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New San Mateo California CA homes for Sale and San Mateo Real Estate
Find new San Mateo California CA homes for sale and San Mateo real estate with many houses in San Mateo CA for sale listings offering photos, maps and driving directions. Many of our new San Mateo homes for sale listings also include the San Mateo CA homes for sale price range and bedroom count. We list San Mateo real estate for sale on the map below. Use the new houses in San Mateo California map to begin your search for new homes today.
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San Mateo County New Home Information
San Mateo County's 741 square miles are located in the San Francisco Bay Area and cover most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. New home residents enjoy the convenience of the San Francisco International Airport (which is owned and operated by the city and county of San Francisco) and is located at the northern end of the county, and Silicon Valley begins at the southern end. As of 2005 the population was 712,462. It is among the 20 most affluent counties in the United States, in terms of personal, per capita and household income. The county's built-up areas are mostly suburban, and are home to several corporate campuses.
San Mateo County encompasses a variety of habitats including estuarine, marine, oak woodland, redwood forest, coastal scrub and oak savannah. The county is home to several endangered species including the San Francisco garter snake and the San Bruno elfin butterfly, both of which are endemic to San Mateo County. Some students in San Mateo County's public schools attend outdoor education in La Honda. San Mateo Outdoor Education is a residential school that teaches major concepts of ecology via exploration of forest, pond, garden, tidepool, wetland, and sandy shore habitats.
New home neighborhoods appreciate 12 county trails and 18 county parks in San Mateo with 12 state beaches and 11 state parks in the region. San Mateo County's Coyote Point Park and Magic Mountain Playground were named the 2008-09 Best of the Best by Bay Area Parent Magazine.
Twenty three school districts provide education for the new home communities' students in grades K-12. The San Mateo County Office of Education, in cooperation with local schools and the San Francisco YMCA Camp at Jones Gulch, conduct an award-winning environmental education program.
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