“An apartment is over £100 grand and a flat under”, said my friend. All joking aside, there is no difference, call it what you will, the humble apartment/flat has served Lincoln well over the years. The average sale price of an apartment in Lincoln in 2021 was £156,280, making it…
The predicament of the Lincoln 20 to 30 year olds who rent and their inability to get onto the housing ladder is often discussed in the press. There are 4.43m properties in the UK that are still in the private rented sector (compared to 2.13m in 2002). This group of…
Lincoln property prices have increased by 16.5% over the last two years. Lincoln house prices have risen on the back of several things, including changes in how people see their homes and how they live and work (i.e., working from home), a lack of properties on the market and government…
The total value of homes owned by Baby Boomers in Lincoln alone is £2,883,700,998, and two-thirds of the Lincoln Millennials are set to inherit all that in the next few decades! Could this be the answer to the housing crisis? Could Lincoln Millennials live it up for the next few…
Even though the average value of a Lincoln first-time buyer property has risen by 292.8% since 1989 to £180,350, the monthly payments Lincoln first-time buyers must make on their mortgages as a proportion of their take-home pay is 35.4% less today compared to 1989. Today, according to the Nationwide Building…
The Lincoln property market is on the verge of a ‘tipping point’. The rate of house price growth has started to ease with a reduction in the number of properties that will sell in Lincoln in the coming 12 to 18 months. Yet, rising interest rates and the cost-of-living issues…
Well, what a weekend that was. Street parties, gatherings in the park, the bunting, egg & cress sandwiches, union jack flags, cheese & pineapple on cocktail sticks, and let’s not forget the trifle, a great Platinum Jubilee Party. And no decent party is worth its salt without a game or…
Inflation (and recessions) can be nerve racking for people and their hard-earned savings and wealth. Yet there are six reasons which make investing in private rental properties a potentially wise investment in these changeable times. This article looks at how investing in Lincoln property could help you ‘hedge’…
According to some newspapers and pundits, the property market boom could soon be over with the increasing interest rates and inflation. In this article, I share the 3 fundamental economic reasons why things are different to the last property market crash. The insider’s way to find out if there will…
Lincoln needs 388 additional private rented properties per year to keep up with current and future demand from Lincoln tenants. Yet over the last 5 years, Lincoln has lost 603 private rented homes. What are the 5 reasons the supply of private rental properties in Lincoln are falling?…
For decades, baby boomers in the UK have been the quiet beneficiaries of a housing market that has worked in their favour. Rising property prices and a growing housing shortage have pushed home values sky-high, giving this generation substantial equity in their homes. However, as more and more boomers enter…
The number of agreed UK property sales until Saturday, 22nd November 2024, is 18% higher than a year ago. Breaking those stats down even further, as of 22nd November 2024, 1,009,340 UK homes had been sold subject to contract (STC), an 18% increase from the 855,083 homes sold STC in…
Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that across the UK, 486,795 households are occupied by individuals aged 65 (and over) who live in a private rental sector home. This represents that 6.71% of all OAP’s now renting privately. Ten years ago, only 267,704 households were occupied by…