Burlingame Properties

Foster City

  • 30,943
    Population
  • 6,722
    Homes
  • $2.2M
    Median Sale Price
  • $2.28M
    Average Sale Price
Harbor Side home with wood panel sidings and an attached garage
Harbor Side Foster City garage and driveway center island with plants
Harbor Side Foster City tile roof garage and hedge bush
Bay Vista front yard with no grass
515 Quartz Twilight courtyard and a fountain
Harbor Side Foster City townhouses and tree-lined sidewalk
Harbor Side Foster City waterfront patio
Harbor Side Foster City townhouses chimneys and shoreline
The Islands Foster City home with a second floor deck
Harbor Side Foster City boats
Dolphin Bay Foster City neighborhood view and ducks swimming
carmel village city view from the shore
Marina Point Foster City blue park bench and blue slide
515 Quartz Twilight Playground and park benches on the side
Blues Skies at Pano Park Foster City
The Market Place signage surrounded by flowers
Foster City dock and chain linked poles
Foster City roofed water front deck
Foster City lagoon reflecting twilight sky

Key Points

Unique planned community oriented around waterways

Great canal front properties

Large, post-war housing inventory; average home size 2000+ square feet

Abundant outdoor recreational facilities and opportunities

Many tech (and other) companies’ headquarters are located in Foster City

Foster City’s namesake is due to T. Jack Foster, a real estate magnate who owned much of the land comprising the city and who was instrumental in the intitial design. The land originally was Brewer’s Island and was developed over a twenty year period, and previously was the site of dairy farms and the Leslie Salt Company. Foster City is the proud home of Visa International, The Picture People, and the Dummies book series.

In 2008, Foster City was named by Money Magazine as one of the country’s best places to live.