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RG1 9

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767 people · Reading

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Reading Council · Labour-controlled 29/48 seats · 60% · OCD 2026

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What does it cost? This postcode sector

Sold prices This postcode sector

HM Land Registry Price Paid + UK HPI · this postcode sector

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.1× · five-year average 8.3×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Sold price trend from Reading

2026 YTD · 737 sales across Reading

Full history since 1995

Yearly median, residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F) across Reading — the finest grain we hold a price trend at · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Resold at a loss from Reading28.6%

Of the homes across Reading that sold again within five years, 28.6% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than South East (17.4%).

By property type

Terraced houses8.3%

Flats29.4%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new30.8%

Bought second-hand27.9%

Overall

Typical resale gain+10.3% · ~8-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (1,805 resale pairs) across Reading — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership33%

Owned outright

With a mortgage

27%

Private rented

47%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,613

Your band:

Reading Borough Council£2,223

Police & Crime Commissioner£298

Fire & Rescue£91

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,742

Band B£2,032

Band C£2,322

Band D (baseline)£2,613

Band E£3,193

Band F£3,774

Band G£4,355

Band H£5,226

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Reading how RG1 9 compares · from Reading

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Nores Hill +27.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Nores Hill	£375,000	+27.9%	38
Reading West	£270,000	+26.7%	306
Whitley Wood	£355,000	+25.9%	104
Coley Park	£402,000	+25.6%	94
Norcot	£335,000	+24.7%	166
Dee Park	£300,000	+24.2%	200
Emmer Green	£500,000	+22.5%	106
Caversham Heights	£625,000	+21.6%	222
Southcote	£355,000	+20.7%	142
Whitley	£350,000	+20.2%	170
Kentwood	£380,000	+20%	150
Churchend	£345,000	+18.3%	38
Newtown	£293,000	+16.8%	390
Caversham Park	£465,000	+13.3%	198
Fords Farm	£390,000	+13.3%	54
Battle	£305,500	+12.4%	308
Spring Gardens	£300,000	+10.3%	366
Reading	£300,000	+8.5%	232
The Triangle	£412,750	+7.2%	80
Tilehurst	£386,500	+6.6%	82
Caversham	£385,000	+4.8%	434
Earley	£290,000	+3.3%	96
Coley	£230,000	-18.4%	186

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

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