RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) Nearly 1,000 tax-delinquent properties across Riverside County are slated for public auction this spring, including hundreds of parcels located throughout the Coachella Valley.
According to county officials, 946 parcels have been selected and approved for the April tax sale, though that number is expected to decline as some property owners redeem their parcels before the auction date. Of those properties, 258 are located within the Coachella Valley’s nine cities, all within Supervisorial District 4.
County records show the highest-assessed parcels expected to move forward in the Coachella Valley are vacant commercial land, not residential homes. Riverside County Treasurer-Tax Collector Matthew Jennings confirmed that three of the most valuable parcels, with assessed values ranging from approximately $2.5 million to $3.5 million, are classified as vacant land. One of those parcels is a roughly 30-acre site in the city of Coachella…