Palm Desert, CA

If you would like to see property for sale in Sun City Palm Desert , please call us at the numbers below. Were committed to helping you find the home of your dreams.

Elaine Stewart has been a Real Estate Business for over 15 years and has extensive experience in the Palm Springs, and surrounding cities Real Estate market, Elaine truly enjoys helping people in the process of buying or selling a home.

Elaine Stewart - Remax Real Estate Consultants
Mobile: (760) 668-2399 - Office: (760) 391-4415
Email: desertrealestate1@yahoo.com

Think you know when Mojave Maxine, a large female tortoise that lives at The Living Desert, will emerge for spring?

Guess the right date in an online contest open to kids in kindergarten through 12th grade, and win a $50 gift certificate, a Federal Parks Lands Pass, a $100 gift certificate for the student's teacher, and a visit from a desert tortoise, plus Mojave Maxine T-shirts for the entire class.

This season she has been in her den since on Nov. 26, waiting for the warm sun and the flowers to return.

Information: www.livingdesert .org, www.mojavedata.gov/contest, orwww.mojavemax.com.

The contest will remain open until Maxine emerges.

My Gym Palm Desert Celebrates New Location

Mayor Spiegel Attends Ribbon Cutting on February 3rd

Celebrating a new location after 15 years, My Gym Palm Desert plans to celebrate with a 3 day event this weekend.

“I am delighted that the Palm Desert community has been so welcoming and supportive of our mission to help children create a healthy self-image.” We are excited for the opportunity to let the Coachella Valley know what My Gym is all about.

My Gym is more than a fitness facility for children—it’s a place to empower them by helping to develop the skills, confidence and positive self-image they need to become healthy young adults, said My Gym owner Nancy Scott. “After 15 years in the south area of the city, we are now answering the needs of our residents by opening a new facility in a more central area of Palm Desert near the Monterey/I-10 corridor. The major growth areas are in the northern and eastern parts of the valley, and now, we’re there too!” says Scott.

Friday February 3^rd 3 pm – 6 pm (Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Palm Desert Mayor Bob Spiegel at 4 pm)

Saturday February 4^th 4 pm – 7 pm (Live radio broadcast from 4-6 pm)

Sunday February 5^th (Open gym hours) 1 pm – 4 pm

About My Gym
My Gym's wide veriety of physical early learning/pre gymnastics classes, birthday parties and camps offer children an outlet for fun and fitness in a controlled and safe environment with state-of-the-art facilities and highly-qualified professionals. My Gym is recognized as a leading franchise in Entrepreneur Magazine's 2005 "Franchise 500" and "America's Top Global Franchise" list. More than 30 gyms are scheduled to open in the next 12 months domestically and abroad. For more information about My Gym Children's Fitness Centers please visit www.my-gym.com.

Here’s an article I think you should pay attention to, and just another reason WHY Open Houses may not be the best way to get that home sold. This article recently appeared in the Orange County RegisterBusiness Pages.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012— Realtors issued a warning to their members to be careful after two armed robbers held up a real estate agent and a prospective homebuyer at gunpoint at a Fullerton open house recently.

No one was injured in the incident, but the bandits made off with a large amount of cash that the house shopper had with him.

Although real estate agents often are victims of robberies, sexual assaults and slayings while working alone in vacant homes, police believe the home shopper was the target of the Jan. 8 crime.

Police believe that the robbers had followed the home shopper, a restaurant owner, from Los Angeles County in hopes of getting business proceeds.

Nonetheless, officials at the Anaheim-based Pacific West Association of Realtors issued a warning to their members to be cautious during open houses and to avoid working alone whenever possible.

“There’s been murders and robberies and all those things at open houses… and we felt it’s important to make sure our members are aware of these things,” said PWR CEO Nancy Gilmore.

Fullerton Sgt.AndrewGoodrichprovided details of the crime:

Two men entered a three-bedroom house in the 2200 block of Summit View Drive around 1:40 p.m. Jan. 8 where a female agent was showing the house. According to PWR, the agent was holding an open house at the time when a man came to look at it.

The men pulled out a gun and ordered the two to get on the floor, then took their cell phones, keys and wallets. At least one robber went outside and searched the man’s car, then the bandits left, escaping with “a large amount of cash.”Goodrichdeclined to say exactly how much.

What many sellers are NOT aware of, is over 85% of today’s buyers “shop on-line” before they contact a Realtor. In the past, Open Houses were an excellent way for Realtors to meet prospective buyers……however, since the advent of the Internet, buyers are now shopping on- line while sitting comfortably on their homes or offices. That’s why my client’s homes are listed on over 100 Internet Sites when they list with me. It’s safer and it gets their homes SOLD!

Let us know what safety precautions you use when doing an Open House by leaving a comment below.

IMPORTANT: If you or someone you know is interested in buying or selling a home in the Palm Desert Area, try searching properties on the same Desert Area MLS Realtor’s use, or give me a call….or visit my website at Palm Springs Homes and Estates. I will be happy to give you or your referral my “red carpet service.” After the sale, I will send you a $50 Gift Certificatetowards dinner in a fabulous Palm Springs Area Restaurant so you can celebrate!

Brought to You By Your Favorite Realtor,

Nancy Hankin

“It’s no surprise with rising energy prices and other costs draining the piggy bank that homeowners want to maximize home performance with green remodeling options,” said NAHB Remodelers Chairman Lonny Rutherford, CGR, CAPS, CGP, a professional remodeler from Farmington, N. M. “Professional remodelers provide the solution for making the 125 million existing single-family homes in the United States more energy-efficient.”

The group responsible for compiling data about green energy systems is the National Green Building Standard,™. This organization includes the only consensus rating system for remodeling. This standard provides a roadmap for green remodeling and assures consumers that remodelers know how to plan and complete authentically green remodels.

Remodelers have installed a number of efficiency-enhancing products in recent months, including:

- Windows—73 percent of surveyed remodelers installed more energy-efficient windows that are insulated to prevent outdoor heat exchange.

- Insulation—65 percent made upgrades such as insulation replacement and spraying foam or fiber insulation into enclosed walls and roof cavities, while 27 percent insulated foundations and 52 percent installed insulated exterior doors.

- High-efficiency HVAC systems(56 percent)

- High-efficiency kitchen appliances(47 percent)

- Water-saving faucets and fixtures(46 percent)

“Newer technologiesare also quickly gaining in popularity,” saysRutherford.

“Thirty-five percent of remodelers reported installing tankless water heaters, which save on energy costs by heating water on demandinstead of continuously eating energy.”

There are a multitude of ways we can learn to conserve our energy, and many homeowners are doing this as they remodel existing homes, or move to newer homes which already have many of the energy saving systems.

Many In The Palm Springs Desert Area Are Learning How To Go Green and I’d love to hear how YOU are using green energy saving techniques in your homes.

Energy Efficient Building

Energy Efficient Home

IMPORTANT: If you or someone you know is interested in buying or selling a home in the Palm Desert Area, try searching properties on the same Desert Area MLS Realtor’s use, or give me a call….or visit my website at Palm Springs Homes and Estates. I will be happy to give you or your referral my “red carpet service.” After the sale, I will send you a $50 Gift Certificatetowards dinner in a fabulous Palm Springs Area Restaurant so you can celebrate!

Brought to You By Your Favorite Realtor,

Nancy Hankin