Blogs
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Lincoln Property Market Is it a buyers’ or sellers’ market?
Are you considering moving home in Lincoln during the next 6 to 12 months? You may be a Lincoln landlord deciding whether to grow your portfolio or sell off a few properties. Or you’re a Lincoln first-time buyer wondering if now is the right time to move. Understanding whether the…
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Extend or Move in Lincoln in 2025? A step-by-step guide for Lincoln homeowners
You want more space. The kitchen bleeds into homework time. The spare room became an office, then a dumping ground. The obvious answer used to be to extend. Yet over the last few years, the sums have changed. This is an article for Lincoln homeowners who are weighing up an…
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Why are so many Lincoln homes bought during the pandemic returning to the market?
In the summer of 2020, Lincoln’s property market, like the rest of the UK, roared back to life after weeks of pandemic lockdown. It was a strange moment in history. The pause in the British housing market had created a bottleneck of pent-up demand, and when the doors reopened, homes…
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Why Lincoln Homeowners Need to Pay Attention to This Pricing Gap
If you’re a homeowner in Lincoln thinking about selling, brace yourself for a bit of uncomfortable truth. There is a growing gap in our city between what Lincoln home sellers want and what buyers are actually willing to pay. And the evidence for this is laid out, month after month, in cold, hard numbers.…
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An Enduring Legacy: Lincoln's Semi-Detached Homes Have Risen by 459% in 30 Years
Hello, and welcome to another Lincoln Property Blog, brought to you by Ben from Walters of Lincolnshire. This week, we’re taking a closer look at a surprising superstar of the property market: the semi-detached house. Once considered a simple, “middle-of-the-road” option, these homes have quietly become one of the strongest…
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Why Lincoln’s Under-34s Are Taking Longer to Buy a Home - Generation Rent or Generation Patient?
It’s no great revelation that young people in Lincoln are finding it increasingly difficult to buy a home. Rising living costs, modest wage growth, and stricter mortgage lending rules have all contributed to a noticeable shift in the housing landscape. For many under 34, homeownership feels more like a long-term…
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The Lincoln Bungalow: Why It’s Back in Fashion.
Hello, and welcome to another Lincoln Property Blog, brought to you by Ben from Walters of Lincolnshire, following on from our earlier Social Media post on the average size of a bungalow and how it varies significantly across the UK, this week we look at The Great Lincoln Bungalow: Why…
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Lincoln Homeowners Pocket £2,827 a Year in Profit Since 2005
As we are now half way through 2025, it’s certain the Lincoln housing market has been more restrained than the post pandemic 24 months of summer 2020 through to July/August of 2022, and I believe that the ‘steady as she goes’ outlook will continue into the rest of 2025 and…
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Will There Be a Lincoln House Price Crash in 2025?
In early 2023, most property forecasters anticipated a significant downturn in the UK housing market over the following two years. Halifax predicted an 8% drop in house prices, Savills went further at 10%, and Nomura Bank predicted a fall of up to 15%. While these gloomy forecasts grabbed headlines, the…
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13,424 Lincoln Homeowners Let Down. The Silent Scandal of Estate Agents Overvaluing.
If you have ever thought about selling your Lincoln home, chances are you have been tempted to push the asking price a little higher than advised. After all, it’s your biggest tax free asset. A few extra thousand on the asking price of your Lincoln home sounds like a smart…
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Lincoln Rental Property Market: 5 Year Overview & 2025 Landlord Outlook
Over the past five years, Lincoln’s private rental market has experienced a significant growth in rents. The average monthly rent has increased from £687 in 2020 to £1,156 in 2025, representing a 68% rise. These local trends are interesting when compared with the national picture, where the average monthly rent…
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108% More Lincoln Homes "For Sale" Than 3 Years Ago
Hello, and welcome to another Lincoln Property Blog! I’m Ben from Walters of Lincolnshire, and this week we look at what it means to sellers with: 108% More Lincoln Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only…