Metro Center Foster City, CA
Neighborhood #10, Foster City's civic and commercial center, with condos and townhomes.
Living in Metro Center
Metro Center is Foster City's official Neighborhood #10, added after the original nine and developed as the city's civic and commercial center; it also includes City Homes and Spinnaker. Nearly all of its homes are condos and townhomes. Prices have been steadier here than elsewhere in Foster City: the median rose about 17% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, and the 2026 median so far is around $1.15M, with homes selling in a median of 15 days at about 100% of asking.
Parking & walkability: Condo and townhome buildings include assigned or garage parking, with guest parking more limited. This is Foster City's most convenient neighborhood for getting around on foot: shops, restaurants, services and Leo J. Ryan Park are close by, and the flat streets and lagoon paths make biking easy. Highway 92 and Highway 101 are just a few minutes away.
What homes in Metro Center are doing
Condos and townhomes in Metro Center sold for a median of about $949K in 2015–16 and $1.11M in 2024–25, a 17% increase, behind Foster City as a whole (+36%). Prices peaked in 2024 at $1.23M. In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 14 days on market) and close to asking (100.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (15 sales through September), the median is $1.15M.
Median condo & townhome price, 2015–2026
* 2026 covers January through September. Hollow dots mark years with fewer than 3 condo & townhome sales; treat those medians as rough. 339 condo & townhome sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 15 | $1.15M | $776 | 15 | 99.8% |
| 2025 | 25 | $998K | $737 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 23 | $1.23M | $786 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 23 | $1.14M | $729 | 14 | 100.1% |
| 2022 | 29 | $1.22M | $808 | 10 | 103.2% |
| 2021 | 45 | $1.18M | $755 | 11 | 102.9% |
| 2020 | 25 | $1.13M | $763 | 20 | 99.3% |
| 2019 | 34 | $1.03M | $748 | 31 | 101.1% |
| 2018 | 31 | $1.15M | $804 | 11 | 109.2% |
| 2017 | 25 | $1.1M | $701 | 11 | 103.0% |
| 2016 | 31 | $910K | $655 | 14 | 102.4% |
| 2015 | 33 | $985K | $656 | 13 | 111.2% |
Metro Center on the map
Borders are built lot by lot from the county's property lines and where homes have been listed (MLS neighborhood codes), and stay inside official city limits (dashed), so a home or two along an edge may differ from official MLS lines.
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Source: MLSListings, Inc. closed sales, 2015–September 2026, summarized by Drew Lehr. Neighborhood figures combine the MLS area(s) that make up Metro Center; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.