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RG30 3

9,138 people · median £385,000 · Reading

Reading Council · Labour-controlled   29/48 seats · 60% · OCD 2026
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What does it cost? This postcode sector

A typical home here sells for £385,000, up 18.7% over five years. That's about 7.1× local earnings — around the 8.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 31 sales
£176k£235k£293k£352k£410k201120182026 YTD2015 +21%−10%£377,000
Median sold price · 12 months to Jul 2026£385,000
5-year change+18.7%
Full history since 1995
£25k£125k£226k£326k£426k199520102026 YTD2000 +27%−20%£377,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Detached
£693k
Semi-detached
£403k
Terraced
£386k
Flat
£257k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.1× · five-year average 8.3×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Reading28.6%

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 ownership60%

Owned outright
29%
With a mortgage
31%
Private rented
13%
Social rented
26%
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

£3,435 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 RG30 3 60 streets — this postcode sector, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Southcote Lane£201,450306+14.5%
Hatford Road£159,950157+7.2%
Burghfield Road£140,000157+75.3%
Kenilworth Avenue£275,000119+14.9%
Gainsborough Road£200,000116+18.9%
Underwood Road£189,475114+26.8%
Ashampstead Road£202,500108+15.4%
Circuit Lane£206,50098+2.9%
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 RG30 3 compares · from Reading

Fastest 5-yr growth: Nores Hill +27.9%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 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 RG30 3 — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
75 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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