A newly completed contemporary residence overlooking the golf course at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert sold for $14.50 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Riverside, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $32.10 million in Riverside-area real estate.
The week’s leading sales span Bighorn Golf Club, Thermal, Palm Desert, Andreas Hills and Mission Hills Country Club, recorded across the municipalities of Palm Desert, Thermal, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage. Palm Desert produced both the top transaction and the No. 3 closing. Build years run from 1988 to 2026, golf-course settings figure in several of the week’s transactions, and a villa inside a private motorsports club also reached the list.
No. 1 — $14,500,000 · 125 Netas Ct, Palm Desert, California
Bighorn Golf Club produced the week’s highest reported sale: a contemporary estate at 125 Netas Ct in Palm Desert that closed on August 4, 2026 for $14,500,000. Completed in 2026 and sited to face south over the golf course and the surrounding mountains, the residence carries a reported 10,525 square feet, five bedroom suites, five full baths and a powder room.
A great room with soaring ceilings and walls of glass anchors the plan, and pocket sliding doors retract to open the interior onto the covered outdoor rooms. The dining room is built around a temperature-controlled glass wine display, and a dedicated media and game room holds theater-style seating and a pool table. An executive office sits off the main rooms, and four guest suites accompany the primary suite.
Outdoors, an expansive covered patio carries a fireplace, a television and a covered terrace for dining. The outdoor kitchen is equipped with a built-in barbecue and a pizza oven, and the pool includes a tanning shelf, a spa and deck areas facing the golf course and the mountains beyond.
Jacquie Burns of Bighorn Properties, Inc. was the listing agent. Trevor Printz of Bighorn Properties, Inc. represented the buyer. The $14,500,000 closing put Burns at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Riverside metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $5,947,500 · 86804 Rogers Way, Thermal, California
A furnished villa inside The Thermal Club took the metro’s No. 2 reported sale. The three-story house at 86804 Rogers Way in Thermal traded for $5,947,500 in a transaction that closed August 3, 2026. Built in 2023 on the club’s South Palm Track, it holds four bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms across a reported 9,203 square feet, a figure that includes garage space, according to the listing.
The villa is fully automated, with an elevator serving all three levels, heated bathroom floors and two laundry rooms. Multiple balconies and a large viewing deck open to panoramic views, and the covered patio carries misters, a built-in barbecue and a fire pit. The oversized garage has polished concrete floors and an attached locker room with a full bathroom.
The Thermal Club is a motorsports community built around five miles of private pavement, with two clubhouses, three restaurants, a spa, a fitness center, a 48-villa hotel, tennis and pickleball courts and karting. Buying a villa there requires buying a club membership. The property previously changed hands for $700,000 in 2019, before the current residence was completed in 2023.
Susan Harvey and Emily Harvey of Desert Pacific Properties were the listing agents. Susan Harvey of Desert Pacific Properties represented the buyer. The $5,947,500 sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Riverside Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 3 — $5,100,000 · 936 Andreas Canyon Dr, Palm Desert, California
A reported 5,227 square feet spreads across a custom Tuscan contemporary house at 936 Andreas Canyon Dr in Palm Desert, overlooking the third hole of the Canyons course. Built in 2005, it traded for $5,100,000 in a closing recorded August 3, 2026, and it offers four bedrooms and six bathrooms.
A gated circular driveway leads to a four-car air-conditioned garage finished with epoxy floors and built-in cabinets. The open plan centers on a great room, where pocket sliders give onto an outdoor living room, and a custom walnut office is topped by a coffered ceiling. Three of the bedrooms and that office sit in the main house, with a detached guest house adding a living room and a further bedroom.
The grounds carry an artificial lawn, an outdoor fountain and a fire pit across a large exterior space. The property previously changed hands for $3,105,000 in 2017.
The listing agent on this sale could not be verified for publication, and RealtyWire invites a correction from the professionals involved. The $5,100,000 transaction ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Riverside Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $3,400,000 · 1677 Hillview Cv, Palm Springs, California
Villa Rosa, a Mediterranean-style estate on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Andreas Hills neighborhood of Palm Springs, changed hands on August 3, 2026 for $3,400,000. Built in 1988, the house at 1677 Hillview Cv sits on 0.66 acre of manicured grounds with unobstructed views of the San Jacinto Mountains, and it carries four en-suite bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 5,838 square feet.
The entry is a hand-carved solid wood double door, and the interior runs to marble tile floors, custom wrought iron work, Cantera stone columns, several fireplaces and a three-stack layered tile roof. The kitchen is fitted with bench-made mahogany and cherry cabinetry, an oversized island, Thermador and Sub-Zero appliances, a butler’s pantry and marble slab countertops, and a private office and both formal and casual gathering rooms fill out the plan.
The primary suite has wood vaulted ceilings and a bath with a marble built-in jetted tub, dual vanities and his and hers walk-in closets. A pool with a tanning ledge and spa is set among multiple dining and lounging areas outside. The property previously changed hands for $1,625,000 in 2018.
Gregory Albert of Equity Union was the listing agent. Albert represented both sides of the transaction, acting for the buyer as well as the seller. The $3,400,000 closing ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Riverside Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $3,150,000 · 12117 Troon Cir, Rancho Mirage, California
Mission Hills Country Club supplied the week’s No. 5 reported sale, a 1991 house at 12117 Troon Cir in Rancho Mirage that traded for $3,150,000. The transaction closed on August 3, 2026, and the property carries four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 5,155 square feet.
The property previously changed hands for $1,625,000 in 2019.
Bennion Deville Homes was the listing brokerage on the sale; the individual listing agent could not be verified for publication, and RealtyWire welcomes a correction from the professionals involved. Sharon Rogers of Bennion Deville Homes represented the buyer. The $3,150,000 closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Riverside Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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