That is the middle of 6,442 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 6 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.
6,442 homes sold in three years: 907 detached houses, 1,708 semi-detached houses, 2,084 terraced houses and 1,743 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£589K
median sale · 907 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£485K–£710K
Last 12 months
£575K267 sold
Semi-detached houses£415K
median sale · 1,708 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£488K
Last 12 months
£423K491 sold
New build
£535K
Terraced houses£335K
median sale · 2,084 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£375K
Last 12 months
£338K603 sold
New build
£560K
Flats and maisonettes£230K
median sale · 1,743 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£285K
Last 12 months
£215K435 sold
New build
£451K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses14%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes27%
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 Reading’s homes sold for between £278K and £455K
One sale in ten was under £203K and one in ten over £586K. 19% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £355,000, sits in the £300–400K band
6,442 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £59,807 in 1995 to £357,750 in the last 12 months (£310,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,796 sales in the last 12 months, against 4,954 in 1999, the busiest year, and 1,920 in 2020. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 65% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Reading costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Reading, 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
£109K
£200K
£285K
£323K
£450K
£500K
£575K
Semi-detached houses
£69K
£133K
£196K
£224K
£313K
£345K
£423K
Terraced houses
£54K
£107K
£164K
£185K
£250K
£288K
£338K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£90K
£148K
£154K
£192K
£228K
£215K
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: 0.4% of sales in the last 12 months
8,890 new homes have been sold in Reading since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2009.
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 £470,450
against £351,000 for a home sold on, 34% 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.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Reading. 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
Flagstaff Road is Reading’s busiest street, with 157 sales in three years
453 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 141 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
Flagstaff Road
RG2
157
£420,000
Mostly flats
2
Bath Road (RG1)
RG1
53
£260,000
Mostly flats
3
Kings Road
RG1
47
£250,000
Mostly flats
4
Palmer Street
RG1
43
£439,480
Mostly flats · new builds
5
Fairhaven Drive
RG2
36
£401,290
Mostly flats
6
Thirlmere Avenue
RG30
36
£330,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Maine Street
RG2
35
£587,500
Mixed
8
Wokingham Road
RG6
32
£450,000
Mixed
9
Drake Way
RG2
30
£245,500
Mostly flats
10
Elgar Road
RG2
27
£340,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Connaught Road
RG30
27
£300,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Southcote Road
RG30
26
£211,000
Mostly flats
13
Rodway Road
RG30
25
£335,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Alpine Street
RG1
25
£302,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
London Road (RG1)
RG1
24
£245,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Aldbourne Avenue: £920,000
Reading median£355K
Aldbourne Avenue£920K
Wilderness Road£865K
Shinfield Road£795K
Ramsbury Drive£780K
Luckmore Drive£775K
Cheapest streets
Burrcroft Court: £100,000
Reading median£355K
Burrcroft Court£100K
Sheppard Court£120K
Warwick Road£125K
Tippett Rise£149K
East Street£154K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.2 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
Reading is the 26th most expensive of 30 towns in Berkshire
Reading is one of Berkshire’s cheapest 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 Reading
What is the average house price in Reading?
The median home in Reading sold for £355,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 6,442 standard sales (£357,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £589,000, semi-detached houses £415,000, terraced houses £335,000 and flats and maisonettes £230,000.
Are house prices going up in Reading?
The median was £360,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£352,250), and £357,750 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 Reading each year?
1,796 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,666 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Reading?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Aldbourne Avenue (RG6, £920,000), Wilderness Road (RG6, £865,275) and Shinfield Road (RG2, £795,000).
How much does a new build cost in Reading?
New homes sold for a median £470,450 over three years, against £351,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.2% of sales.
Is Reading expensive for Berkshire?
Reading is the 26th 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.