Rivermead, Lincoln house prices are built from 247 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 27 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £136,995. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +101.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +45.8%.
Median price paid
£136,995
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+101.2%
Change in real terms
+45.8%
Median per m²
£1,451
HM Land Registry247 sales48 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Rivermead, Lincoln prices moved
The chart tracks the median Rivermead, Lincoln house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £87,450 | £194,180 |
| 2000s | 9 | £157,500 | £286,919 |
| 2010s | 5 | £187,500 | £264,375 |
| 2020s | 4 | £315,000 | £321,848 |
The highest yearly median on record for Rivermead, Lincoln is £360,000 in 2025; the lowest is £87,450 in 1999. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £112,950 to £360,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £234,205, so the real change over the whole record is +57.1% — about +1.69% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +101.2% in cash against +45.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 27 Feb 2026 | Detached | £317,500 | £317,500 |
| 98 | 24 Oct 2025 | Detached | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 34 | 11 Jul 2025 | Detached | £370,000 | £378,043 |
| 31 | 30 May 2025 | Detached | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 23 | 28 Mar 2025 | Detached | £360,000 | £367,826 |
| 129 | 26 Mar 2025 | Detached | £320,000 | £326,957 |
| 18 | 9 Aug 2024 | Detached | £400,000 | £420,896 |
| 4 | 22 Jul 2024 | Semi-detached | £173,000 | £182,037 |
| 14 | 17 Nov 2023 | Detached | £348,000 | £376,000 |
| 84 | 30 Jun 2023 | Detached | £407,000 | £439,747 |
| 12 | 30 May 2023 | Detached | £392,500 | £424,080 |
| 90 | 3 Mar 2023 | Detached | £276,000 | £298,207 |
| 74 | 27 Jan 2023 | Detached | £290,000 | £313,333 |
| 6 | 7 Dec 2022 | Detached | £403,000 | £466,910 |
| 23 | 12 Sep 2022 | Detached | £335,000 | £388,127 |
| 86 | 9 Sep 2022 | Detached | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 100 | 27 May 2022 | Detached | £287,500 | £333,094 |
| 103 | 11 Jan 2022 | Detached | £315,000 | £364,955 |
| 83 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £245,000 | £309,543 |
| 1 | 26 May 2021 | Detached | £365,000 | £461,156 |
| 41 | 22 Mar 2021 | Detached | £265,000 | £334,812 |
| 70 | 18 Dec 2020 | Detached | £282,000 | £365,124 |
| 58 | 7 Dec 2020 | Detached | £280,000 | £362,534 |
| 45 | 29 Oct 2020 | Detached | £260,000 | £336,639 |
| 107 | 24 Sep 2020 | Detached | £285,000 | £369,008 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Rivermead, Lincoln values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 Rivermead | £79,950 (2001) | £317,500 (2026) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 98 Rivermead | £110,995 (2002) | £245,000 (2025) | +3.5% | +0.7% |
| 34 Rivermead | £89,950 (1999) | £370,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 31 Rivermead | £112,950 (1999) | £400,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 23 Rivermead | £112,950 (1999) | £360,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 18 Rivermead | £105,800 (1998) | £400,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 4 Rivermead | £58,750 (2000) | £173,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 14 Rivermead | £112,950 (1998) | £348,000 (2023) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 84 Rivermead | £176,995 (2003) | £407,000 (2023) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 12 Rivermead | £112,950 (1998) | £392,500 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| 90 Rivermead | £136,995 (2003) | £276,000 (2023) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| 74 Rivermead | £163,000 (2003) | £290,000 (2023) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Rivermead, Lincoln is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 226 | 91.5% | £149,995 | £60,000 – £407,000 |
| Semi-detached | 12 | 4.9% | £84,000 | £41,200 – £173,000 |
| Terraced | 9 | 3.6% | £94,950 | £41,200 – £127,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Rivermead, Lincoln
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 247 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 247 | 100.0% | £136,995 |
| New build | 100 | 40.5% | £111,973 |
| Existing home | 147 | 59.5% | £183,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -38.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
Section 07
Living in Rivermead, Lincoln
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Lincoln, 44.8% of 51,712 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 113 | 0.2% |
| B | 4,233 | 8.2% |
| C | 18,799 | 36.4% |
| D | 20,442 | 39.5% |
| E | 6,504 | 12.6% |
| F | 1,320 | 2.6% |
| G | 301 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Lincoln at £948 a month as of Jun 2026 — £664 for a one-bedroom home and £996 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £136,995 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.30% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of LN6, 92 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 32 violent, 0 burglary, 3 vehicle-related and 25 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times quieter.
Against the 103,813 residents the 2021 census counted in Lincoln, that is 0.89 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Rivermead, Lincoln
The 2021 census counted 103,813 residents in Lincoln across 42,506 households. 51.4% of those households own their home and 48.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
27 state and independent schools have a LN6 postcode: 21 primary, 4 secondary, 1 nursery, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Robert Pattinson Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,310 |
| The Priory Witham Academy | All-through | Academy sponsor led | 1,068 |
| The Priory City of Lincoln Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 922 |
| St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 601 |
| North Kesteven Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 587 |
| Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School | Primary | Community school | 562 |
| Fosse Way Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 531 |
| Ling Moor Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 415 |
| Witham St Hughs Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 411 |
| Hartsholme Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 346 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hykeham Rail Station | Rail | 0.5 km |
| Lincoln Central Rail Station | Rail | 5.0 km |
| Swinderby Rail Station | Rail | 7.5 km |
| Saxilby Rail Station | Rail | 8.6 km |
Section 09
How Rivermead, Lincoln compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Rivermead, Lincoln sits below that national figure — -13.0%.
Within Lincoln the street ranks 1411 of 2762 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £130,000 (+5.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,451 per square metre, across 48 of the 247 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £41,200 to £407,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Rivermead, Lincoln sits in Lincoln, in the East Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Lincoln at 5.2 times median local earnings of £35,509 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- High Street£150,000 median
- Newark Road£118,750 median
- Chapel Lane£180,000 median
- Hykeham Road£155,000 median
- Woodfield Avenue£92,475 median
- Moor Lane£140,000 median
- Boultham Park Road£145,000 median
- Western Avenue£131,000 median
- Broadway£142,725 median
- Doddington Road£172,000 median
- Rookery Lane£121,725 median
- Fox Covert£133,000 median
- Maximus Road£147,000 median
- Nightingale Crescent£103,000 median
- Elsham Crescent£96,500 median
- Baker Crescent£114,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 23 Rivermead5 sales
- 45 Rivermead5 sales
- 20 Rivermead5 sales
- 34 Rivermead4 sales
- 31 Rivermead4 sales
- 12 Rivermead4 sales
- 97 Rivermead4 sales
- 11 Rivermead4 sales
- 67 Rivermead4 sales
- 69 Rivermead3 sales
- 4 Rivermead3 sales
- 90 Rivermead3 sales
- 74 Rivermead3 sales
- 86 Rivermead3 sales
- 100 Rivermead3 sales
- 1 Rivermead3 sales
- 41 Rivermead3 sales
- 107 Rivermead3 sales
- 30 Rivermead3 sales
- 2 Rivermead3 sales
- 81 Rivermead3 sales
- 113 Rivermead3 sales
- 7 Rivermead3 sales
- 115 Rivermead3 sales
Back to Lincoln house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Rivermead, Lincoln?
The median price paid in Rivermead, Lincoln across every sale on the register is £136,995. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Rivermead, Lincoln?
247 sales are on record for Rivermead, Lincoln, the most recent completing on 27 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Rivermead, Lincoln house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +101.2% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +45.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Rivermead, Lincoln house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £360,000, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Rivermead, Lincoln?
£1,451 per square metre, from the 48 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 27 Feb 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Rivermead, Lincoln house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.