Blogs
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How Many Days Does It Take to Sell a Lincoln Home?
Whether you are a Lincoln homeowner, first-time buyer, or landlord; the last 15 months has been a roller coaster ride when it comes to the Lincoln property market. With 213,120 UK house buyers and 58,580 UK tenants moving home in June, the summer has been manic for many people. Meaning…
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Only 1 in 19 Lincoln Properties are Bungalows, Despite an Ageing Population. Why?
The bungalow is a building that has represented a more leisurely, gentler way of life since the early 1900’s. Bungalows have been sold as an aspiration for those about to retire, saving them the annoyance of having to climb stairs. With an ageing population, one would think they would be…
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Rents on the rise
The average monthly rent in the UK in now at a record high of £1,029. In the twelve months to July 2021, UK monthly rent increased by 6.6%, rising from £965 to £1,029. In July, all regions in the UK experienced an annual increase in monthly rent, with the…
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Lincoln’s Love (and Hate) Affair with the Semi-Detached House
The Semi-Detached House – the icon of middle-class aspiration, the pinnacle of liberalism yet at the same time compromised individuality, the ‘semi’ as it is colloquially termed is, for many Lincoln homeowners, the highpoint of modern domestic bliss. Britain’s gift to architecture is the humble ‘Semi-Detached House’. This type of…
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How Often to you move?
Moving home is the ultimate double-edged sword. Of course, you get to enjoy new neighbourhood, perhaps a bigger home, and all the excitement that comes with making your Lincoln home your own. Yet to get that point, there is the weeks and weeks of changing utility suppliers, weeks of packing…
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Lincoln Home Moves Hit Record High in June
as 184.7% more people sell in June compared to the Lincoln area 10-year average June 2021 was the busiest month ever for UK estate agents, home removal companies and conveyancers since monthly records began, as HMRC logged 213,120 residential transactions in June, a jump of more than 216% nationally on the…
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Why Savvy Lincoln Buy-to-Let Landlords Don’t Use 10-Year Mortgages.
And the reason you shouldn’t either I know of many Lincoln buy-to-let landlords who fell into property investing by accident. Many didn’t want to sell their family home when the Lincoln housing market crashed in the Credit Crunch of 2009/10, yet still needed to move (often for work). They…
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Staff relaxing on company time!
Walter was caught out shirking his Check Out responsibilities yesterday in Coleby by sunbathing in the garden instead! #walterbear #northwoodlincoln #lincoln #lettings #rentals
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£323,520 – ‘Wood’ You Pay That For A Lincoln Terraced House?
The value of an average Lincoln terraced house has increased in value by £13,185 in the last 12 months, an increase in value of 8.64%. Yet the costs of building a Lincoln home have shot up even more in the last 12 months, meaning the price of Lincoln new…
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Is Lincoln Heading Towards a House Price Crash?
Lincoln house prices rose by 1.4% last month, according to the Land Registry. This means the annual rate of house price growth in Lincoln has increased to 7.1%. Looking at the national figures, many people were concerned the UK property market was overheating as spring saw annual growth of 9.9%, the highest…
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Arrears
Lincoln Buy-to-Let Landlords Owed £1,615,303 in Unpaid Rent. Rogues or Saviours? There is no getting away from the fact that the rise in the number of buy-to-let properties in Lincoln has been nothing short of astonishing over the last twenty years. As a result, many in the press have said…
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Your Great-Great Lincoln Grandfather Would Have Only Paid £269 8s 9½d for his Lincoln Home in 1871
Would it surprise you even more when I said the ratio of house prices to wages are still lower today when compared to 1871? Yes, you read that correctly, as a proportion of average wages British house prices are 17.6% proportionally cheaper today than they were in 1871. I…