About 1,500 houses for sale right now are under $425,000. Desert Hot Springs, Coachella, Cathedral City and Indio are among most affordable cities.

"Hopi Village," also known as the Araby rock homes, consists of four houses designed by Palm Springs designer R. Lee Miller in 1929. They're for sale.

Floor-to-ceiling windows surround this $10 million Palm Springs home, affording views of the surrounding desert landscape and mountains.