marketcodeSold price per m²
£4,441/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
1,500 sales
+0.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Local authority
Reading property market
Sold £4,441/m² · Median sold £364,227 (1,500 sales) · Index +0.6% y/y · Turnover 2.2% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is Reading?
- Buildings
- 4,998
- Mixed-use buildings
- 1.6%
- HMO-shaped units
- 11%
What does Reading cost?
Reading: sold price per m² £4,441/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 1,500 sales). +0.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£364,227 12 months to Apr 2026
1,500 sales
+0.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is published as null with no sample.
Asking price
£276,237 12 months to Aug 2026
1,798 listings
-8.7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does Reading earn?
Reading: asking rent £1,601 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 5,095 lets).
Asking rent
£1,601 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
5,095 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
6.4% 12 months to Aug 2026
5,924 lets
+9.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does Reading vary by home size?
Asking price in Reading runs from £181,347 for 1 bedroom to £674,885 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £181,347 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -10% on the previous 12 months | 427 |
| 2 bedrooms | £277,067 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -7.4% on the previous 12 months | 838 |
| 3 bedrooms | £363,044 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -5.6% on the previous 12 months | 317 |
| 4 bedrooms | £507,188 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -6.2% on the previous 12 months | 112 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £674,885 | 12 months to Jul 2026 | — | 87 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is Reading?
Reading: turnover 2.2% (12 months to Jan 2026, 1,722 sales). -9.3% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.2% 12 months to Jan 2026
1,722 sales
-9.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is published as null with no sample.
Listings for sale
2,572 12 months to Jul 2026
2,572 listings
New listings
862 12 months to Aug 2026
862 listings
+7.6% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Who is active in Reading?
37 agents listed homes for sale in Reading; the three largest took 38% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 37
- Top three agents’ share
- 38%
- New homes among listings
- 1.4%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns Reading?
Corporate landlords hold 73% of the 3,682 units in Reading whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords73% of classified · 2,672 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)18% of classified · 677 units
- Housing associations6.5% of classified · 239 units
- RMC2.5% of classified · 92 units
- Offshore companies0.0% of classified · 1 units
- RTM0.0% of classified · 1 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does Reading rank?
Reading ranks 9th of 62 local authorities in England for sold price per m², at £4,441/m².
Sold price per m² · local authorities in England
Reading ranks 9th of 62 local authorities in England for sold price per m², at £4,441/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windsor and Maidenhead | £5,595/m² | 1,346 | measured |
| 2 | The City of Brighton and Hove | £5,368/m² | 2,419 | measured |
| 3 | Wokingham | £5,137/m² | 1,808 | measured |
| 4 | Slough | £5,052/m² | 697 | measured |
| 5 | Buckinghamshire | £4,966/m² | 5,306 | measured |
| 9 | Reading | £4,441/m² | 1,500 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across local authorities in England →
Gross yield, asking basis · local authorities in England
Reading ranks 1st of 61 local authorities in England for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.4%.
Where next from Reading?
- EnglandThe wider market this area sits in.
- RG1Postcode district · £4,229/m²
- Bath and North East SomersetNeighbouring local authority · £4,566/m²
- BedfordNeighbouring local authority · £3,926/m²
- Blackburn with DarwenNeighbouring local authority · £2,192/m²
- BlackpoolNeighbouring local authority · £1,651/m²
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleNeighbouring local authority · £4,124/m²
- Bracknell ForestNeighbouring local authority · £4,995/m²
- BuckinghamshireNeighbouring local authority · £5,305/m²
- Central BedfordshireNeighbouring local authority · £4,282/m²
- Homes for sale in ReadingLive sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in ReadingLive lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in ReadingRegistered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in ReadingApplications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in ReadingEvery building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
Questions about Reading
- What is the median house price in Reading?
- Homes in Reading sold for a median £364,227 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 1,500 sales. Per square metre that is £4,441/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in Reading changed?
- +0.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in Reading?
- Homes to let in Reading asked a median £1,601 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 5,095 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in Reading?
- 6.4% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 5,924 lets. +9.5% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in Reading?
- 2.2% of the homes in Reading changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 1,722 sales.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to 2026-04 | Apr 2026 | 1,500 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to 2026-04 | Apr 2026 | 1,500 sales |
| Asking price | Asking, not achieved | 12 months to 2026-08 | Aug 2026 | 1,798 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to 2026-07 | Jul 2026 | 2,572 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to 2024-11 | Nov 2024 | 97 matched sales |
| Asking rent | Asking, not achieved | 12 months to 2026-07 | Jul 2026 | 5,095 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | gross_yield_asking (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built) | 12 months to 2026-08 | Aug 2026 | 5,924 lets |
| Turnover | UPRN-matched sales, a floor on the registry count; the newest months fill in as registrations land | 12 months to 2026-01 | Jan 2026 | 1,722 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to 2026-07 | Jul 2026 | 2,572 listings |
| New listings | the warehouse | 12 months to 2026-08 | Aug 2026 | 862 listings |
| Price reductions | the warehouse | 12 months to 2026-08 | Aug 2026 | 936 listings |
| Live listings | 2026-09-05 | On one day | 19 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to 2024-11 |
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