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In addition to great weather, beautiful scenery, world-class golf courses and fabulous shopping, Palm Springs is also full of modern era architecture that dates back to the 1950s. Each year, the city of Palm Springs shows its appreciation for these structural designs with its annual Modernism Week, a celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, art, fashion and culture.
This exciting festival will feature more than 250 events in the Palm Springs area from February 11-21 with an expected attendance of more than 60,000 visitors. Highlights of the event include films, lectures, architectural bus tours, nightly parties, live music, tours of Sunnylands, fashion shows, classic cars, modern garden tours, a vintage travel trailer exhibition, and more. Signature Home Tours will also be available throughout the event, where participants can view and tour properties that have unique history and elegant modern designs.
Windermere Real Estate will be showing two such properties throughout the event, including "The Lilliana Gardens Glass House", an architectural gem currently listed with Windermere Real Estate | Leaskou Partners. The second is a mid-century style home on Buckboard Lane that is loaded with modern features and listed by Windermere Homes & Estates.
The Lilliana Garden Glass House, which is located in the Mesa neighborhood, is a four-bedroom, three-bath home designed by Donald Wexler and Richard Harrison in 1954, and is currently listed at $1,588,000. The current owner spent more than seven years lovingly restoring this exceptional home, consulting with Donald Wexler throughout the process in order to retain the original artistry, while also incorporating contemporary fixtures and finishes. With its sharp angles, clean lines and walls of glass, there are ever changing lights and shadows inside the home, which makes it a living piece of art – and a great fit for Palm Springs’ Modern Week.
The Buckboard Lane listing, located in B Bar H Ranch, is centrally located from Palm Desert’s most popular attractions, including shopping outlets, golf courses, casinos and more. Although the home was built in 2006, it was designed by Architect Lance O'Donnell, and modeled after homes of the 1950s. Currently listed at $334,950, this home has a very sharp, mid-century theme, featuring an open
floor plan, gorgeous natural stone counters, and mosaic tile throughout the entrance, kitchen and bathrooms. Modern polished concrete floors expand through the living areas and into the master bedroom. The home features a butterfly roof design, outfitted with solar panels to maximize energy efficiency year-round. The backyard pool also utilizes solar energy with a low-maintenance saltwater system. All rooms have access to wrap around decks to enjoy the misting system that surrounds the home and private gardens, which have terrific views of snow-capped mountains and desert vistas.
Modernism Week also has a charitable component which provides scholarships to local students pursuing college educations in the fields of architecture and design. They also support local and state preservation organizations and neighborhood groups in their efforts to preserve modernist architecture throughout the state of California.
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The speedometer reflects the state of the region’s housing market using housing inventory, price gains, sales velocities, interest rates and larger economics factors. The Oregon economy continues to expand and I do not see this changing in the foreseeable future. However, similar to many West Coast markets, Oregon’s inventory constraints are becoming problematic. I believe we will see more listings come online in 2016 as home equity levels continue to expand, but unfortunately it will not be enough to meet demand, and the market will remain imbalanced. I have kept the needle at the same level as last quarter. The market currently favors sellers, but buyers are growing weary of multiple offer situations and are likely to wait for inventories to rise, which will hopefully happen in the Spring.
Matthew Gardner is the Chief Economist for Windermere Real Estate, specializing in residential market analysis, commercial/industrial market analysis, financial analysis, and land use and regional economics. He is the former Principal of Gardner Economics, and has over 25 years of professional experience both in the U.S. and U.K. 
Tyler Davis Jones is a Windermere Real Estate agent in Seattle who, with his wife Jenn, recently traded in their in-city condo for a 1940s fixer-upper. Tyler and Jenn, along with the help of some very generous friends and family members, are taking on all the renovations themselves. You can follow the transformation process on the Windermere Blog or on 
While holidays are a peak time of giving, many of our offices also support organizations throughout the year. The Windermere offices in Utah (
Kate and Peter spend a lot of their free time on Whidbey Island, WA. In fact, Peter practically grew up there. The island holds special meaning to them and their relationship. It was the place Kate first met Peter’s family, where they were engaged and eventually married. For a couple renting a small apartment in downtown Seattle, Whidbey also offered a great escape from the city. So before they upgraded their city apartment to a city condo, they decided to invest in some land for their future vacation get-away and eventual retirement property.
This speedometer reflects the state of the region’s housing market using housing inventory, price gains, sales velocities, interest rates, and larger economics factors. For the fourth quarter of 2015, I have left the needle at the same position as the previous quarter. In as much as the market is still very heavily in favor of sellers, I fear that some markets are reaching price points that will test affordability. Furthermore, while inventory levels are likely to see some growth in 2016, it will not be enough to satisfy demand, adding further upward pressure to prices.
Collect food for your local food bank. They are always in need of donations—and not just during the holidays. There is a great need during the summer when schools are on break, and subsidized breakfast and lunch programs are not available for children.
