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House prices in Reading: the next 12 months
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £331,997 and £371,138 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £351,567
- Chance of a rise
- 53%
Reading: five years of prices and the expected path
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- Reading
- South East
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
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| Period | Reading | South East | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £351,567 (£331,997–£371,138) | £383,466 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £351,478 (£332,979–£369,977) | £383,173 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £351,390 (£333,982–£368,797) | £382,880 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £351,301 (£335,008–£367,594) | £382,588 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £351,212 (£336,062–£366,361) | £382,295 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £351,123 (£337,153–£365,093) | £382,002 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £351,034 (£338,289–£363,780) | £381,709 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £350,945 (£339,485–£362,406) | £381,417 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £350,856 (£340,765–£360,948) | £381,124 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £350,768 (£342,168–£359,368) | £380,831 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £350,679 (£343,773–£357,585) | £380,538 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £350,590 (£345,790–£355,390) | £380,246 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £350,501 | £379,953 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £350,882 | £380,375 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £358,565 | £378,890 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £358,399 | £381,519 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £354,521 | £379,342 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £348,770 | £378,202 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £350,784 | £378,018 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £356,270 | £379,593 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £356,022 | £374,984 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £358,251 | £379,283 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £354,982 | £382,074 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £355,322 | £379,765 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £352,053 | £383,045 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £353,930 | £380,195 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £358,154 | £379,262 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £359,797 | £376,656 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £359,732 | £375,519 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £355,764 | £381,452 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £351,113 | £380,137 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £350,997 | £381,267 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £350,554 | £378,958 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £355,553 | £377,413 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £354,214 | £381,155 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £360,385 | £380,519 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £355,210 | £381,897 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £353,636 | £377,066 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £346,670 | £373,083 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £341,170 | £372,808 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £336,235 | £369,214 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £331,585 | £366,875 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £331,707 | £367,789 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £338,838 | £369,326 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £340,447 | £367,572 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £346,278 | £375,344 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £348,555 | £377,965 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £347,439 | £379,338 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £351,305 | £381,601 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £342,403 | £381,968 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £340,891 | £377,848 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £335,167 | £377,989 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £343,204 | £379,543 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £349,948 | £380,362 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £356,517 | £383,401 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £357,179 | £387,727 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £358,325 | £388,158 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £354,340 | £389,960 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £349,979 | £391,862 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £350,084 | £391,553 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £353,504 | £390,701 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £350,731 | £387,054 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £344,539 | £380,603 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £341,550 | £376,100 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £336,344 | £370,658 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £332,004 | £369,755 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £324,112 | £367,655 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £328,989 | £368,184 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £325,406 | £362,713 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £325,653 | £360,386 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £321,024 | £354,140 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £318,842 | £361,613 | £245,371 |
What the model expects
The central estimate at each horizon, and the range prices land in 8 times out of 10.
| Horizon | Expected | 80% range | Chance of a rise | Chance of beating inflation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months (November 2026) | £350,768 | £342,168 – £359,368 | 52% | 34% |
| In 4 months (December 2026) | £350,856 | £340,765 – £360,948 | 52% | 32% |
| In 12 months (August 2027) | £351,567 | £331,997 – £371,138 | 53% | 23% |
The outlook carries the region's own monthly price history forward: the recent trend and how far prices usually stray from it. It knows nothing about interest-rate decisions, new laws or local projects, so read it as a description of momentum, not a forecast to act on.
Other reports for Reading
At the average sale price, a home costs £350,501. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,617 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £1,582
- Owning per month
- £1,650
63.0% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 140
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.8
Figures for United Kingdom: Reading has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 8 times since 1995. The deepest began in December 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −18.8%
- Recovery from the low
- 61 months
In 2025 the population grew by 950 while 340 homes were finished: 2.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.8
- Population change, 2025
- +950
5.7% of the 72,096 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 5.7%
- Empty homes
- 4,080
In 2025, 13% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 13%