Desert Hot Springs climbs the alluvial slopes north of Interstate 10, looking south across the Coachella Valley toward Mount San Jacinto. The city grew up around a natural hot mineral aquifer, and its housing still reflects that history in small spa hotels, modest older homes and broad stretches of vacant lots between newer subdivisions.

County: Riverside County · Coachella Valley
Type: City
ZIP codes: 92240, 92241
Report options: Desktop from $299 · Standard from $699

The Desert Hot Springs housing market

Much of the older housing dates from the decades after the Second World War and sits on lots of varied size in the blocks around Palm Drive and Miracle Hill. Newer construction is concentrated on the western edge of the city in Skyborne and Mountain View Country Estates, and the Mission Lakes Country Club golf community adds course-side homes and condominiums. Gated age-restricted communities of manufactured homes, such as Vista Montana, are also common, and in many of them owners hold title to their lots. Spa properties built over the hot-water aquifer form a niche of their own, trading among a narrow pool of operators and owner-users.

Neighborhoods and communities

Skyborne
Mountain View Country Estates
Mission Lakes Country Club
Miracle Hill
Vista Montana
Rancho Del Oro

Property types we commonly appraise here

older single-story homes
spa hotels and mineral-water properties
new planned-community homes
manufactured homes on owned lots
golf-course condominiums
vacant residential lots

What shapes value in Desert Hot Springs

Septic systems remain common in older sections, and the Mission Springs Water District has been extending sewer through assessment districts that can be repaid on the property tax bill and that require connection once service arrives, so both the waste system and any assessment are confirmed. The Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas fault, which divides the hot and cold aquifers, brings fault-zone disclosures for some parcels and gives spa properties an income component that ordinary homes lack. Strong winds near the wind farms of the San Gorgonio Pass, short-term rental permits limited by density and spacing rules, and manufactured homes on owned lots all shape the choice of comparables.

Around Desert Hot Springs

Cabot's Pueblo Museum, the hand-built adobe home of the man who found hot water on Miracle Hill, anchors the city's history, and Two Bunch Palms and a string of smaller mineral-water spas draw visitors throughout the year. The Mission Creek Preserve and Big Morongo Canyon lie in the hills beyond town.

Appraisals we prepare for Desert Hot Springs properties

Desktop appraisals start at $299; Drive-By and Standard appraisals with a visit to the property start at $649 and $699. See pricing for every report type.

Desert Hot Springs Home Appraisals