Meet Your Coachella Valley Team

Meet Scott Newton & Andrew Kearney

Two desert specialists, one team. More than 26 years of Coachella Valley experience, a Rancho Mirage office, and the kind of straight answers that make buying or selling here a lot less complicated.

Bennion Deville Homes RealTrends Top 10 — Rancho Mirage 2024 26+ Years in the Valley
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Who We Are

Local knowledge you can actually use

The Coachella Valley is not one market — it is nine cities, hundreds of country clubs and HOAs, and a buyer pool that arrives from everywhere between November and April. Pricing a home in Rancho Mirage has very little in common with pricing one in Indio, and a seasonal buyer looking at La Quinta has different questions than a full-time family moving to Palm Desert.

That is the whole reason this team exists. Scott Newton has been working this valley for more than 26 years, through several market cycles, and Andrew Kearney handles the day-to-day legwork — showings, marketing, follow-up — that keeps clients from waiting on a callback. Between the two of us, you get experience and responsiveness in the same phone call.

We are based out of the Bennion Deville Homes office on Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage, which puts us within twenty minutes of nearly every community we sell in.

26+
Years in Coachella Valley Real Estate
Top 10
RealTrends Rancho Mirage, 2024
9
Valley Cities Served
2
Agents, One Point of Contact
The Team

Scott & Andrew

Call either one of us directly. You will not be routed through an assistant or handed off to a junior agent.

Scott Newton, REALTOR, Coachella Valley

Scott Newton

REALTOR® · Bennion Deville Homes
CA DRE #01078333

Scott has spent more than 26 years selling Coachella Valley real estate, which means he has worked through the boom, the correction, the recovery and the second-home surge that followed. Clients come to him for a realistic number rather than a flattering one.

Alongside his own business, he has served in director roles with the California Desert Association of REALTORS®, the California Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS® — work that keeps him close to the contract changes and policy shifts that end up affecting his clients' transactions.

  • RealTrends Top 10 agent, Rancho Mirage (2024)
  • 26+ years of Coachella Valley transactions
  • Director roles with the local, state and national REALTOR® associations
  • Country club, golf community and second-home specialist
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Andrew Kearney, REALTOR, Coachella Valley

Andrew Kearney

REALTOR® · Bennion Deville Homes
CA DRE #02123331

Andrew is the reason this team answers quickly. He handles showings, new-listing alerts, marketing and the constant follow-up that a desert transaction generates — especially for out-of-area buyers who are shopping from another state and need boots on the ground.

He works the same valley-wide territory as Scott, from Palm Springs to Indio, and spends most of his week inside the communities our clients are actually shopping. That is how you learn which HOAs are raising dues, which streets back up to the wrong thing, and which listings are priced to sell.

  • Buyer representation across all nine valley cities
  • Hands-on listing marketing and showing coordination
  • Remote and out-of-state buyer support
  • Bennion Deville Homes, Rancho Mirage
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Why Clients Choose Us

What working with this team looks like

Six things our clients tell us made the difference — whether they were buying their first desert place or selling a home they had owned for thirty years.

01

Valley-specific expertise

Nine cities, hundreds of country clubs, land-lease versus fee land, HOA structures that vary street by street. We know these details because we sell here every week, not because we read a market report.

02

Two agents, one contact

You call one of us and you get both of us. A second set of eyes on every price opinion, inspection and counter-offer, and someone available when the other is in a showing.

03

Honest numbers up front

We would rather tell you what your home will realistically sell for — or what a listing is actually worth offering — than win the business with a number that falls apart in escrow.

04

Marketing built for desert buyers

A large share of our buyers live somewhere else for most of the year. Our listings are built for people shopping online from Seattle, Vancouver or Chicago, not just for the local MLS feed.

05

Negotiation that holds up

Twenty-six years of contracts means knowing which repair requests are worth fighting, which contingencies matter and where a deal usually goes sideways — before it does.

06

Full brokerage support

Bennion Deville Homes gives our listings valley-wide reach and our buyers early visibility on inventory, with a Rancho Mirage office you can actually walk into.

How We Work

What to expect from the first call on

The same six steps whether you are buying, selling, or still deciding which one makes sense.

  1. 1

    The first conversation

    A straightforward call about what you are trying to do and on what timeline. No presentation, no pressure — and it is fine if the answer turns out to be "not yet."

  2. 2

    Market briefing

    We walk you through what is actually happening in the specific communities you care about: recent closings, days on market, and how seasonality is affecting them right now.

  3. 3

    A written plan

    Target neighborhoods and a search strategy for buyers; pricing, prep and a marketing calendar for sellers. You see the plan before anything is committed to.

  4. 4

    Showings or launch

    Andrew coordinates tours — in person or by video for out-of-area clients — or gets your listing photographed, staged and live across every portal that matters.

  5. 5

    Offers and negotiation

    Scott handles the contract work: structuring or evaluating offers, managing contingencies, inspections and repair requests, and keeping escrow on schedule.

  6. 6

    Closing and after

    Through signing and handoff, then afterward — contractors, HOA questions, rental guidance, annual value updates. Most of our business comes from clients who kept our number.

Start a Conversation

Have a question about the desert market? Ask us.

Buying, selling, or just trying to figure out what your place is worth these days — call and ask. There is no obligation attached to a phone call.

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Where We Work

Communities we know street by street

From Palm Springs mid-century neighborhoods to the golf communities of La Quinta and the newer construction east of Indio.

Palm Springs Cathedral City Rancho Mirage Palm Desert Indian Wells La Quinta Indio
Common Questions

Questions people ask before they call

Who will I actually be working with?
Both of us. Scott and Andrew work as a two-person team, so you get one point of contact and a second set of eyes on pricing, contracts and negotiation. Whoever you call first stays your primary contact.
What areas of the Coachella Valley do you cover?
The full valley — Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta and Indio — including the country club and golf communities in each.
How long have you been selling desert real estate?
Scott has been licensed and active in Coachella Valley real estate for more than 26 years and was named a RealTrends Top 10 agent in Rancho Mirage in 2024. Andrew brings the showing, marketing and buyer-side legwork that keeps the team responsive.
Do you work with buyers, sellers, or both?
Both — plus second-home and seasonal buyers, which is a large share of this market. We also help owners weigh whether to sell, rent seasonally, or hold a little longer.
Which brokerage are you with?
Bennion Deville Homes, with our office at 71691 Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage. That gives our listings valley-wide brokerage reach and our buyers early visibility on new inventory.
What is the fastest way to reach you?
Call or text Scott at (760) 898-4496 or Andrew at (760) 668-1110. We answer our own phones.
Get in Touch

Let’s talk about your next move

Call, text, or stop by the office on Highway 111. We will tell you what we think, not what you want to hear.

Scott Newton

REALTOR® · DRE #01078333

(760) 898-4496

Andrew Kearney

REALTOR® · DRE #02123331

(760) 668-1110

Our Office

Bennion Deville Homes
71691 Highway 111
Rancho Mirage, CA

Scott Newton, CA DRE #01078333 · Andrew Kearney, CA DRE #02123331 · Bennion Deville Homes, 71691 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA. Each office is independently owned and operated. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.