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Allenspark vs Lafayette

Allenspark and Lafayette are both in Boulder County. There are 21 homes for sale in Allenspark and 99 in Lafayette as this page loaded. Allenspark is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $676,000 against $639,000 in Lafayette, about 6% higher. Homes are moving faster in Lafayette — a median of 46 days on market against 93 in Allenspark. Allenspark is a buyer's market right now and Lafayette is a seller's market.

Side by side

MeasureAllensparkLafayette
Homes for sale2199
New in last 30 days540
Median asking price$676,000$639,000
Median price per sq ft$468$356
Median size (sq ft)1,7701,772
Median bedrooms23
Median days on market9346
Months of supply15.82.4
Sold, last 12 months16490
Median sold price$520,000$707,000
Median days to sell13559
Sold vs asking price93.0%99.0%

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the larger number — which of those is the good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling.

What each market is doing

Allenspark is a buyer's marketOver six months of supply means there are more homes for sale than the current pace of sales absorbs. Buyers have choice and time, and sellers usually have to compete on price or condition.
Lafayette is a seller's marketUnder three months of supply means the homes for sale would run out in under three months at the current pace of sales. Sellers tend to hold their price and good homes go quickly.

Allenspark

21
Homes for sale
$676,000
Median asking price
$468
Median per sq ft
93
Median days on market

Lafayette

99
Homes for sale
$639,000
Median asking price
$356
Median per sq ft
46
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Allenspark or Lafayette more expensive?

Allenspark is more expensive. The median asking price is $676,000 in Allenspark against $639,000 in Lafayette. By price per square foot, Allenspark runs $468 and Lafayette $356.

Which moves faster, Allenspark or Lafayette?

Homes for sale in Lafayette have been on the market a median of 46 days, against 93 days in Allenspark. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Allenspark took a median of 135 days and Lafayette 59.

Is Allenspark or Lafayette the better market for a buyer?

Allenspark is a buyer's market and Lafayette is a seller's market, measured on months of supply — 15.8 months in Allenspark and 2.4 in Lafayette. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Allenspark is the easier of the two to buy in today. That is the arithmetic, not advice — the right town is the one you want to live in.

How many homes are for sale in Allenspark and Lafayette?

There are 21 homes for sale in Allenspark and 99 in Lafayette as this page loaded, 5 and 40 of them new in the last 30 days.

How current are these figures?

They are not published on a schedule and they are not a monthly snapshot. Both towns are read from the live MLS feed at the same instant, when you open this page, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks.

Both sides of this comparison are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - neither is a monthly snapshot, and the two are read at the same instant so they are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes for sale; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort the medians. Sold figures cover the last twelve complete calendar months. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.