springs Real Estate. My husband Bill took the photo above just yesterday at Rancho La Quinta Country Club.

Daily sunshine this week, with high temperatures averaging about 82º F (27.7 º F) are certainly being enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. Seeing people enjoying our Palm Springs area golf courses, tennis courts, bike paths and of course thousands of pools testament to our sunny days.

As you can imagine, we have clients that have primary homes and businesses located throughout the United States and Canada. And over the last few weeks I’ve been getting tons of weather updates from many wet, cold and snowy parts of North America. Several of these clients have recently purchased Palm Springs area homes and are looking forward to returning to the desert later this month.

To Warm For Canadians?

Just yesterday, Carol, one of my Canadian homebuyers at Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta was telling me that she’d prefer cooler weather. She'd prefer our February temps to be in the 70’s rather than the low to mid 80’s. I’m curious. Do other Canadian’s feel the same way or are you good to go with the 80’s?

How’s The Palm Springs Real Estate Market?

Personally, our Sheri Dettman & Associates team of specialists is busy. Our 2014 sales were up about sixteen percent over the previous year, and we are forecasting double-digit growth again this year. As we examine our local golf and country club community sales trends each month, we again see that Palm Springs real estate is local. And when I say local, I’m talking about right down to the neighborhood level.

Keep in mind that the national and even local news outlets usually report Palm Springs real estate sales on a city-by-city comparison level. They also reference the median priced home. But if you’re buying or selling in a gated luxury golf or country club community that information often has little or no bearing.

Before Buying Or Selling, Information Is Knowledge

Information is knowledge. And our goal is to help our buyer and seller clients be some of the best-informed buyers and sellers in the Palm Springs real estate market. A little extra knowledge can often result in a smoother and more profitable real estate transaction.

For our homebuyer clients, we develop community-by-community proprietary sales data down to a micro level before you make an offer. For our home seller clients, our community data can help price your home correctly while your home’s competition could be priced over or worse, under the market price.

Why Not Contact Sheri Dettman Today!

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Find Your Place In The Palm Springs Sun & Leave The Snow Behind

Find Your Place In The Palm Springs Sun & Leave The Snow Behind

“This is why we need a California home!" - Todd & Noel

Todd & Noel live in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. We are working together to find them a Palm Springs area vacation home. Just yesterday, Noel emailed this photo from their drive with the caption "This is why we need a California home!"

I looked at Todd & Noel’s local weather forecast for today, and it looks like 28ºF with snow. By comparison here in La Quinta today we’ve got 79ºF and sunny, and our Palm Springs area streets look a bit more inviting.

Got Snow?

If you happen to take an interesting winter photo from your home state or province, please drop us an email, and I’ll try to share it here or on our Sheri Dettman & Associates Facebook page.

Hopefully, Todd & Noel will be back enjoying our desert sun soon! Can I recommend any of our Featured Palm Springs Area Listings?

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Palm Springs Area Homebuyers & Sellers Love Video

Palm Springs Area Homebuyers & Sellers Love Video

12,000 Video Views This Year From Around The Globe

So far this year we’ve had over 12,000 views of our exclusive Sheri Dettman & Associates real estate videos. We’ve always known that people interested in buying Palm Springs area real estate love video tours, and these recent stats seem to back that up.

After all, the desert home buying process is about much more than real estate, it’s about finding just the right Palm Springs area community and property for your lifestyle. And what better way to check out the homes and amenities available in our desert communities than HD video tours.

Video Benefits Our Homebuyers & Sellers

Sheri Dettman Narrating A Video In Our Studios

Videos benefit our buyer clients by helping them get to know our Palm Springs area golf and country clubs, and popular non-golf communities as well through our exclusive video tours. Narrated video tours of our Sheri Dettman & Associates Featured Properties for sale are a great way to tour each property from anywhere in the world.

Our Sheri Dettman & Associates home seller clients benefit by having their properties seen by more potential buyers. A top-notch Palm Springs real estate video tour should succeed in getting potential buyers excited about your home and motivate them to request a showing. If you’re considering selling your Palm Springs area property, here’s more information about Sheri Dettman & Associates video marketing.

Worldwide Real Estate Exposure

Looking at our recent video stats shows the international interest in Palm Springs area real estate. The USA leads our viewership stats followed by Canada, Taiwan, The UK, Mexico, Australia, Israel, Switzerland, Italy, Singapore, France and an amazing sixty-two other countries. Now that’s a wide audience!

Videos Handmade Fresh In-House

My husband Bill Dettman heads up our in-house video production team. We invested in production gear including a video studio with green screen, LED lighting, teleprompter, professional cameras and all the associated gear (sorry, tours of our studios are not being scheduled at this time).

Video shoots of our seller clients homes listed for sale involve a crew of three to four team members. And if you spot some refreshing ice tea or lemonade by the pool in our videos, you might be interested to know those are some of the movie props we utilize on many of our video shoots.

New Homes At The Signature At PGA West La Quinta

New Homes At The Signature At PGA West La Quinta

Located at the center of PGA West in La Quinta, is a 42-acre parcel of land that will soon become the last major development within PGA West.

The Signature At PGA West project will be developed into 235-resort style homes in three neighborhoods along with resort lifestyle amenities. About two dozen Signature At PGA West homes are planned to be located along the PGA West Stadium golf course.

  • The Villas: Spacious one and two story condos from 1,466 to about 2,298 square feet.
  • The Haciendas: One and two story residences from 1,941 to about 2,429 square feet.
  • The Estates: Luxury one and two story residences from 2,528 to about 3,479 square feet.

Signature Model Homes Opening In Spring 2015

Model homes are scheduled to open in spring of 2015. As leading PGA West Realtors, Sheri Dettman & Associates will be providing updates as the Signature at PGA West project moves forward.

If you’d like to be on our Sheri Dettman & Associates preferred interest list for the Signature new home development please contact us today! We’ll keep you updated as this new PGA West project is developed and the new models near opening.

Disclaimer: Information presented here is subject to developer changes. Site plan couresy of Signature at PGA West. Sheri Dettman & Associates is a leading real estate team in the PGA West community but is not associated with The Signature at PGA West.

Much More Than Palm Springs Real Estate

Much More Than Palm Springs Real Estate

The City of Palm Springs is the most well known city in the Coachella Valley. Therefore most people refer to the entire area as Palm Springs. But keep in mind that the Palm Springs real estate market is much larger than Palm Springs itself. In fact, The City of Palm Springs is only the westernmost city of The Coachella Valley.

The Palm Springs Areas Most Active Real Estate Cities

  • Indian Wells: Real Estate For Sale In Indian Wells is valued year-after-year at the highest averaging selling prices of all Palm Springs area communities. Luxury golf and country club communities within Indian Wells include Indian Wells Country Club, Toscana Country Club and Desert Horizons just to name a few.
  • Indio: Homes & Condos For Sale In Indio range from entry-level to super-luxury. Indio is home to four private golf and country club communities as well as ten public golf courses. Popular communities in Indio include Stonefield Estates at Santa Rosa, Desert River Estates and Montage at Santa Rosa.
  • La Quinta: Real estate developments in La Quinta are newer than those of most valley cities. Homes For Sale In La Quinta aren't just for snowbirds as a growing number of people are making La Quinta their year-round residence. La Quinta real estate is available in most of the cities 23 public and private golf courses. Popular La Quinta golf communities include Andalusia at Coral Mountain, Hideaway Golf Club, PGA West and Rancho La Quinta Country Club.
  • Palm Desert: Real Estate For Sale In Palm Desert includes homes and condos in golf and country club communities, gated non-golf communities and non-gated neighborhoods. Palm Desert Homes and Condos range from entry level to super-luxury. Popular Palm Desert golf communities include Bighorn Golf Club, Indian Ridge Country Club and Ironwood.
  • Palm Springs: Real Estate For Sale In Palm Springs range from entry-level homes and condos to high-end luxury homes and estates. Palm Springs real estate includes a variety of styles including Spanish, ranch, modern, and of course, mid-century modern.
  • Rancho Mirage: The desert community of Rancho Mirage is largely noted for its luxury residential developments and is home to three world-class destination resorts. Real Estate For Sale In Rancho Mirage ranges from entry-level condos in established communities to luxury golf communities.

Tips For Browsing Palm Springs Area Real Estate Online

Each Palm Springs area city offers community features appealing to both seasonal and year round residents. But what’s the best way to start your search for a home and condo? When you’re ready, let’s talk! You see after helping hundreds of people find their home in the desert sun, I can likely help you avoid some common mistakes that many first-time desert homebuyers sometimes make. I’ll also help you ‘supercharge’ your online property search by eliminating properties that might look good online, but don’t match your wish list.

Discover More Information For Buying Palm Springs Area Property Here.

Palm Springs Area Golf Courses: From 1 To 100

Palm Springs Area Golf Courses: From 1 To 100

Golf Home at Andalusia La Quinta

Palm Springs First Golf Course Opened In 1926 (Still Open!)

Palm Springs first golf course opened in downtown Palm Springs in 1926, and today O’Donnell Golf Club members are still enjoying those original nine holes.

Wildcat oil tycoon Tom O’Donnell came to Palm Springs for health reasons after striking it rich in the oil fields of Southern California and Mexico. He bank rolled an expansion of The Desert Inn Hotel where he used to stay and worked out a long-term land lease for his golf course just behind the hotel. The Desert Inn continued operations until 1967.

21 Years Passed Before Course #2 Opened

And while the El Mirador Golf Course in Palm Springs opened briefly in 1929, it was almost 21 years before the next Palm Springs area golf course, and then many more started springing up around the Coachella Valley from Palm Springs in the West to Indio and even Salton Sea at the East end of the Valley.

  • 1947: Cochran – Odlum, Indio (Now Indian Palms Country Club)
  • 1949: Shadow Mountain pitch and putt course
  • 1951: Thunderbird Country Club, Rancho Mirage
  • 1953: Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage
  • 1957: Indian Wells Country Club
  • 1957: El Dorado Country Club, Indian Wells
  • 1959: Bermuda Dunes Country Club
  • 1959: San Jacinto (Now Whitewater Country Club)
  • 1959: Palm Springs Municipal
  • 1959: Shadow Mountain
  • 1961: Westward Ho
  • 1962: Canyon Country Club
  • 1962: Palm Desert Country Club
  • 1962: Salton Sea Golf Course

Palm Springs Area Development Takes Off In The 60's & 70's

During the 1960’s and 70’s over 40 new golf courses and golf country club communities were developed in the Palm Springs area making the area the world’s number one desert playground at the time.

During the 80's and 90's, real estate development started migrating eastward from Palm Springs into the cities of Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta and Indio. In 2001 the Palm Springs area’s 100th golf course opened.

La Quinta Boasts The Largest Number Of Newer Golf Communities

Many of the newest Palm Springs area golf and country club communities were developed in the City of La Quinta including Andalusia at Coral Mountain, PGA West, Hideaway Golf Club, and Rancho La Quinta Country Club to name just a few.

Here on this Palm Springs area real estate website you can discover information about each community and browse real estate listings to find your home or luxury condo to enjoy the resort lifestyle available here in the desert.

Can We Help You Find Your Home In The Palm Springs Sun?

My Sheri Dettman & Associates team of specialists has helped hundreds of people in all prices segments. Can we help you find your Palm Springs area home or luxury condo?

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