Reading · report
New homes in Reading
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
Homes started in Reading
Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.
- Reading
- Ten-year average
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| Period | Reading |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 140 |
| Mar 2026 | 150 |
| Dec 2025 | 90 |
| Sep 2025 | 110 |
| Jun 2025 | 120 |
| Mar 2025 | 230 |
| Dec 2024 | 310 |
| Sep 2024 | 300 |
| Jun 2024 | 320 |
| Mar 2024 | 280 |
| Dec 2023 | 200 |
| Sep 2023 | 170 |
| Jun 2023 | 120 |
| Mar 2023 | 160 |
| Dec 2022 | 250 |
| Sep 2022 | 370 |
| Jun 2022 | 770 |
| Mar 2022 | 690 |
| Dec 2021 | 820 |
| Sep 2021 | 890 |
| Jun 2021 | 560 |
| Mar 2021 | 650 |
| Dec 2020 | 620 |
| Sep 2020 | 650 |
| Jun 2020 | 620 |
| Mar 2020 | 860 |
| Dec 2019 | 710 |
| Sep 2019 | 590 |
| Jun 2019 | 580 |
| Mar 2019 | 260 |
| Dec 2018 | 230 |
| Sep 2018 | 240 |
| Jun 2018 | 260 |
| Mar 2018 | 270 |
| Dec 2017 | 390 |
| Sep 2017 | 290 |
| Jun 2017 | 270 |
| Mar 2017 | 230 |
| Dec 2016 | 190 |
| Sep 2016 | 190 |
| Jun 2016 | 310 |
| Mar 2016 | 280 |
| Dec 2015 | 220 |
| Sep 2015 | 290 |
| Jun 2015 | 460 |
| Mar 2015 | 520 |
| Dec 2014 | 490 |
| Sep 2014 | 410 |
| Jun 2014 | 210 |
| Mar 2014 | 290 |
| Dec 2013 | 290 |
| Sep 2013 | 350 |
| Jun 2013 | 300 |
| Mar 2013 | 210 |
| Dec 2012 | 330 |
| Sep 2012 | 350 |
| Jun 2012 | 290 |
| Mar 2012 | 310 |
| Dec 2011 | 200 |
| Sep 2011 | 290 |
| Jun 2011 | 470 |
| Mar 2011 | 490 |
| Dec 2010 | 520 |
| Sep 2010 | 480 |
| Jun 2010 | 320 |
| Mar 2010 | 400 |
| Dec 2009 | 410 |
| Sep 2009 | 320 |
| Jun 2009 | 370 |
| Mar 2009 | 440 |
| Dec 2008 | 520 |
| Sep 2008 | 560 |
| Jun 2008 | 780 |
| Mar 2008 | 660 |
| Dec 2007 | 640 |
| Sep 2007 | 650 |
| Jun 2007 | 460 |
| Mar 2007 | 610 |
| Dec 2006 | 630 |
| Sep 2006 | 670 |
| Jun 2006 | 750 |
| Mar 2006 | 530 |
| Dec 2005 | 410 |
A start is the first count of a new home in the UK: no nation counts homes granted planning permission. Most starts are finished one to two years later. England's and Wales's counts come from building control, which misses some homes; Scotland counts housing association approvals as starts; Northern Ireland's begin in 2015.
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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%
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
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%