HouseMarketBook

Reading

Council area · 4,599 sales in the last 24 months, 3,484 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£4,3903,484 sales · £408 per sq ft · down 0.9% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in Reading are down 0.9% on a year ago, at a median of £4,390 (£408 per sq ft).

Half of the 3,484 counted sales were between £3,850 and £5,000 per square metre, and the median price paid was £350,000. HM Land Registry records 96,273 sales in this council area since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£350,000
£ per m², middle half£3,850 to £5,000
Sales, 24 months4,5993,484 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area80 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached384£4,960£4,350–5,650£650,000
Flat or maisonette948£3,920£3,410–4,490£225,000
Semi-detached886£4,660£4,160–5,250£430,000
Terraced1,266£4,400£3,920–4,870£345,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in Reading by quarter, down 0.9% on a year ago
4,2804,3754,470£4,3002024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
7302,5954,460£4,30019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in Reading

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Kings Road83£4,540
Flagstaff Road50—
Oxford Road44£3,850
Bath Road39£3,520
Peppard Road32£5,150
Southampton Street28—
Basingstoke Road27—
Drake Way27£4,130
Highgrove Street26—
London Road25—
Castle Hill24£3,140
Southcote Road24£3,400
Thirlmere Avenue24£4,650
Elm Park Road23—
Alpine Street22£4,350
Hemdean Road22£4,900
Parkside Road22£5,040
Abbotsmead Place21£4,030
Elgar Road21£3,930
Gosbrook Road21£4,670
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
20261,008£346,500£4,300
20251,973£354,500£4,430
20241,848£345,000£4,330
20231,968£350,000£4,460
20222,401£346,000£4,460
20212,598£320,000£4,080
20201,597£315,000£3,980
20192,018£308,700£3,910
20182,173£310,000£4,000
20172,285£305,000£4,080
20162,512£282,500£3,970
20152,721£255,000£3,480
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 80 m² · change on a year ago −0.9% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.