Lincoln, NE 68522 housing market
Data through Aug 2026 · Balanced market · leverage 11
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Home Value
$280,303
+3.3% vs. a year ago
Buyer Leverage Score
11
Sep 2026
Months of Supply
0.9 months
Aug 2026
Days on Market
28 days
Sep 2026
Price Cut %
9.8%
Sep 2026
Sale-to-List Ratio
99.3%
Aug 2026
Mtg Payment as % of Income
31%
Aug 2026
Rental Rate
$1,324/mo
Aug 2026
Overvalued %
53%
Aug 2026
Expected Disaster Loss
$173
Dec 2025
What this means
- Valuation. Prices are 53% above what local incomes have historically supported (this area's pre-2020 price-to-income ratio).
- Prices. Home values are up 3.3% over the past year (U.S.: +1.2%).
- Supply. There are 5% more homes for sale than the 2017-19 norm and rising (+5% vs. a year ago), so buyers have more to choose from than before the pandemic.
- Negotiating. Buyer leverage is low (11/100; U.S.: 54): homes sell for about 0.7% below their final list price; 10% of listings had a price cut (U.S.: 26%).
- Affordability. A mortgage on the typical home takes 31% of the median household income (U.S.: 35%); it takes about $81k a year to keep the payment at 30% of gross pay. That includes about $2,367 a year for home insurance (U.S.: $1,790).
- Buy vs. rent. Buying costs about $689/mo more than renting a typical home (mortgage payment vs. typical rent).
- Disaster risk. FEMA expects about $173 a year in natural-disaster damage per $100k of building value (U.S.: $155), mostly from flooding.
- Outlook. Leaning up: likely −5% to +11% over the next 12 months (74% chance of a rise).
Next 12 months
Leaning up
Prices are more likely to rise than fall over the next year. Likely change: −5.2% to +11.1% (80% range; middle estimate +4.1%), chance of a rise 74%, of a 5%+ drop 10%.
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