East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town Half Moon Bay, CA
Half Moon Bay's historic center east of Highway 1, with homes, condos and townhomes near Main Street.
Living in East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town
East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town covers the area around Half Moon Bay's historic center east of Highway 1. The town began here in the 1840s as San Benito, later known as Spanishtown, making it one of the oldest settlements in San Mateo County. Today it's a mix of single-family homes and a larger number of condos and townhomes. Single-family homes have been strong performers, up about 71% from 2015–16 to 2024–25, while condos and townhomes are among the Coastside's more affordable, with a 2025 median around $866K.
Parking & walkability: Single-family homes typically have a driveway and a garage, and condo complexes include assigned parking; street parking gets busier near Main Street on weekends. This is Half Moon Bay's most walkable area: Main Street's shops, restaurants and services are close by, and Highway 92 and Highway 1 are right there.
What homes in East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town are doing
Single-family homes in East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town sold for a median of about $879K in 2015–16 and $1.5M in 2024–25, a 71% increase, ahead of Half Moon Bay as a whole (+57%). In 2025, homes here sold at a moderate pace (median 19 days on market) and usually below asking (98.4% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (8 sales through September), the median is $1.76M.
Median single-family price, 2015–2026
* 2026 covers January through September. Hollow dots mark years with fewer than 3 single-family sales; treat those medians as rough. 114 single-family sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 8 | $1.76M | $932 | 20 | 97.9% |
| 2025 | 11 | $1.45M | $944 | 19 | 98.4% |
| 2024 | 8 | $1.58M | $851 | 60 | 98.1% |
| 2023 | 5 | $1.55M | $951 | 11 | 100.1% |
| 2022 | 7 | $1.65M | $942 | 11 | 108.3% |
| 2021 | 13 | $1.44M | $874 | 12 | 107.5% |
| 2020 | 15 | $1M | $731 | 21 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 17 | $1.14M | $641 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 7 | $860K | $726 | 17 | 101.3% |
| 2016 | 10 | $884K | $623 | 48 | 98.7% |
| 2015 | 13 | $875K | $534 | 13 | 100.0% |
Condos & townhomes in East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town (174 sales since 2015)
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 9 | $915K | $697 | 12 | 99.4% |
| 2025 | 19 | $866K | $713 | 15 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 14 | $843K | $766 | 12 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 13 | $875K | $712 | 21 | 99.0% |
| 2022 | 14 | $925K | $744 | 12 | 106.5% |
| 2021 | 13 | $825K | $850 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 12 | $878K | $646 | 10 | 100.2% |
| 2019 | 7 | $975K | $625 | 12 | 101.0% |
| 2018 | 16 | $854K | $624 | 13 | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 17 | $649K | $661 | 9 | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 24 | $736K | $595 | 10 | 104.6% |
| 2015 | 16 | $628K | $579 | 11 | 104.8% |
East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town 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 East of Highway 1 & Spanish Town; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.