What's your house actually worth?

Before the form, the number everyone asks for. Across 4,573 recorded arms-length residential sales in Lancaster County from July 2025 through July 2026, the median Lincoln home sold for $315,000 and the average was $361,904. Half of all sales landed between $245,000 and $430,000. Those come from county assessor records, not a portal estimate, and the Lincoln housing market page republishes them by month and by ZIP as new sales record.

The spread by ZIP is the part that matters for your house. Medians run from about $215,000 downtown and in the Haymarket to $397,500 in southeast Lincoln and $455,000 in the far southeast, so the same square footage is worth very different money depending on which side of town it sits on.

There are three ways to get from that citywide number to yours. The Lancaster County Assessor's record is public and gives you square footage, year built and the assessed value, which the county intends to track market value as of January 1 each year. Recent comparable sales within a few blocks, adjusted for condition and updates, are what a buyer's agent and an appraiser will actually use. And a walk-through catches what neither record shows: the new roof, the finished basement, the kitchen you redid. That third step is the one below.

1. You fill out the form (address, a few details about the house).
2. I run the comps: actual recent Lincoln sales of houses like yours in your area.
3. I walk the house (or virtual walk-through if you're remote).
4. I give you a number: a realistic low, a realistic high, and what I think the market will actually bear.
5. You decide what to do. No pressure to list. No sales pitch.