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Typical sold price, RG1
£284,000
250 real sales, 9 February 2026 to 21 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £199,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £241,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Town centre: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Roughly 39 homes a month change hands in Town centre, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
Before you accept anything, most sales in Town centre fell between £170,000 and £451,000, so narrow down to sold homes that match yours before you pick a price; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Compare optionsNeither route is obviously right at this pace: a cash sale buys a date, the open market usually buys a better price; for a typical £284,000 home, 70–85% of market value works out at about £199,000 to £241,000, which is a rough guide and not a quote, so check any offer against homes that really sold.
Before you list or answer a buyer in Town centre, gather paperwork for any work you have had done (such as an extension or a loft conversion); a list of what stays and what goes with the home; and any boiler, gas and electrical certificates, and ask your conveyancer what else your sale needs.
One enquiry reaches one independent cash buyer, who contacts you directly: free to you, no obligation, and you can compare the offer with the sold prices above.
Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
Town centre at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£170,000 to £451,000
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
6.7%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,574 a month
Reading, August 2026
Planning applications
4,897
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Town centre homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for RG1, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in RG1
Semi-detached homes had the highest typical price in RG1 at £445,000, from 18 sales; flats came to £217,500.
- Semi-detached8%
- Terraced43%
- Flats50%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | £445,000 | 18 |
| Terraced | £320,000 | 100 |
| Flats | £217,500 | 116 |
HM Land Registry, 9 February 2026 to 21 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Reading homes rent for
Average private rent in Reading was £1,574 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 6.7% on the RG1 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £1,116, 2 bed £1,393, 3 bed £1,671, 4+ bed £2,353 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just RG1.
Planning activity
Planning near Town centre
4,897 planning applications within 500 m of the RG1 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 15 are still undecided.
- Decided25%
- Undecided75%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Town centre
4,897 planning applications within 500 m of the RG1 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 18 May 2026 and 10 Jul 2026, and 15 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 22 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Apartment-led professional market.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in Town centre (Reading), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Town centre actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for RG1.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Reading, up 1.4% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just RG1. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £1,116, 2 bed £1,393, 3 bed £1,671, 4+ bed £2,353.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the RG1 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for RG1, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in RG1
Filter by property type and radius around the RG1 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES PLACE, 246, KINGS ROAD, READINGRG1 4NZ | £180,000 | 2026-08-21 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 168, KENNET WALK, READINGRG1 3GG | £215,000 | 2026-08-21 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 5, FATHERSON ROAD, READINGRG1 4PL | £315,000 | 2026-08-20 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 54, GRANBY GARDENS, READINGRG1 5RT | £270,000 | 2026-08-17 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 74, MOUNT PLEASANT, READINGRG1 2TD | £325,000 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| RIVERSIDE VIEW, 5 - 9, BERKELEY AVENUE, READINGRG1 6FH | £315,000 | 2026-08-14 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 36, MANSFIELD ROAD, READINGRG1 6AJ | £900,000 | 2026-08-12 | Detached | Freehold |
| 6, SELBORNE COURT, READINGRG1 3BW | £227,000 | 2026-08-12 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| REGENTS RIVERSIDE, BRIGHAM ROAD, READINGRG1 8QS | £235,000 | 2026-08-06 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 34, RADSTOCK ROAD, READINGRG1 3PS | £332,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 20, CARDIGAN GARDENS, READINGRG1 5QP | £376,500 | 2026-08-03 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 29, SCHOOL TERRACE, READINGRG1 3LS | £325,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 63, EASTERN AVENUE, READINGRG1 5SQ | £646,600 | 2026-08-03 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 9, BENYON MEWS, READINGRG1 6HX | £315,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| KENDRICK COURT, KENDRICK ROAD, READINGRG1 5DS | £300,000 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| HUNTERS WHARF, KATESGROVE LANE, READINGRG1 2NH | £240,000 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 320, KENNET SIDE, READINGRG1 3EA | £266,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| QUADRANT COURT, JUBILEE SQUARE, READINGRG1 2GU | £240,000 | 2026-07-30 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| RIVERSIDE VIEW, 5 - 9, BERKELEY AVENUE, READINGRG1 6FH | £350,000 | 2026-07-28 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 66, EDGEHILL STREET, READINGRG1 2PX | £350,000 | 2026-07-27 | Terraced | Freehold |
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