There is more to Harbor Side than the two Whalers neighborhoods. Whalers Cove and Whalers Landing don’t even share the neighborhood’s street naming convention. Mystic, Portsmouth and Glouster Lanes echo New England. All other Harbor Side streets share names with famed U.S. admirals. If your friend on Halsey Boulevard thinks it odd that you live on Plymouth Lane, you must be in Harbor Side.

Real estate in Harbor Side is divided between single-family homes – about half of them waterfront properties – and townhouses/condominiums. Harborside, a 218-unit townhouse complex with a median sale price of around $1.6, is the largest multi-unit development in the neighborhood. Neighborhood homes for sale change hands at price points similar to those in Foster City’s other neighborhoods, with waterfront Whalers Island properties going at a slight premium. Homes range in size from three to five bedrooms, 1,500 to approximately 2,500 square feet, and sell for between $1.6 to $2 million, with a waterfront home recently closing for a heady $2.57 million.

Perhaps no other Foster City neighborhood is as defined by waterways. Harbor Side is bordered on three sides by canals and lagoons. Farragut Park provides neighborhood public green space, while shopping and dining and Foster City Elementary school are a short stroll across the Beach Park Boulevard bridge. And finally, one more reason for Harbor Side’s popularity: every year, the neighborhood holds a “safe streets” Halloween event.

To view a detailed google map of the Harbor Side neighborhood, click here. The MLS area is 394.

San Mateo has it all: a diversity of neighborhoods, great parks, easy access, a plethora of shopping, and home to many businesses and an anchor for employment on the peninsula. With a rich heritage, dating back to the turn of the century with its most famous resident being A.P. Giannini, the founder of the Bank of Italy and later Bank of America, San Mateo offers a delightful spread of activity for all. The downtown area is studded with delicious restaurants and a variety of retail stores, and also boasts a 12 screen movie theatre and one of the largest wine cellars in the country, at Draeger’s Grocery Store. Shopping abounds at Hillsdale and Bridgepointe as well as the many neighborhood shopping centers.

Perhaps the most well known natural area is Coyote Point, a rock outcropped peninsula that juts into San Francisco Bay and home to a natural history museum, the Peninsula Humane Society, windsurfing, a private marina, and large picnic areas with uplifting vistas. Within walking distance of downtown, Central Park has something for everyone: ride the toy train, pick up a game of tennis, take a serene walk through the Japanese Garden, have a picnic while listening to Thursday evening’s Jazz in the Park, or enjoy the playgrounds.

San Mateo attracts a variety of homeowners, from those seeking their first home in the upcoming neighborhoods of the Village, Parkside, or Shoreview, to those looking for more a little more space in Hillsdale or the Meadows, to larger families seeking the spaciousness offered by San Mateo Park, Baywood, and Aragon.