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Market data, neighborhood guides, Eichler history and how-tos for buyers and sellers, from Eric & Janelle Boyenga and the team at Compass.

Burlingame Neighborhoods by Their Lots: Lot Sizes, Flood Zones and Fire Zones

San Mateo County’s public parcel layer gives an outline and a property use code for every parcel. We took the 6,324 parcels with the county’s single-family use code, 1,500 square feet or more, inside our eight Burlingame neighborhood guides, measured each lot from its outline, checked its center aga
Best Month to Sell a House in Foster City: 14 Years of Sales, Month by Month

When do Foster City homes sell best? We sorted the 3,436 Foster City sales that closed from January 2012 through December 2025, as reported to the MLS with repeat records removed, by the month they closed. May closings sold over asking most often: in an average year, 76.7% of them went over, against
Foster City Luxury Homes: Where $2.8 Million+ Houses Sold, Neighborhood by Neighborhood

Where do top-of-market single-family houses sell in Foster City? In the two years to October 27, 2026, 29 of the 169 single-family houses that sold in Foster City (17%) closed at $2.8 million or more, by the MLS records we can read with repeat records removed. In 2012, none did all year; in 2025, 18
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