A 1,120-square-foot home on Railroad Avenue closed at $2,232 per square foot — more than twice the Half Moon Bay median
One property recorded a closing in Half Moon Bay on September 22. Nothing came on the market, nothing went pending. The day's entire story fits in a single line of the ledger.
The recorded closing
| Address | 817 Railroad Avenue |
|---|---|
| Segment | Single Family |
| Size | 1,120 sq ft |
| List price | $2,499,000 |
| Sale price | $2,500,000 |
| Price per sq ft | $2,232 |
The house at 817 Railroad Avenue closed at $2,500,000 — $1,000 over the asking price — on a footprint of 1,120 square feet. That works out to $2,232 per square foot.
How it compares with homes like it
No peer-sale data is available for single-family homes of similar size in Half Moon Bay within a standard comparison window, so a direct like-for-like read isn't possible here. What the broader record does offer is context: across 19 single-family sales in Half Moon Bay over the last 180 days, the median price per square foot was $857. Railroad Avenue's $2,232 per square foot is 2.6 times that figure. That gap is large enough to note even without a tight peer set.
Comparable sales
The six most recent recorded closings in Half Moon Bay, all single-family, per MLS status-change dates:
| Address | Recorded | Price | Sq ft | $/sq ft | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656 Terrace Avenue | Sept 15, 2026 | $1,940,000 | 2,397 | $809 | 4 bed |
| 413 Kehoe Avenue | Sept 9, 2026 | $1,275,000 | 1,310 | $973 | 3 bed |
| 13 Erin Lane | Sept 3, 2026 | $915,000 | 1,400 | $654 | 2 bed |
| 101 Spyglass Lane | Aug 29, 2026 | $3,935,000 | 4,452 | $884 | 5 bed |
| 201 Miramontes Avenue | Aug 28, 2026 | $3,695,000 | 3,244 | $1,139 | 5 bed |
| 311 Bayhill Road | Aug 28, 2026 | $2,755,000 | 3,110 | $886 | 4 bed |
Among these six recent closings, the highest price per square foot was $1,139 at 201 Miramontes Avenue — a 3,244-square-foot five-bedroom. Railroad Avenue's $2,232 per square foot is nearly double even that figure, on a house less than a third the size.
Single-family homes across Half Moon Bay
The 19 single-family sales recorded in the city over the last 180 days show a range from $853,000 to $3,935,000. The median sale price was $1,700,000, the median size was 2,061 square feet, and the median price per square foot was $857. Railroad Avenue's 1,120-square-foot footprint is well below the median size; its price per square foot is more than two and a half times the median rate across all 19 sales.
How the Half Moon Bay market is doing
The 19 closed sales in the last 180 days span a wide range — $853,000 to $3,935,000 — across all property types in Half Moon Bay. The median sits at $1,700,000 on a median lot of 5,566 square feet. No comparable same-period data exists from a year prior, so a year-over-year read isn't available for this window.
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