— ACRERIGHT AREA REPORT · NEIGHBOURHOOD
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13,757 people · median £300,000 · Reading
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Reading Council · Labour-controlled 29/48 seats · 60% · OCD 2026
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What does it cost? This neighbourhood
dearestcheapest
£300,000 median 6th cheapest of 23 neighbourhoods
among 23 neighbourhoods in Reading
A typical home here sells for £300,000, up 10.3% over five years. That's about 7.1× local earnings — around the 8.3× five-year average.
Sold price history
2026 · 94 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Jul 2026£300,000
5-year change+10.3%
Full history since 1995
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.1× · five-year average 8.3×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Reading28.7%
Of the homes across Reading that sold again within five years, 28.7% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than South East (17.7%).
By property type
Terraced houses10.8%
Flats29.4%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new30.5%
Bought second-hand28%
Overall
Typical resale gain+10.1% · ~8.1-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (1,853 resale pairs) across Reading — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership33%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,613
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
£3,465 per square metre
What this means ▾
The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts Acreright covers is £3,803.
HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas
Prices by street in Spring Gardens 60 streets — this neighbourhood, broken down
| Street | Median price | Sales | 5-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgar Road | £180,000 | 407 | +10.5% |
| Alpine Street | £154,975 | 284 | +7.8% |
| Kendrick Road | £140,000 | 281 | +285.2% |
| Edgehill Street | £162,500 | 250 | +21.8% |
| Tippett Rise | £99,950 | 247 | -5.1% |
| Southampton Street | £165,000 | 239 | -3.2% |
| London Road | £175,000 | 238 | -16.4% |
| Waldeck Street | £145,000 | 235 | +19.2% |
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid
Neighbourhood prices in Reading how Spring Gardens 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 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Spring Gardens — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165, Elgar Road | Terraced | 3 | E | £265,000 | Sep 2026 |
| 20 Edgehill Street | Terraced | 2 | D | £314,000 | Sep 2026 |
| 17 Lincoln Road | Terraced | 3 | D | £350,000 | Sep 2026 |
| 70, Edgehill Street | Terraced | 3 | D | £352,000 | Aug 2026 |
| 12, Pell Street | Terraced | 4+ | C | £220,000 | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT 9 CHARLES PLACE 246 KINGS ROAD | Flat | 1 | C | £180,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Flat 12 Hunters Wharf Katesgrove Lane | Flat | 2 | B | £230,000 | Aug 2026 |
| 74 Mount Pleasant | Terraced | 3 | D | £325,000 | Aug 2026 |
| 21 Collis Street | Terraced | 2 | C | £290,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Flat 9 East View Place East Street | Flat | 2 | C | £175,000 | Aug 2026 |
366 sales in 12 months — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
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