That is the middle of 1,317 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Caversham’s sales are semi-detached houses
1,317 homes sold in three years: 354 detached houses, 392 semi-detached houses, 307 terraced houses and 264 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£721K
median sale · 354 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£600K–£930K
Last 12 months
£700K85 sold
Semi-detached houses£520K
median sale · 392 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£440K–£630K
Last 12 months
£522K108 sold
Terraced houses£400K
median sale · 307 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£450K
Last 12 months
£406K110 sold
Flats and maisonettes£250K
median sale · 264 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£208K–£312K
Last 12 months
£250K84 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 30% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes20%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Caversham’s homes sold for between £362K and £640K
One sale in ten was under £250K and one in ten over £860K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £465,000, sits in the £400–500K band
1,317 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £79,000 in 1995 to £450,000 in the last 12 months (£408,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
387 sales in the last 12 months, against 903 in 2006, the busiest year, and 379 in 2020. Sales fell by 31% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 73% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Caversham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Caversham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£132K
£250K
£350K
£396K
£567K
£588K
£700K
Semi-detached houses
£82K
£146K
£230K
£287K
£389K
£430K
£522K
Terraced houses
£62K
£127K
£190K
£221K
£307K
£345K
£406K
Flats and maisonettes
£59K
£119K
£165K
£175K
£235K
£250K
£250K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
1,358 new homes have been sold in Caversham since 1995; the share peaked at 19% in 1997.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £636,000
against £465,000 for a home sold on, 37% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Caversham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Abbotsmead Place is Caversham’s busiest street, with 32 sales in three years
81 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Abbotsmead Place
RG4
32
£245,000
Mostly flats
2
Gosbrook Road
RG4
31
£355,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Peppard Road
RG4
30
£700,000
Mixed
4
Hemdean Road
RG4
29
£445,000
Mixed
5
Kidmore Road
RG4
23
£700,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Mayfield Drive
RG4
22
£495,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Westfield Road
RG4
21
£390,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Priory Avenue
RG4
18
£127,500
Mostly flats
9
Henley Road
RG4
17
£556,000
Mixed
10
Lowfield Road
RG4
15
£370,000
Mixed
11
Meadow Way
RG4
15
£245,000
Mostly flats
12
Woodcote Way
RG4
14
£617,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Queens Road
RG4
14
£352,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Rotherfield Way
RG4
13
£550,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Chiltern Road
RG4
13
£475,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Upper Warren Avenue: £1,210,250
Caversham median£465K
Upper Warren Avenue£1.2M
Upper Woodcote Road£1.1M
St Peters Avenue£1M
Conisboro Avenue£951K
Grosvenor Road£875K
Cheapest streets
Priory Avenue: £127,500
Caversham median£465K
Priory Avenue£128K
St Barnabas Road£168K
Prospect Street£220K
Waller Court£233K
Meadow Way£245K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.5 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Berkshire
Caversham is the 18th most expensive of 30 towns in Berkshire
Caversham is in the middle of Berkshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Caversham
What is the average house price in Caversham?
The median home in Caversham sold for £465,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,317 standard sales (£450,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £720,500, semi-detached houses £520,000, terraced houses £400,000 and flats and maisonettes £250,000.
Are house prices going up in Caversham?
The median was £468,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£463,750), and £450,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Caversham each year?
387 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 481 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Caversham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Upper Warren Avenue (RG4, £1,210,250), Upper Woodcote Road (RG4, £1,052,500) and St Peters Avenue (RG4, £1,003,750).
How much does a new build cost in Caversham?
New homes sold for a median £636,000 over three years, against £465,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 0.6% of sales.
Is Caversham expensive for Berkshire?
Caversham is the 18th most expensive of 30 towns of 2,500 or more in Berkshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.