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Larkspur vs Parker

Larkspur and Parker are both in Douglas County. There are 53 homes for sale in Larkspur and 564 in Parker as this page loaded. Larkspur is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $1,119,000 against $699,000 in Parker, about 60% higher. Homes are moving faster in Parker — a median of 54 days on market against 61 in Larkspur. On months of supply both are a balanced market right now.

Side by side

MeasureLarkspurParker
Homes for sale53564
New in last 30 days16181
Median asking price$1,119,000$699,000
Median price per sq ft$301$282
Median size (sq ft)3,8422,695
Median bedrooms44
Median days on market6154
Months of supply5.33.6
Sold, last 12 months1191,878
Median sold price$950,000$685,000
Median days to sell9262
Sold vs asking price98.0%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

Larkspur is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.
Parker is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.

Larkspur

53
Homes for sale
$1,119,000
Median asking price
$301
Median per sq ft
61
Median days on market

Parker

564
Homes for sale
$699,000
Median asking price
$282
Median per sq ft
54
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Larkspur or Parker more expensive?

Larkspur is more expensive. The median asking price is $1,119,000 in Larkspur against $699,000 in Parker. By price per square foot, Larkspur runs $301 and Parker $282.

Which moves faster, Larkspur or Parker?

Homes for sale in Parker have been on the market a median of 54 days, against 61 days in Larkspur. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Larkspur took a median of 92 days and Parker 62.

Is Larkspur or Parker the better market for a buyer?

Larkspur is a balanced market and Parker is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 5.3 months in Larkspur and 3.6 in Parker. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Larkspur 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 Larkspur and Parker?

There are 53 homes for sale in Larkspur and 564 in Parker as this page loaded, 16 and 181 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.