House prices in the LN postcode area, Lincoln

Homes in the LN postcode area sold for a median of £230,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 9,143 standard sales.

That is 8% below the £250,000 median for the East Midlands, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£230,0009,143 standard sales
Middle half of prices£175,000 to £310,000
Change since 2016+47%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was LN10 (Woodhall Spa), at £315,000, and the cheapest was LN12 (Mablethorpe), at £200,000.

The next dearest were LN2 (Lincoln) and LN4 (Lincoln), and the next cheapest LN13 (Alford) and LN5 (Waddington).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the LN area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the LN area, by number of sales: Lincoln (LN1, LN2, LN3, LN4, LN5, LN6), Louth (LN11), Market Rasen (LN7, LN8), Mablethorpe (LN12), Horncastle (LN9), Woodhall Spa (LN10), Alford (LN13).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. LN10Woodhall Spa, 268 salesMedian price £315,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −3%
  2. LN2Lincoln, 1,297 salesMedian price £246,000Price per square metre £3,037Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  3. LN4Lincoln, 1,156 salesMedian price £245,000Price per square metre £2,753Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
  4. LN7Market Rasen, 172 salesMedian price £244,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  5. LN3Lincoln, 263 salesMedian price £240,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  6. LN6Lincoln, 1,847 salesMedian price £230,000Price per square metre £2,701Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
  7. LN8Market Rasen, 578 salesMedian price £230,000Price per square metre £2,549Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −4%
  8. LN11Louth, 890 salesMedian price £230,000Price per square metre £2,512Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  9. LN1Lincoln, 801 salesMedian price £227,500Price per square metre £2,514Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +15%
  10. LN9Horncastle, 389 salesMedian price £215,000Price per square metre £2,333Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  11. LN5Lincoln, 899 salesMedian price £205,000Price per square metre £2,482Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +11%
  12. LN13Alford, 175 salesMedian price £202,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 Too few
  13. LN12Mablethorpe, 408 salesMedian price £200,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in LN1 (Saxilby), up 15%, and fell most in LN8 (Market Rasen), down 4%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Crickets Drive, Nettleham (LN2, detached houses, £650,000), Everton Court, Welton (LN2, detached houses, £387,500) and Nettleham Road, Lincoln (LN2, £380,000).

The cheapest were Minster Court, Bracebridge Heath (LN4, flats, £108,500), Olsen Rise, Lincoln (LN2, flats, £116,500) and Monks Road, Lincoln (LN2, £125,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include DN (Doncaster), PE (Peterborough) and NG (Nottingham).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the LN area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached4,479£300,000£240,000 to £385,000£2,795/m²from 205 sales
Semi-detached2,540£200,000£170,000 to £240,000£2,612/m²from 105 sales
Terraced1,781£165,000£135,000 to £200,000£2,071/m²from 71 sales
Flats and maisonettes343£117,500£97,000 to £139,000Too few

Detached houses were the most common type sold in the LN area, at 49% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 28%.

Most homes here are freehold: 5% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £160,000
  2. 2017: £170,000
  3. 2018: £180,000
  4. 2019: £185,000
  5. 2020: £200,000
  6. 2021: £215,000
  7. 2022: £226,500
  8. 2023: £222,000
  9. 2024: £225,000
  10. 2025: £235,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £222,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 47%, from £160,000 in 2016 to £235,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the LN postcode area

Within LN, the median ran from £188,500 in Lincoln to £265,000 in West Lindsey, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the LN area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in LNMedian in LNWhole council area
East Lindsey2,486£222,000£215,500
North Kesteven2,445£250,000£242,500
Lincoln2,326£188,500£188,500
West Lindsey1,873£265,000£232,000
2 other council areas13Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The LN figures come from 9,143 standard sales in 13 postcode districts across 6 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was LN6 (North Hykeham), with 1,847 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.