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Why 14,161 Lincoln Homeowners tried to move since Covid… Yet never did. Here is why.
If you have ever thought about selling your Lincoln home, you will know how tempting it can be to stretch the asking price. After all, it is your biggest tax-free asset, and those extra few thousand pounds can feel like a sensible cushion. Yet in the Lincoln property market, ambition…
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Why do 1 in 8.1 Lincoln Home Sellers End up Reducing Their Asking Price?
As the Lincoln property market shifts, more homeowners are facing the decision of when and by how much to adjust their asking prices. The choice can feel difficult, but in today’s climate, it is often the difference between attracting a buyer or sitting unsold for months. The supply of homes for sale in…
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ASKING TOO MUCH: WHY ARE AGENTS OVERPRICING HOMES?
A darker side of estate agency has unfortunately come to the fore: overvaluing. While it’s nothing particularly new, the practice has been historically limited to a small number of estate agents. But now it’s become rife and causes untold heartache and stress for sellers. The market is booming, prices are…
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Lincoln First-Time Buyers: It’s Tough, But Not as Tough as You Think
The typical first-time buyer home in Lincoln costs £130,328, which is a lot of money in anyone’s book. For years, the housing affordability debate has been framed in terms of house prices compared to average incomes. That makes a neat headline, but it isn’t how first-time buyers think. When you are…
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Buying a Home in Lincoln Feels Risky. Waiting is even riskier.
We all know the feeling. When you think about buying a home, you check the headlines, look at interest rates, and then tell yourself, “Maybe we’ll wait until things calm down.” Waiting feels safe. You stay in control, you avoid risk, and you carry on as you are. However, when…
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Lincoln’s Property Saleability Secret: The Numbers Every Lincoln Homeowner Must See
If you’re a Lincoln homeowner or landlord thinking about selling in the next couple of years, the question on your mind is simple. How long will it take to find a buyer? New data on the 507 Lincoln homes sold in the last 3 months has revealed some striking differences…
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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…