Trilogy La Quinta, CA: Home Prices & Market Trends
Explore Trilogy La Quinta’s home-price history with 1,777 MLS-recorded closings, interactive year comparisons, and current market data through September 15, 2026.
Trilogy La Quinta’s home prices tell the story of several different markets: the early housing cycle, a deep correction, a gradual recovery, the 2020–2022 surge, and a more selective resale market afterward. This study combines the retained annual history with refreshed 2025–2026 results, totaling 1,777 MLS-recorded detached-home closings to show how those periods compare—and what the numbers can tell a buyer or seller today.
- The annual history follows 1,777 MLS-recorded closings from December 24, 2003 through September 15, 2026.
- The highest completed-year median was $717,500 in 2022; the 2025 median was $675,000.
- The latest analyzed 12 months—September 16, 2025–September 15, 2026—had 71 sales and a $609,000 median, down 6.2% from the prior equal period.
- Price per square foot fell 7.9% across those 12-month windows, while median MLS marketing time decreased by 9 days.
- Use the sales explorer and year comparison to read the cycle. Use recent comparable homes to evaluate an individual property.
How to read this study
Five guardrails matter. The figures are nominal and not adjusted for inflation. Annual medians compare different homes rather than tracking the same property. The 2003 and 2004 samples are too small to characterize those years. The 2026 point is year to date and must not be treated as a complete calendar year. Private, off-market and some direct-builder transfers may not appear in an MLS subdivision search.
Trilogy at La Quinta—also commonly called Trilogy La Quinta and labeled Trilogy Country Club on some real-estate portals—is a 1,238-home active-adult community. City records show the core residential tract was approved in January 2003, and the earliest closing in the retained historical export occurred on December 24, 2003. That makes the historical record unusually deep, but it does not establish that every deed transfer since development is present.
The annual median answers a narrow question: what was the middle price among the Trilogy homes recorded as sold in that year? It does not answer what a specific Monterey, Maurea, Oasis or other plan would have sold for after accounting for lot position, condition and upgrades.
Interactive MLS history
Trilogy La Quinta Sales Explorer
Switch among five measures to see how prices, activity and negotiating conditions changed across the community's recorded sales history.
Market update: September 15, 2026 · Closings through September 15, 2026 · 2026 is year to date
Annual median closed price
Full calendar years, with 2026 shown separately as year to date.
Read the mix, not just the line. Each point summarizes a different set of homes. The 2003 and 2004 samples contain only 2 and 7 closings, and 2026 is partial. Dollars are nominal and not adjusted for inflation.
Compare two full years
Changing the starting year can change the story. Compare full calendar years to see the movement in price alongside price per square foot, sales activity, and negotiating conditions.
Use 2005–2025 for full-year comparisons. The very small 2003–2004 samples and partial 2026 record remain available in the sales explorer and annual table.
Choose an ending year later than the starting year.
2019 → 2025
| Measure | 2019 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median closed price | $457,500 | $675,000 | +47.5% |
| Median price / sq. ft. | $228.72 | $348.30 | +52.3% |
| Cleaned closings | 92 | 81 | −12.0% |
| Median MLS DOM | 91.5 days | 69 days | −22.5 days |
| Median sale / final list | 97.08% | 97.31% | +0.23 percentage points |
Annualized change in the community median: +6.7% across 6 years. This describes the two endpoint medians; it is not a return earned by an individual homeowner.
All price changes are nominal. Annual medians summarize different homes; price per square foot also reflects differences in condition, location, and features. Use the same-home resale analysis below for another perspective.
Year-by-year Trilogy La Quinta sales
Read price, activity, and negotiating conditions together. Each row summarizes the recorded sales in that calendar year; 2026 covers January 1–September 15 only.
On smaller screens, scroll within the table to see every measure.
| Year | Cleaned Closings | Median Price | Median Price / Sq. Ft. | Median MLS DOM | Median Sale / Final List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003* | 2 | $443,857 | $172.39 | 4.5 | 100.00% |
| 2004* | 7 | $379,000 | $203.92 | 63 | 100.00% |
| 2005 | 40 | $448,500 | $254.09 | 56 | 98.06% |
| 2006 | 28 | $515,000 | $279.28 | 57 | 97.56% |
| 2007 | 35 | $507,525 | $268.46 | 69.5 | 95.44% |
| 2008 | 48 | $443,000 | $229.83 | 91 | 94.55% |
| 2009 | 66 | $372,000 | $190.76 | 98 | 93.86% |
| 2010 | 78 | $395,000 | $201.60 | 132 | 93.90% |
| 2011 | 92 | $372,500 | $184.04 | 121 | 94.68% |
| 2012 | 85 | $384,500 | $194.30 | 89 | 95.75% |
| 2013 | 112 | $422,500 | $220.20 | 87 | 96.41% |
| 2014 | 98 | $412,500 | $217.92 | 76 | 96.46% |
| 2015 | 97 | $435,000 | $224.07 | 83 | 96.98% |
| 2016 | 87 | $450,000 | $223.31 | 83 | 96.55% |
| 2017 | 94 | $447,500 | $234.29 | 71 | 97.27% |
| 2018 | 105 | $445,000 | $224.72 | 98.5 | 97.55% |
| 2019 | 92 | $457,500 | $228.72 | 91.5 | 97.08% |
| 2020 | 128 | $479,750 | $240.96 | 62 | 97.64% |
| 2021 | 147 | $585,000 | $292.50 | 33 | 100.00% |
| 2022 | 82 | $717,500 | $360.53 | 28.5 | 100.00% |
| 2023 | 67 | $600,000 | $326.76 | 62 | 97.10% |
| 2024 | 56 | $647,500 | $348.09 | 51 | 97.41% |
| 2025 | 81 | $675,000 | $348.30 | 69 | 97.31% |
| 2026 YTD** | 50 | $600,000 | $330.99 | 61 | 97.11% |
The 2003 and 2004 samples are exceptionally small and should not be treated as stable annual benchmarks.
2026 covers January 1 through September 15 only.
The latest analyzed 12 months
Comparison: September 16, 2025–September 15, 2026 versus September 16, 2024–September 15, 2025.
The latest exact trailing 12 months ended with slightly more closings, lower pricing and shorter median marketing time than the preceding 365-day window. Both use the same September 16–September 15 boundaries, eliminating unequal partial-month comparisons.
| Measure | September 16, 2025–September 15, 2026 | September 16, 2024–September 15, 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaned closings | 71 | 69 | +2.9% |
| Median closed price | $609,000 | $649,000 | −6.2% |
| Price interquartile range | $517,500–$774,500 | $569,900–$885,000 | — |
| Median closed price / sq. ft. | $335.22 | $363.87 | −7.9% |
| Median reported living area | 1,835 sq. ft. | 1,965 sq. ft. | −6.6% |
| Median MLS DOM | 59 | 68 | −9 days |
| Median sale / final list | 97.06% | 97.48% | −0.42 percentage points |
Median closed price fell 6.2% and median price per square foot fell 7.9%, while median reported living area declined 6.6%. The mix shifted toward smaller homes. These overlapping measures describe the transactions that closed and do not isolate changes in the value of the same floor plan, renovation, pool, lot or view.
62 of the 71 closings, or 87.3%, finished below the final list price. Final list matters here: it may already reflect one or more reductions from the original asking price.
Where the latest closings landed
These price bands describe the same 71 closings from September 16, 2025 through September 15, 2026.
| Closed-Price Band | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $500,000 | 14 | 19.7% |
| $500,000–$699,999 | 33 | 46.5% |
| $700,000–$899,999 | 15 | 21.1% |
| $900,000 or more | 9 | 12.7% |
The middle of the distribution remained broad. A single community-wide median therefore cannot serve as an offer target for every floor plan.
Active and pending snapshot: September 15, 2026
As of the September 15, 2026 export, the file contained 33 active-status listings and 1 pending-status listing. One of the active-status records also carried a separate contingent flag. This is a point-in-time asking-price snapshot, kept separate from the closed-sale trend.
| Status | Count | Median Asking Price | Median Asking Price / Sq. Ft. | Median MLS DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | 33 | $673,000 | $371.27 | 42 |
| Pending | 1 | $1,055,000 | $387.01 | 217 |
The active median asking price was 10.5% above the latest trailing closed median, while active median asking price per square foot was 10.8% above the latest closed result. The pending figures describe just one listing and should not be read as a broad pending-market benchmark. Those gaps describe different groups of homes at different transaction stages; they do not predict where the active listings will close.
A simple listing-supply proxy—33 active-status listings divided by 71 trailing closings, multiplied by 12—equals 5.6 months. Excluding the one separately contingent-flagged active record yields 5.4 months. This uses one current inventory snapshot and is not seasonally adjusted.
See recently sold Trilogy La Quinta homes.
Five eras in the sales history
1. Early development and the first visible cycle: 2003–2008
The export begins in the development era, but the first two annual samples contain only 2 and 7 closings. The first year with a more useful sample is 2005, when 40 homes closed at a $448,500 median.
The median rose to $515,000 in 2006 before easing to $507,525 in 2007 and $443,000 in 2008. Median price per square foot moved from $279.28 in 2006 to $229.83 in 2008, while median MLS days on market rose from 57 to 91.
Those movements show the market turning before the full correction appeared in the annual median.
2. Housing correction and the low-price years: 2009–2012
The 2009 median was $372,000, 27.8% below the 2006 median peak. Among years with more than ten closings, price per square foot reached its lowest annual median in 2011 at $184.04, 34.1% below 2006.
Marketing time also stretched. Median MLS days on market reached 132 in 2010 and 121 in 2011. The 2012 median improved to $384,500 and median days on market fell to 89, but pricing remained well below the earlier peak.
This is why selecting one trough year can dramatically change any long-term percentage claim.
3. Gradual recovery: 2013–2019
The 2013 median rose to $422,500. For the next several years, the annual median stayed in a comparatively narrow band—from $412,500 in 2014 to $450,000 in 2016—before reaching $457,500 in 2019.
Price per square foot moved from $220.20 in 2013 to $228.72 in 2019. The record shows recovery, but not a straight ascent: the median slipped in 2014, 2017 and 2018 even as the longer trend improved.
4. Pandemic-era repricing: 2020–2022
The sharpest move in the series arrived from 2020 through 2022. The median increased from $479,750 to $717,500, up 49.6%. Using the pre-surge 2019 baseline, the 2022 median was 56.8% higher.
Median price per square foot rose 57.6% from 2019 to 2022, which confirms that the move was not only a shift toward larger homes. At the same time, median MLS days on market fell to 33 in 2021 and 28.5 in 2022. The median sale-to-final-list ratio reached 100% in both years.
Sales volume peaked at 147 closings in 2021, then fell to 82 in 2022. The MLS record documents the repricing and faster market; it does not, by itself, assign a single cause.
5. Post-surge adjustment: 2023–September 2026
The 2023 median fell to $600,000, down 16.4% from 2022. Median price per square foot declined 9.4%, a smaller move that suggests some of the headline-price drop reflected the homes that happened to sell.
The median recovered to $647,500 in 2024 and $675,000 in 2025. Yet 2025 median price per square foot was almost unchanged from 2024—$348.30 versus $348.09—even as the median sale price rose 4.25%. Median reported living area increased from 1,840 to 1,965 square feet, making the shift in sales mix visible.
The 2026 year-to-date median is $600,000, based on 50 closings through September 15. Median sold price per square foot is $330.99 and median MLS marketing time is 61 days. The smoother 12-month comparison shows lower median price and price per square foot, but successful transactions took a median 59 days, down from 68 days in the prior window.
One major community event overlapped this era. The golf course and restaurant closed in late 2022; homeowners approved an acquisition and restoration in January 2024; the course reopened to resident play on December 9, 2024 and limited public play on December 16. Those dates are useful timeline markers, not proof that the course caused a particular price move.
What the same-home resales show
Historical study: August 6, 2026 analysis, using closings through July 20, 2026. These long-term matched-sale results are retained from that study.
Annual medians have a built-in composition problem. A year with more large, remodeled, pool or golf-front homes can post a higher median even when like-for-like values changed less.
To get closer to a same-home comparison, the audit matched consecutive sales by valid assessor parcel number, repaired malformed identifiers only when one normalized address produced an unambiguous match, required at least a two-year holding period and limited the final set to records whose reported living area differed by no more than 10%.
That stricter test produced 646 repeat-sale pairs:
Median holding period: 5.21 years
Median total nominal change: +19.48%
Median nominal annualized change: +3.39%
Middle 50% of annualized changes: +0.96% to +6.06%
A long-horizon subset of 35 homes first recorded as sold from 2003–2007 and sold again from 2021–2026 had a median 32.16% total increase over 17.59 years, equal to 1.58% nominal annualized. Thirty-three of the 35 later sales were higher than their early sale.
This is stronger evidence than comparing annual community averages, but it is still not a formal repeat-sales price index. The MLS does not consistently measure the value added by renovation, a new pool, a changed view, furnishings, solar ownership, distressed-sale conditions, seller concessions or transaction costs. The figures are also not inflation-adjusted.
The right conclusion is modest: the matched resales generally moved higher in nominal dollars, but outcomes varied widely and the holding period mattered.
Why prices separate inside Trilogy
The latest sales record shows a wide price range because Trilogy is not one interchangeable housing product.
Living area and floor plan
Among the latest 71 closings, size alone divided the market into distinct price bands:
| Reported Living Area | Sales | Median Closed Price | Median Closed Price / Sq. Ft. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,600 sq. ft. | 14 | $475,950 | $318.98 |
| 1,600–1,999 sq. ft. | 38 | $600,000 | $335.63 |
| 2,000–2,399 sq. ft. | 8 | $712,500 | $319.23 |
| 2,400 sq. ft. or more | 11 | $945,000 | $365.71 |
These are descriptive groups, not a valuation grid. The 2,000–2,399-square-foot band has only 8 sales, and every band still mixes plans, lots and finish levels.
Renovation and system age
Updated kitchens, baths, flooring, windows, mechanical systems and outdoor spaces can separate two otherwise similar plans. Cosmetic finish should also be distinguished from roof, HVAC, pool-equipment, solar and other system obligations.
Private pool and outdoor improvements
Older MLS records often use a general pool field that can refer to a community pool rather than a private backyard pool. That field is not reliable enough to calculate a clean historical “pool premium.” Recent private-pool markers show an association with higher prices, but they also overlap with larger homes, stronger lots and more extensive renovations.
Golf frontage, view and privacy
Direct golf frontage, fairway orientation, mountain exposure, street position and rear-yard privacy can materially change the comparison set. A raw price difference is not proof of an independent golf or view premium because those attributes overlap with floor plan, condition and lot improvements.
Casita and room utility
A casita, office, third bedroom or flexible living area can change buyer utility even when reported square footage looks similar. Listing language and assessor records do not always classify those spaces consistently.
For lot orientation, gates and amenity geography, use the Trilogy La Quinta community map with the Trilogy La Quinta visual guide.
Watch the community video from the original study
What the data mean for buyers and sellers
For buyers
The community median is a market marker, not an offer price. A stronger comparison begins with the same floor plan or a narrow living-area range, then adjusts for recency, lot position, golf frontage, pool, view, renovation, casita, solar terms and included furnishings.
The latest period also rewards attention to listing history. With 87.3% of closings below final list and a 97.06% median sale-to-final-list ratio, negotiation remained common. But final list can already include reductions, so the original ask, status history and time exposed to the market still matter.
Golf should be evaluated accurately as part of the ownership picture. The official Trilogy Golf Club site identifies it as a public course. The January 2026 course-use guidelines describe earlier resident booking and a limited weekday discount; golf is not automatically bundled as free play with a home.
For sellers
Long-run community growth does not establish the present value of one property. The latest 12-month median was below the prior period, and the active-listing median sat above recent closing evidence. Pricing from the highest active competitor can therefore build in an untested expectation.
The best launch price comes from recent like-for-like closings. Renovation, system updates, lot advantages and outdoor improvements need to be documented clearly. A distinctive golf-front or heavily remodeled home may justify a narrower comparison set, but it still needs evidence.
Historical context is valuable. Present value comes from present comparables.
Frequently asked questions
What was the median Trilogy La Quinta home price in the latest analyzed period?
The median closed price was $609,000 across 71 cleaned sales from September 16, 2025 through September 15, 2026. The 2026 year-to-date median was $600,000 across 50 closings through September 15. These use different periods and should not be treated as interchangeable or as current listing prices.
How much have Trilogy La Quinta prices changed since the early years?
The first reasonably sampled full year is 2005, when 40 closings had a $448,500 median. The 2025 median was $675,000, 50.5% higher in nominal dollars, or 2.07% annualized over 20 years. That is not the appreciation rate of one typical home, and it is not adjusted for inflation, renovations or changes in the mix of homes sold.
Did Trilogy La Quinta prices decline after the housing crash?
Yes. The annual median fell 27.8% from $515,000 in 2006 to $372,000 in 2009. Among years with more than ten closings, median price per square foot reached its low in 2011 at $184.04, while median MLS days on market remained above 120 in both 2010 and 2011.
Does this file contain every Trilogy sale from the start?
The retained historical export provides broad MLS coverage beginning in December 2003, and the September 15 update refreshes the recent market. Neither source can prove that every transaction is included. Private sales, direct-builder transfers, off-market deeds and listings entered under another subdivision spelling may be absent. The analysis therefore says “MLS-recorded sales,” not “all transactions.”
Can the community median determine what one Trilogy home is worth?
No. A credible value analysis needs recent comparable sales for the same plan or a narrow size range, then adjustments for condition, renovation, pool, golf frontage, view, privacy, casita, solar terms and furnishings. The community median establishes context only.
Sources & methodology
Market refresh: September 15, 2026. Current market figures use the newly supplied CDAR MLS export. Annual history through 2024 and the explicitly dated same-home resale study are retained from the August 6, 2026 analysis. The 2025 figures were recalculated and match the published annual results. The 2026 row and both interactive data arrays now include closings through September 15, 2026.
MLS analysis
New source: “55 plus data.csv,” supplied September 15, 2026, with 2,187 residential records across six communities.
Trilogy La Quinta scope: 206 records with subdivision Trilogy, city La Quinta and single-family subtype SF: 172 closed, 33 active-status and 1 pending-status. Closed dates run from March 19, 2024 through September 15, 2026.
Current comparison: 71 closings from September 16, 2025–September 15, 2026 versus 69 from September 16, 2024–September 15, 2025. Both periods contain 365 days.
Annual history: 2003–2024 values remain from the earlier cleaned export. The new file contains all 81 closings in 2025 and 50 closings in 2026 year to date. The retained annual history and refreshed years sum to 1,777 recorded closings. The new file reproduces the earlier 39-closing 2026 sample through July 20 and adds 11 later closings.
Duplicate and field checks: No duplicate listing number or duplicate same-price closing with a matching normalized parcel number on the same or adjacent date was found in the new Trilogy subset. All 172 closed records have valid price, positive living area and nonnegative MLS DOM.
Calculated fields: Sold price per square foot is calculated separately for each closing as closed price divided by living area, then the median is taken. Sale-to-final-list ratios use each closing’s final list price. Interquartile ranges use linear interpolation.
Inventory: The September 15 snapshot has 33 active-status records, including one with a separate contingent flag, plus one pending-status record. Listing-supply estimates use active-status count divided by the latest 12-month closing count, multiplied by 12. The pending asking-price figures describe one listing.
Earlier source: The August 6 export contained 1,865 rows: 1,828 closed, 33 active and 4 pending. Its historical closed-sale cohort retained 1,766 detached-home records through July 20, 2026 after removing three off-community condos, 51 implausible $1,000–$5,000 closed-price entries, and eight cross-MLS duplicate transactions.
Same-home resale study: Retained from the August 6 analysis, using closings through July 20, 2026. Consecutive matched-property sales required at least two years between closings and reported living area within 10%. That study has not been recomputed from the shorter new export.
Not used for conclusions: Raw concessions, the historical pool checkbox, original-list ratios with obvious input errors, and unsupported causal amenity premiums.
Prices are nominal. The analysis does not adjust for inflation, seller concessions, furnishings, renovation, distress, financing costs, taxes, insurance, HOA obligations, golf costs or transaction expenses. Closed price is not net seller proceeds. MLS DOM is not necessarily cumulative days on market across every relist.
The subdivision-field export may omit direct-builder, private, off-market or differently labeled sales. Early new-construction status is largely blank, so builder sales cannot be separated reliably from resales. Annual medians describe different homes sold in each period and cannot measure an individual property’s appreciation.
Community and timeline sources
City of La Quinta record for Tract Map 30023-1 and the 2003 annexation
FirstService Residential case study describing the 1,238-home active-adult community
The official golf page, January 2026 course-use guidelines, and December 2024 reopening announcement were rechecked September 5, 2026. Confirm current golf terms directly with the club.
