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Sun City Shadow Hills: Home Prices & Market Trends

Sun City Shadow Hills Home Prices: 193 latest-year closings at a $488,000 median. Closed sales through September 30, 2026; inventory remains September 15.

Published Updated 25 min read By Mark Miller
Aerial view of the North Course at Sun City Shadow Hills, with golf greens, sand bunkers, a pond, and surrounding homes.
What changed

Refreshed the two-year closed-sale study through September 30, 2026 and the latest complete quarter. Inventory, supply ratios and older historical studies retain their separately stated dates.

What is happening to home prices in Sun City Shadow Hills? Start with the current market at four time horizons, then explore the underlying sales history when you want more detail.

  • Latest month: October 2026 recorded 17 sales at a $505,000 median. Read the monthly result alongside the longer periods.
  • Six months: 97 homes closed from May 2026 through October 2026. The month-by-month view below shows how activity and the sold-home mix changed.
  • Past year: The rolling 12-month median was $485,000, down 5.8% from the prior period, across 193 closings.
  • Five-year context: Five complete calendar years in the retained study show the 2022 peak and the adjustment that followed. Keep that history separate from this year’s incomplete calendar-year results.

Sun City Shadow Hills market report

Read the market by timeframe.

Closed sales through October 31, 2026

October 2026

The latest month, in context.

Sun City Shadow Hills recorded 17 closings at a $505,000 median. The previous month had 13 closings at $430,000. Different floor plans, lots and improvements can change the median.

Closed sales

October 202617
September 2026
13
October 2025
17

Median sold price

October 2026$505,000
September 2026
$430,000
October 2025
$500,000

Price / sq. ft.

October 2026$278
September 2026
$259.1
October 2025
$265.3

Days on market

October 202644
September 2026
43
October 2025
77

Sale / final asking price

October 202698.3%
September 2026
97.8%
October 2025
97.6%

Small-sample medians are shown with their sales counts. A few different homes can move these figures sharply; use the longer periods for context. Percentage comparisons require at least ten sales in both periods. Unavailable means no usable records or incomplete coverage.

The homes behind the median

Compare a home with its own size group.

These groups cover November 1, 2025–October 31, 2026. Condition, floor plan, pools, casitas and lot position still matter within each group.

Under 1,600 sq. ft.

$405,000

77 closed sales

1,600–1,999 sq. ft.

$495,000

42 closed sales

2,000–2,399 sq. ft.

$566,250

46 closed sales

2,400+ sq. ft.

$675,000

28 closed sales

Current views use the shared market dataset. Historical references retain their study dates. Reconciliation note: the original study reports 186 prior-period sales at $519,500, while the shared release reports 194 at $515,000. The original research remains dated and unchanged.

Saved analysis from the shared market release. Historical research keeps its original dates.

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Explore the full sales history.

The retained October 2, 2026 study starts in 2020; older records have different duplication and new-construction coverage. The chart keeps its original annual figures and dated comparison.

Interactive MLS history

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Switch between the latest equal-period comparison and annual history, then choose the measure that matters most.

Updated October 2, 2026 · Closed-sale cutoff September 30, 2026 · 2026 is year to date

Latest 12-month closings 193 +3.8% vs. prior period
Median closed price $488,000 −6.1% vs. prior period
Median price / sq. ft. $275.54 −5.1% vs. prior period
Median MLS-reported DOM 58 days −2.0 days vs. prior period
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Equal trailing periods

Median closed price

−6.1%$31,500 below the prior median
Sun City Shadow Hills median closed price comparison The latest 12-month median closed price was $488,000, compared with $519,500 during the prior 12 months.

Prior 12 months Latest 12 months

The two periods use equal, non-overlapping Oct. 1–Sept. 30 boundaries. Completed sales are kept separate from active and pending listings.

Annual history begins in 2020 because older records carry more reciprocal-feed duplication and a heavier builder/new-construction mix. Price per square foot is recalculated from closed price and reported living area. MLS-reported DOM may not include exposure under a prior listing number.

Interactive chart of Sun City Shadow Hills MLS-reported closings, median prices, price per square foot, and days on market from 2020 through Sept. 30, 2026.
North Course green, lake and golf-course homes at Sun City Shadow Hills in Indio, California
An elevated view of the Sun City Shadow Hills North Course in Phase 3, showing a green surrounded by white sand bunkers, a large lake and neighboring desert-style homes. Photographed February 21, 2026.

Original study · October 2, 2026

The research behind the numbers.

Updated October 2, 2026 (Pacific). Closed-sale study: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2026. Prior: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025. Latest: October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026. Inventory and its supply ratios remain the September 15, 2026 snapshot. Older annual history and repeat-sale studies retain their stated source dates.

How to read this study

The refreshed closed-sale study covers October 1, 2024–September 30, 2026, with equal, non-overlapping October–September years. The 379-sale sample retains the established community definition. The July 1–September 30 quarter is reported separately below.

Annual history through 2024 and the explicitly dated repeat-sale studies retain their original source coverage. Closed-sale metrics through September 30 and the September 15 inventory snapshot use different observation dates; inventory has not been refreshed.

Six guardrails matter. All dollar figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation. Rolling and annual medians compare different homes rather than tracking one property. MLS-reported days on market may not include a home's complete exposure across prior listing numbers. Feature tags are incomplete and overlapping. Active and pending prices are asking prices, not known contract prices. Private, off-market, deed-only, and differently labeled transactions may be absent.

Original quarter, annual comparison and price distribution

Latest complete quarter: July–September 2026

July 1–September 30, 2026: 33 closed sales, $510,000 median closed price, $256.32 median price per square foot and 63 valid median MLS days on market. This complete-quarter supplement uses the same reconciled records as the primary two-year analysis.

Original rolling-year comparison and sale prices

Latest 12 months versus the prior 12 months

The latest period, October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026, contains 193 MLS-recorded closings at a $488,000 median, compared with 186 at $519,500 in October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025. Median price changed −6.1%; sales count changed +3.8%.

Median sold price per square foot moved from $290.30 to $275.54 (−5.1%). Median valid MLS marketing time moved from 60 to 58 days.

MLS-reported closings

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
186
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
193
Change
+3.8%

Closed dollar volume

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
$101,270,415
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
$98,778,000
Change
−2.5%

Median closed price

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
$519,500
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
$488,000
Change
−6.1%

Average closed price

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
$544,465
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
$511,803
Change
−6.0%

Median recalculated price / sq. ft.

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
$290.30
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
$275.54
Change
−5.1%

Median reported living area

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
1,829 sq. ft.
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
1,763 sq. ft.
Change
−3.6%

Median MLS-reported DOM

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
60 days
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
58 days
Change
−2.0 days

Average MLS-reported DOM

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
70.7 days
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
77.9 days
Change
+7.3 days

Median sale / final-list ratio

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
98.31%
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
98.02%
Change
−0.29 points

Sold at or above final list

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
56 / 30.1%
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
60 / 31.1%
Change
+0.98 points

Reduced before sale

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
75 of 186 / 40.3%
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
84 of 191 / 44.0%
Change
+3.66 points

Median cut among reduced listings

October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
$20,000 / 3.91%
October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
$24,406 / 4.65%
Change
Descriptive

What Sun City Shadow Hills homes actually sold for

Latest closed prices ranged from $325,000 to $1,325,000. The middle half fell between $411,000 and $584,902; the community-wide median was $488,000.

Price-band counts show which homes actually sold. A change in the mix of floor plans and locations can move the community median even when closely matched homes behave differently.

Under $400,000

Prior sales / share: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
23 / 12.4%
Latest sales / share: October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
32 / 16.6%

$400,000–$499,999

Prior sales / share: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
57 / 30.6%
Latest sales / share: October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
77 / 39.9%

$500,000–$599,999

Prior sales / share: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
49 / 26.3%
Latest sales / share: October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
42 / 21.8%

$600,000–$749,999

Prior sales / share: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
43 / 23.1%
Latest sales / share: October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
35 / 18.1%

$750,000 or more

Prior sales / share: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025
14 / 7.5%
Latest sales / share: October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026
7 / 3.6%
Home size and negotiation research

Why the median price declined

Under 1,600 sq. ft.: 75 latest sales at $405,000, versus 68 prior sales at $410,000; median price-per-square-foot change −7.4%. 1,600–1,999 sq. ft.: 42 latest sales at $495,000, versus 35 prior sales at $540,000; median price-per-square-foot change −9.0%. 2,000–2,399 sq. ft.: 46 latest sales at $554,950, versus 56 prior sales at $575,000; median price-per-square-foot change −5.9%. 2,400 sq. ft. or more: 30 latest sales at $675,000, versus 27 prior sales at $719,000; median price-per-square-foot change −13.2%.

A size band still combines different floor plans, conditions, pools, views and lots. Medians and percentage comparisons are suppressed when either required cohort has fewer than five usable observations.

Under 1,600 sq. ft.

Latest sales
75
Latest median price
$405,000
Latest median $ / sq. ft.
$282.12
Prior sales
68
Prior median price
$410,000
Prior median $ / sq. ft.
$304.80
Change in median $ / sq. ft.
−7.4%

1,600–1,999 sq. ft.

Latest sales
42
Latest median price
$495,000
Latest median $ / sq. ft.
$278.79
Prior sales
35
Prior median price
$540,000
Prior median $ / sq. ft.
$306.30
Change in median $ / sq. ft.
−9.0%

2,000–2,399 sq. ft.

Latest sales
46
Latest median price
$554,950
Latest median $ / sq. ft.
$254.98
Prior sales
56
Prior median price
$575,000
Prior median $ / sq. ft.
$270.83
Change in median $ / sq. ft.
−5.9%

2,400 sq. ft. or more

Latest sales
30
Latest median price
$675,000
Latest median $ / sq. ft.
$236.45
Prior sales
27
Prior median price
$719,000
Prior median $ / sq. ft.
$272.48
Change in median $ / sq. ft.
−13.2%

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Where buyers found negotiating room

The latest median sale reached 98.02% of final list price and 96.41% of valid original list price. 60 of 193 closings (31.1%) met or exceeded the final asking price.

Among 191 usable original-price records, 84 (44.0%) reduced before closing, compared with 40.3% in the prior period. Among reduced listings, the median dollar cut was $24,406 and the separately calculated median percentage cut was 4.65%.

Final asking price can already incorporate substantial earlier reductions. These gross price ratios do not measure seller concessions, net proceeds, or the full exposure across relistings.

September 15, 2026 inventory study

Inventory snapshot: September 15, 2026

Retained September 15, 2026 inventory analysis. Every trailing-sales denominator and supply ratio in this section uses the original September 16, 2025–September 15, 2026 period, not the refreshed September 30 closed-sale window.

Snapshot date: September 15, 2026

The export contains 61 active-status listings: 50 without a contingent flag and 11 with a contingent flag. Six additional listings carry a separate pending status. The 50 unflagged records are treated as apparently available; live status should be checked before arranging a showing.

Active status without contingent flag (apparently available)

Result
50

Active status with contingent flag

Result
11

All active-status records

Result
61

Separate pending status

Result
6

Median asking price: available without contingent flag

Result
$470,000

Median accrued DOM: available without contingent flag

Result
46.5 days

Median asking price: pending

Result
$432,950

Median asking price: all active-status records

Result
$470,000

Asking-price range: all active-status records

Result
$338,000–$869,900

Median asking price / sq. ft.: all active-status records

Result
$274.87

Median reported living area: all active-status records

Result
1,763 sq. ft.

Median accrued DOM: all active-status records

Result
44 days

Reduced from original ask: all active-status records

Result
21 of 61 / 34.4%

Median cut among reduced active-status listings

Result
$25,000 / 5.05%

The original snapshot’s trailing 12 months produced 199 closings, or approximately 16.58 per month. Applying that pace to the snapshot gives two clearly defined supply measures:

  • All 61 active-status listings, including contingent: 3.68 months

  • The 50 apparently available listings: 3.02 months

Available-only supply is approximately 3.02 months; including the 11 contingent listings raises the ratio to 3.68 months. Pending listings are separate and are excluded from both calculations. These are snapshot-to-trailing-sales ratios, without seasonal adjustment or a forecast of future supply.

The asking inventory leaned toward the lower half of the market: 35 of 61 active-status listings, or 57.4%, were offered below $500,000. This broadly aligns with the expansion in sub-$500,000 closings, but asking prices are not completed-sale evidence.

This snapshot supports buyer choice and price sensitivity without proving an outright buyer's market. The best home within a narrow plan, condition, and lot comparison can behave differently from the community average. Live status should always be verified because contingent mapping and IDX coverage can change the count shown to the public.

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Home features and 2026 golf-course context

How pools, golf, water, and views divide the market

In the latest 12-month sample, 44 sales carry an explicit pool marker. Their median was $607,450 and $297.56 per square foot, versus $450,000 and $269.99 among 149 records without that marker. Features overlap and missing coding does not prove absence. These are comparison groups, not isolated feature premiums.

Golf exposure, mountain and water-view cohorts below use affirmative structured MLS fields. Their sales overlap; compare like-sized homes with similar settings before interpreting the difference as a feature value.

Private pool

Median closed price$607,450
Sales / share
44 / 22.8%
Median $ / sq. ft.
$297.56
Median days on market
44.5 days
Median size
2,112 sq. ft.

Golf-course exposure

Median closed price$650,000
Sales / share
43 / 22.3%
Median $ / sq. ft.
$279.64
Median days on market
59 days
Median size
2,230 sq. ft.

Mountain view

Median closed price$497,500
Sales / share
86 / 44.6%
Median $ / sq. ft.
$278.44
Median days on market
57.5 days
Median size
1,854 sq. ft.

Lake, pond, or water view

Median closed price$600,000
Sales / share
23 / 11.9%
Median $ / sq. ft.
$276.94
Median days on market
58 days
Median size
2,147 sq. ft.

Temporary 2026 golf-course context

The association’s published South Course refresh schedule lists a May 18, 2026 closure and a planned November 6, 2026 reopening. Its project update, published August 4 and updated September 4, reports that the project remains on schedule. Both notices were rechecked September 15. Confirm the scheduled reopening and access with the club before planning a visit. Most of the rolling 12-month period predates the closure, and the export cannot isolate a course-refresh effect on sale prices.

Original three- and six-month measurements

What closings through September 30, 2026 show

The trailing three-month view now covers the latest three complete calendar months, July 1–September 30. The six-month window begins April 1; the 12-month window begins October 1, 2025. These shorter samples are more sensitive to individual sales and home mix.

Trailing 3 months

Median sold price$510,000
Closings
33
Median $ / sq. ft.
$256.32
Median size
2,147 sq. ft.
Median days on market
63 days

Trailing 6 months

Median sold price$492,500
Closings
101
Median $ / sq. ft.
$266.76
Median size
1,854 sq. ft.
Median days on market
58 days

Trailing 12 months

Median sold price$488,000
Closings
193
Median $ / sq. ft.
$275.54
Median size
1,763 sq. ft.
Median days on market
58 days

The longer market trend since 2020

The annual table begins in 2020 because older records carry more reciprocal-feed duplication and a greater builder/new-construction component. Figures through 2024 remain from the earlier study. The reconciled source recalculates 2025 and updates 2026 through September 30, closing coverage ends September 30, 2026.

The sharpest repricing occurred from 2020 through 2022. The annual median reached $520,000 in both 2022 and 2024, while annual median price per square foot reached its high of $299.17 in 2022. Since then, the annual results have moved unevenly rather than following a straight line.

The 2026 year-to-date median and price per square foot sit below both 2024 and 2025. That is useful market context, but it is not a same-home appreciation index. Every year contains a different mixture of plans, sizes, conditions, views, pools, and transaction circumstances, and 2026 is incomplete.

What this report deliberately does not claim

The change in a community median is not the appreciation or depreciation of every home. Different sold groups, sparse cohorts, incomplete feature fields and relistings limit precision. MLS coverage can omit private, direct-builder and differently labeled transactions.

No universal pool, golf, view or renovation adjustment follows from these tables. Asking prices are seller expectations, and dated supply ratios are historical snapshots. Current HOA fees, rules, age restrictions, assessments and solar terms require property-specific confirmation.

What the data mean for buyers and sellers

Use the $488,000 latest median as market context. Start a property comparison with the same plan or a narrow living-area range, then account for condition, renovation, private pool, view, golf frontage, casita, privacy and other material differences.

The latest sample closed at a median 98.02% of final list, while 44.0% of valid records had already reduced. Sellers should evaluate the original ask and full listing history as well as the final negotiation. The retained inventory tables describe September 15 conditions; verify availability before using them for a current decision.

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest median home price in Sun City Shadow Hills?

For October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026, 193 closed sales had a $488,000 median and $275.54 median sold price per square foot. Median valid MLS marketing time was 58 days. These are closed-sale measurements, not asking prices.

How did the latest year compare with the prior year?

The latest period, October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026, contains 193 MLS-recorded closings at a $488,000 median, compared with 186 at $519,500 in October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025. Median price changed −6.1%; sales count changed +3.8%. Different homes sold in each window, so this is not the value change of every property.

What does the latest complete quarter show?

July 1–September 30, 2026 contains 33 closed sales at a $510,000 median, $256.32 per square foot and 63 valid median DOM. The quarter supplements the established two-year comparison; its smaller sample is more sensitive to the mix of homes.

Is the inventory information current?

Inventory is a retained September 15, 2026 snapshot. Its asking prices, status counts and supply ratios have not been refreshed or rebased to the newer closing totals. A fresh export was blocked; check live listing availability before relying on those figures.

Does the study cover every transaction or determine a home’s value?

No. MLS records can omit private, direct-builder and differently labeled transfers. Older annual and repeat-sale history retains its stated dates. Compare a particular home with similar plans, size, condition and features; current medians with fewer than five observations are suppressed.

Sources, data methodology & update notes

Sources, periods and reconciliation

Updated October 2, 2026 (Pacific). Primary study: October 1, 2024–September 30, 2026; prior year October 1, 2024–September 30, 2025; recent year October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026. These equal October–September years preserve the established two-year methodology. July 1–September 30, 2026 is the latest complete-quarter supplement, not a replacement for the longer comparison.

Source: California Desert Association of REALTORS® / Flexmls exports supplied for this analysis. The September 15 community export supplies longer coverage; the October 2 regional export contains 1,538 July–September closed records across ten regional areas, including 150 records in the six community labels before scope cleaning. Matching listing numbers are updated from that later file; no duplicate export was needed for these closed records.

Live Flexmls verification reconciled all 1,485 closed listing IDs in the exact six-subdivision October 2024–September 2026 search, with none missing from the combined files. Eight additional historical community records still showed Closed when individually checked but now had blank subdivision fields; their established community mappings were retained. Prices, reported living area and final list prices were checked for all 1,493 pre-cleaning records. Three closing-date and 24 nonnegative timing revisions were incorporated; no corrected date crossed a comparison-year boundary.

Scope and calculation rules

Scope: the six linked communities are Sun City Palm Desert, Sun City Shadow Hills, Del Webb Rancho Mirage, Trilogy La Quinta, Heritage Palms Country Club and Trilogy Polo Club. City and subdivision are matched together. Trilogy La Quinta follows the established detached single-family scope. Genuine attached/villa and inconsistent-subtype community records remain included where the established property evidence supports them. One off-community Polo Club ranch is excluded. No duplicate listing numbers or supported same-property/same-price/same-or-adjacent-date transactions remain in the study.

Community scope: the five established age-qualified communities retain their community definitions. The entire Trilogy Polo Club community is included, covering both its 55+ and all-ages sections. Senior flags and age-related listing remarks do not determine inclusion. The hub includes all 129 cleaned Polo Club closings, comprising 119 resales and ten identified builder closings. The linked Polo report also defaults to all cleaned closings, with optional resale and builder views. Legal age eligibility requires separate property documentation.

This report’s principal two-year sample contains 379 community closed sales, split 186 prior and 193 recent. Closed prices and positive reported areas are required. Price per square foot is recalculated for each sale before taking its median. Negative source DOM remains excluded from timing even where the live interface normalizes it to zero; this report uses 379 timing observations.

Original-price calculations require positive original and final list prices and a plausible original/final ratio from 0.5 to 2.0, with the previously unresolved Shadow Hills original-price discrepancy also excluded. This report has 377 valid original-price records. Those exclusions affect reductions and sale/original ratios only. Cuts in dollars and percent are separately calculated medians among reduced listings. Final-list ratios use valid final list prices. Concessions and cumulative relisting exposure are not reliably measured.

Current medians and changes require at least five valid observations in each applicable cohort. Suppressed cells keep their sales counts. Historical sparse annual data remain explicitly dated. Feature groups use affirmative structured MLS fields; missing tags do not prove absence and overlapping features are not isolated price premiums. Sun City Palm Desert models use normalized structured fields; Del Webb also admits reviewed unambiguous model references with compatible sizes. Identified builder records use verified brokerage/agent/closeout evidence.

Inventory limitation: the attempted fresh export was blocked by Chrome. Every inventory table, active/model inventory count and months-of-supply estimate remains the September 15, 2026 snapshot, including its original trailing-sales denominator. It is not October inventory and is not recalculated against September 30 closing totals. Active, contingent and pending statuses remain separate as published. Check live availability before making plans.

Retained historical coverage

Annual history begins in 2020 to limit older reciprocal-feed duplication and heavier builder mix. Published annual figures through 2024 retain their earlier sources; 2025 and January–September 2026 are recalculated from the reconciled files.

Only aggregates are published. Raw MLS files and audit records stay local. MLS data are agent-entered, can be incomplete or corrected, and do not constitute a complete deed history. Nominal prices are not inflation-adjusted. Different sold-home mixes and missing financing/feature data limit inference.

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