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Safest Neighborhoods in San Mateo, CA

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    San Mateo Park

    Located in the northwest corner of San Mateo, the historic San Mateo Park neighborhood is considered the most exclusive area in the city. Called ‘The Park’ by residents, this lushly wooded bedroom community is less than 2 miles from the shopping and dining of downtown San Mateo or Burlingame. Designed in 1896 by local architect George Howard Jr.

    • Average Value

      $4.02M

    • List Price

      $2.5M - $7.4M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      2 Listings

    San Mateo Park
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    Tobin Clark Estate

    When bank heiress Celia Tobin Clark commissioned an English Cotswold-style hilltop mansion in 1929, she set the precedent for glamour and elegance on the San Francisco Peninsula. Nearly a century later, this multi-million-dollar home, known simply as House-on-Hill, is still the pinnacle of the Tobin Clark Estate community. This suburban

    • Average Value

      $3.30M

    • List Price

      $860K - $6.2M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      3 Listings

    Tobin Clark Estate
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    Baywood Park

    Baywood Park is a quiet and peaceful residential neighborhood in southwest San Mateo, notable for its spacious housing landscape situated amongst softly winding, naturally lush streetscapes. “Baywood Park is one of the nicest areas in San Mateo and is a more established neighborhood with some really beautiful, well-manicured homes,” says Joan

    • Average Value

      $2.62M

    • List Price

      $1.3M - $4.4M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      2 Listings

    Baywood Park
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    San Mateo Highlands

    Home to a sprawling subdivision built by famed modernist Joseph Eichler, the San Mateo Highlands or “the Highlands” as locals call it, offers an abundance of multi-million-dollar, mid-century homes tucked away in the hilly outskirts of San Mateo. “The Highlands is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in San Mateo and is where everyone wants to

    • Average Value

      $2.61M

    • List Price

      $2.3M - $4.4M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      4 Listings

    San Mateo Highlands
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    San Mateo Knolls

    Dotted with coyote brush, chaparral and springtime wildflowers, Sugarloaf Mountain rises above the San Francisco Peninsula suburbs in San Mateo County. At the bottom are the suburban homes and winding hillside roads that make up the San Mateo Knolls neighborhood. Located in the forested fringes of San Mateo County, it’s sought after for its

    • Average Value

      $2.27M

    • List Price

      $822K - $3.2M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      6 Listings

    San Mateo Knolls
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    Parkside

    Marina Lagoon winds snakelike from the San Francisco Bay through the outer edges of the City of San Mateo. Before the city was fully built out, this narrow body of water was a marshy slough that had been dredged and diked for industrial use. But today, it’s been fully restored and is a popular place for boating, sightseeing and swimming. It’s here

    • Average Value

      $1.59M

    • List Price

      $1.3M - $2.6M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      1 Listing

    Parkside
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    Mariners Isle

    Mariners Isle winds along the Seal Slough, a waterway that branches off from the San Francisco Bay. Despite the name, the neighborhood isn’t on an island, but it is close to the San Francisco Bay. This San Mateo neighborhood is known for its 1970s waterfront homes that line the Seal Slough. Because homes are so close to shopping, dining, golf and

    • Average Value

      $1.31M

    • List Price

      $480K - $2.2M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      8 Listings

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    Los Prados

    There’s an old joke about the three best qualities for any piece of real estate: location, location and location. And while that can refer to things like access to highways and amenities, proximity to beaches or mountains or any other number of things, location is definitely top-of-mind for a lot of potential homebuyers, and the San Mateo

    • Average Value

      $1.26M

    • List Price

      $486K - $2.2M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      3 Listings

    Los Prados
  • Dolphin Bay

    Dolphin Bay

    • Average Value

      $2.33M

    • List Price

      $1.8M - $3.4M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      1 Listing

    Dolphin Bay
  • Isle Cove

    Isle Cove

    • Average Value

      $1.51M

    • List Price

      $761K - $2.9M

    • For Sale

      Homes For Sale

      10 Listings

    Isle Cove