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Fiesta Gardens San Mateo, CA

East of 101, with single-family homes and townhomes near the Marina Lagoon.

About the neighborhood

Living in Fiesta Gardens

Fiesta Gardens is east of Highway 101 in San Mateo, near the Marina Lagoon. Its wide, neat streets were built up in the 1950s and '60s with simple single-story ranch homes, usually three bedrooms on 5,000 square-foot lots, and townhomes and condos were added later, now making up most of the sales. Single-family homes have jumped lately, with a 2026 median so far around $2.14M, up from $1.75M in 2025, and 2026 sales averaging about 109% of asking. Townhomes and condos had a 2025 median around $1.63M.

Parking & walkability: Single-family homes typically have a driveway and an attached garage, and townhome complexes include assigned parking. The flat streets make biking easy, the lagoon paths and shopping near Hillsdale are close by, and Highway 92 and 101 are a few minutes away.

Fiesta Gardens market snapshot

What homes in Fiesta Gardens are doing

12-mo median (single-family)$2.14M14 sales, last 12 months
Median change, 2015–16 to 2024–25+48%San Mateo overall: +63%
Price per sq ft (2025)$1,173
Days on market (2025)10median of the year's sales
Sale-to-list (2025)107.1%above 100% = over asking

Single-family homes in Fiesta Gardens sold for a median of about $1.16M in 2015–16 and $1.72M in 2024–25, a 48% increase, behind San Mateo as a whole (+63%). In 2025, homes here sold quickly (median 10 days on market) and usually above asking (107.1% of list price on average). So far in 2026 (12 sales through September), the median is $2.14M.

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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 Fiesta Gardens; where there are several, yearly figures are sales-weighted. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.