mydesert.com Local real estate headlines http://www.mydesert.com en-us Copyright 2013, mydesert.com SaxoTech Online Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 00 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:31:57 00 15 Homebuilder confidence bounds to a 7-year high http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/BUSINESS04/306170014/1043/RSS06 For the first time in seven years, most U.S. homebuilders are optimistic about home sales, a sign that construction could help drive stronger economic growth in coming months. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:06:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/BUSINESS04/306170014/1043/RSS06 California home prices jump 26 percent in May http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130613/BUSINESS04/306130011/1043/RSS06 A research firm says California home prices posted a 15th straight annual increase last month. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:35:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130613/BUSINESS04/306130011/1043/RSS06 Coachella Valley snares actors Lucie Arnaz, Laurence Luckinbill http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130610/BUSINESS04/306100020/1043/RSS06 Longtime actors Lucie Arnaz and Laurence Luckinbill joke about being members of 'renovators anonymous.''There is no such organization, but there ought to be,' said Luckinbill, who laughed when trying to list all of the houses and apartments he and wife Lucie have renovated during 30-plus years of marriage in upscale neighborhoods such as New York's Central Park West and Brentwood in west Los Angeles. Read more ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:16:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130610/BUSINESS04/306100020/1043/RSS06 Merv Griffin's La Quinta estate sold for $7 million http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130607/BUSINESS04/306070017/1043/RSS06 Media mogul and iconic talk show host Merv Griffin's nearly 40-acre, Moroccan-style home and equestrian ranch in La Quinta has sold to an investment group for $7 million. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:55:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130607/BUSINESS04/306070017/1043/RSS06 Inland home prices soar in April http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130604/BUSINESS04/306040003/1043/RSS06 U.S. home prices soared 12.1 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest gain since February 2006, as more buyers competed for fewer homes. The Riverside-San Bernardino area ranked fourth nationwide with a 16.5 percent gain. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:20:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130604/BUSINESS04/306040003/1043/RSS06