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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/rg

House prices in the RG postcode area, Reading

Homes in the RG postcode area sold for a median of £410,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 21,822 standard sales.

That is 7% above the £383,000 median for the South East, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£410,00021,822 standard sales
Middle half of prices£310,000 to £560,000
Change since 2016+26%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was RG9 (Henley-on-Thames), at £730,000, and the cheapest was RG21 (Basingstoke), at £292,000. The dearest median is 2.5 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were RG10 (Twyford) and RG8 (Pangbourne), and the next cheapest RG1 (Reading) and RG30 (Tilehurst).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the RG area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the RG area, by number of sales: Reading (10 districts), Basingstoke (RG21, RG22, RG23, RG24, RG25), Bracknell (RG12, RG42), Wokingham (RG40, RG41), Newbury (RG14, RG20), Thatcham (RG18, RG19), Hook (RG27, RG29), Tadley (RG26), Henley-on-Thames (RG9), Crowthorne (RG45), Hungerford (RG17), Whitchurch (RG28).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. RG9Henley-on-Thames, 627 sales£730,000£6,593+3%
  2. RG10Reading, 499 sales£615,000Too few+6%
  3. RG8Reading, 437 sales£590,000Too few0%
  4. RG20Newbury, 412 sales£566,500Too few+11%
  5. RG25Basingstoke, 197 sales£550,000Too fewToo few
  6. RG29Hook, 151 sales£515,000Too fewToo few
  7. RG41Wokingham, 749 sales£510,000£5,041+3%
  8. RG45Crowthorne, 460 sales£510,000Too few−4%
  9. RG40Wokingham, 1,021 sales£500,000£5,000+9%
  10. RG42Bracknell, 924 sales£490,000£5,043+6%
  11. RG4Reading, 1,056 sales£485,000£4,938+3%
  12. RG27Hook, 727 sales£470,000£4,889+4%
  13. RG7Reading, 963 sales£465,000£4,759−2%
  14. RG6Reading, 784 sales£461,000£5,246−3%
  15. RG5Reading, 676 sales£448,500£4,971+1%
  16. RG23Basingstoke, 489 sales£422,000£4,1670%
  17. RG31Reading, 722 sales£416,000£4,145+8%
  18. RG18Thatcham, 459 sales£412,000Too few+9%
  19. RG28Whitchurch, 172 sales£408,500Too fewToo few
  20. RG2Reading, 1,072 sales£401,000£4,716−8%
  21. RG26Tadley, 666 sales£395,000£4,476+5%
  22. RG17Hungerford, 380 sales£386,500Too few+17%
  23. RG12Bracknell, 1,436 sales£370,000£4,239+4%
  24. RG14Newbury, 1,347 sales£360,000£4,011−7%
  25. RG19Thatcham, 538 sales£354,000Too few+6%
  26. RG22Basingstoke, 987 sales£351,000£4,508+3%
  27. RG24Basingstoke, 1,096 sales£350,000£4,000+9%
  28. RG30Reading, 1,026 sales£340,000£4,369+4%
  29. RG1Reading, 992 sales£295,000£3,922+1%
  30. RG21Basingstoke, 757 sales£292,000Too few+3%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in RG17 (Hungerford), up 17%, and fell most in RG2 (Shinfield), down 8%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames (RG9, £1,312,500), New Wokingham Road, Crowthorne (RG45, detached houses, £885,000) and Eales Grange, Binfield (RG42, detached houses, £815,000).

The cheapest were Wella Road, Basingstoke (RG22, flats, £90,500), London Road, Newbury (RG14, £152,000) and Rowe Court, Reading (RG30, flats, £160,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include GU (Guildford), OX (Oxford), SL (Slough), SN (Swindon) and SO (Southampton).

Council areas in the RG postcode area

Within RG, the median ran from £350,000 in Reading to £670,000 in South Oxfordshire, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the RG area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in RGMedian in RGWhole council area
Basingstoke and Deane4,846£370,000£372,500
Wokingham4,695£488,000£488,000
West Berkshire4,265£397,500£397,500
Reading3,663£350,000£350,000
Bracknell Forest2,637£402,000£420,000
South Oxfordshire934£670,000£450,000
Hart702£487,500£460,000
Windsor and Maidenhead41£1,135,000£535,000
Buckinghamshire33£850,000£460,000
1 other council area6Too fewNot shown

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the RG area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached6,218£640,000£530,000 to £817,000£5,000/m²from 257 sales
Semi-detached5,535£440,000£375,000 to £520,000£4,720/m²from 192 sales
Terraced5,983£350,000£305,000 to £405,000£4,286/m²from 202 sales
Flats and maisonettes4,086£225,000£180,000 to £280,000£3,723/m²from 121 sales

Detached houses and terraced houses sold in similar numbers in the RG area, at 28% and 27% of sales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 26%, from £330,000 in 2016 to £416,500 in 2025, less than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

About these figures

The RG figures come from 21,822 standard sales in 30 postcode districts across 10 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was RG12 (Bracknell), with 1,436 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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