Shelter Creek San Bruno, CA
A large condominium community in the Crestmoor area, one of the most affordable ways to own on the Peninsula.
Living in Shelter Creek
Shelter Creek is a large condominium community in San Bruno's Crestmoor area: its 46 acres, once part of Rancho Buri Buri and later dairy and farmland, stayed undeveloped into the 1960s before becoming a 1,296-unit complex that debuted in 1972, with pools, tennis courts and a clubhouse. Nearly all of its sales are condos, and it's one of the most affordable ways to own on the Peninsula, with a 2025 median around $450K, though condos here have been taking longer to sell lately, a median of about 7 weeks so far in 2026.
Parking & walkability: Condos include assigned parking, with more limited guest spaces. The Shops at Tanforan, the San Bruno BART station and Highway 280 and 380 are a few minutes away.
What homes in Shelter Creek are doing
Condos and townhomes in Shelter Creek sold for a median of about $366K in 2015–16 and $449K in 2024–25, a 23% increase, ahead of San Bruno as a whole (+20%). Prices peaked in 2018 at $533K. In 2025, homes here sold slowly (median 32 days on market) and close to asking (99.0% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (33 sales through September), the median is $418K.
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. 660 condo & townhome sales since 2015.
| Year | Sales | Median price | $/sq ft | Days on market | Sale-to-list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sep) | 33 | $418K | $688 | 51 | 98.6% |
| 2025 | 51 | $450K | $691 | 32 | 99.0% |
| 2024 | 40 | $448K | $687 | 67 | 99.1% |
| 2023 | 36 | $496K | $762 | 20 | 99.9% |
| 2022 | 58 | $528K | $801 | 10 | 102.8% |
| 2021 | 72 | $500K | $759 | 18 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 42 | $513K | $747 | 34 | 99.0% |
| 2019 | 62 | $495K | $784 | 12 | 102.9% |
| 2018 | 60 | $533K | $792 | 11 | 110.5% |
| 2017 | 58 | $424K | $662 | 13 | 104.8% |
| 2016 | 64 | $401K | $612 | 17 | 101.6% |
| 2015 | 84 | $340K | $526 | 14 | 102.0% |
Shelter Creek 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 Shelter Creek; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.