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I pulled roughly 400 days of Coachella Valley sales records, almost 8,500 closings, and broke them down by city, by community, and by the agents who actually moved the most homes.
Coachella Valley Real Estate Sales Overview
Over a period of 400 days, the Coachella Valley real estate market recorded nearly 8,500 home sales worth a combined $7.44 billion. This is closed sale data, not estimates, list prices, or projections.
The typical valley home sold somewhere between $400,000 and $800,000, though prices climb fast in places like La Quinta and Indian Wells.
More than 4,000 agents took part in these sales. Together they earned close to $297.7 million in commissions on this volume. Below I start with the big picture, then work all the way down to who is selling the most inside specific country clubs and gated communities.
Every table below is sortable. Tap a column header or a sort button to reorder by any number, on desktop or phone.
By the Numbers
These figures cover roughly 400 days of activity across La Quinta, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Indio, Indian Wells, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Bermuda Dunes, Coachella, and Thousand Palms.
Search Realtor Sales Production
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| Agent | Total Sides | Sellers | Buyers | Avg Price | Volume |
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Community Search
Search over 700 communities and see which agents are doing the most business in each neighborhood. View the top 10 realtors by sales volume and see each agent's buyer vs. seller representation breakdown.
| Realtor Name | Total Sides | Buyers Rep. | Seller Rep. | Total Sold Volume |
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Why Median Matters More Than Average
For each city I list the total sales volume first, then both the average and the median price. Total volume tells you how much money moved. Average and median tell you what a single home cost, and they often disagree by a lot.
Here is the catch with average. A handful of multi-million dollar estate sales drag the average way up, so the average can make a city look pricier than the home most people actually buy. The median is the middle sale, the point where half the homes sold for more and half sold for less. One giant sale does not move it.
Look at La Quinta. The average is $1,321,195, but the median is $800,000. That half-million dollar gap is the luxury market talking, not the typical buyer. When the average sits far above the median, trust the median. That is the number I tell my own clients to anchor on.
Coachella Valley Sales by City
| City | Homes Sold | Total Volume | Avg Price | Median Price | |
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| Palm Desert | 1,814 | $1.35B | $745,273 | $560,000 | |
| Palm Springs | 1,747 | $1.53B | $876,453 | $650,000 | |
| La Quinta | 1,231 | $1.63B | $1,321,195 | $800,000 | |
| Indio | 1,121 | $655.5M | $584,702 | $538,500 | |
| Rancho Mirage | 827 | $1.03B | $1,251,141 | $855,000 | |
| Cathedral City | 583 | $298.6M | $512,112 | $504,000 | |
| Desert Hot Springs | 543 | $220.0M | $405,183 | $400,000 | |
| Indian Wells | 277 | $550.6M | $1,987,608 | $1,450,000 | |
| Bermuda Dunes | 125 | $95.9M | $766,903 | $650,000 | |
| Coachella | 110 | $55.0M | $500,369 | $494,000 | |
| Thousand Palms | 53 | $22.9M | $431,522 | $394,000 |
Valley totals come to 8,431 homes sold for $7,442,543,506, with an overall average sale price of $882,759.
Coachella Valley Commission Payouts
Every sale has two sides. A buyer agent and a seller agent, and each side earns its own commission on the sale price. Commission rates usually land between 2 and 3 percent per side. To stay conservative, I ran the math at a flat 2 percent.
Top Agent in Each City
These are the leading agents in each city by combined work, meaning their buyer-side and seller-side deals added together. Volume is the combined dollar value of those sales.
| City | Top Agent | Combined Sides | Volume | |
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| La Quinta | John K Miller | 69 | ~$50.9M | |
| Palm Springs | Brady Sandahl | 64 | ~$79.2M | |
| Palm Desert | Michael Horne | 101 | ~$55.1M | |
| Rancho Mirage | The Morgner Group | 52 | ~$45.5M | |
| Indio | Jelmberg Team | 69 | ~$36.9M | |
| Indian Wells | Team-Ford, Ginos, MacMaster | 43 | ~$150.2M | |
| Cathedral City | Holly Tait Markas | 42 | ~$15.6M | |
| Desert Hot Springs | Todd Myatt | 74 | ~$33.4M | |
| Bermuda Dunes | Diane Flaherty | 26 | ~$19.3M | |
| Coachella | Ana Perez | 22 | ~$11.1M | |
| Thousand Palms | Angie Torres | 4 | ~$3.3M |
Top Realtors in La Quinta
La Quinta carries the heaviest luxury weight in the valley, and a few of these community totals show it. The Madison and The Hideaway alone produced some of the largest single-agent volume figures in the whole data set.
Top Realtors in Palm Desert
Palm Desert has the widest spread of communities in this data, from Sun City's high-volume turnover to the high-dollar fairway homes inside Bighorn and Indian Ridge.
Top Realtors in Indian Wells
Indian Wells is small in unit count but huge in dollars. Toscana, Vintage, and The Reserve show how a single dominant team can own a private community.
Top Realtors in Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage blends active-adult turnover at Del Webb with brand-new construction at Cotino, plus several established country clubs in between.
Top Realtors in Palm Springs
Palm Springs runs from historic estate neighborhoods like Old Las Palmas to newer builds in Escena. The volume per community is smaller, but the per-home prices in the older areas are not.
Top Realtors in Indio
Indio's listed communities are big active-adult and golf developments where a single team often dominates the resale traffic.
Top Realtors in Cathedral City
Cathedral City sits at a more attainable price point, and its leaders move steady volume through golf communities like Desert Princess and Cathedral Canyon.
Top Realtors in Desert Hot Springs
Desert Hot Springs is the most affordable corner of the valley. At Mission Lakes, a small group of agents handles most of the resale traffic.
Top Realtors in Bermuda Dunes
Bermuda Dunes is a smaller market, and BDCC Country is its center of gravity for resales.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many homes sold in the Coachella Valley over this period?
About 8,431 homes closed across the valley in roughly 400 days, for a combined $7.44 billion in total sales volume.
Which Coachella Valley city has the highest home prices?
Indian Wells is the priciest, with a median closed price of $1,450,000 and an average near $1,987,608. La Quinta posted the highest total sales volume at over $1.6 billion.
Why use median home price instead of average?
The median is the middle sale, so half sold for more and half for less. A few luxury sales pull the average up, which makes the median a better gauge of a typical home.
How much did agents earn in commissions across the valley?
At a conservative 2 percent per side, agents collectively earned about $297.7 million on the period's sales, roughly $148.85 million on each side of the deals.
How many real estate agents work in the Coachella Valley?
More than 4,000 agents represented buyers or sellers in this data, though a smaller group of top producers handled a large share of the volume.
Which community had the highest-volume top agent?
The Madison in La Quinta, where Glenn Cassell closed about $212.3 million across just 16 sides, the highest single-agent community total in the data.
Should I repair my roof before selling my home?
Yes, a sound roof is one of the first things buyers and inspectors check, so handling repairs before listing usually protects your price and speeds up the sale.
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