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Finchampstead market report RG40, Wokingham
The standing RG40 (Finchampstead) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. The raw material for this page is 18,618 HM Land Registry entries for RG40 (Wokingham), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in RG40 (Wokingham) came in at £457,000, out of 197 registered, up 2% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £519,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,090 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 18,618 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
The postcode district RG40 covering Wokingham (east and town centre), Finchampstead, Barkham (south) sits in Wokingham. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where RG40 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in RG40
In the RG40 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £457,000, from 197 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £519,500, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
What a square metre costs in RG40
Per square metre, RG40 homes have averaged around £5,090 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts RG40 60% above the country at large.
The price of a typical RG40 home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £457,000 | £457,000 | 197 |
| 2025 | £525,000 | £537,554 | 608 |
| 2024 | £480,000 | £510,339 | 647 |
| 2023 | £478,300 | £525,535 | 597 |
| 2022 | £495,000 | £580,444 | 697 |
| 2021 | £450,000 | £569,758 | 788 |
| 2020 | £450,000 | £583,884 | 491 |
| 2019 | £450,000 | £589,842 | 572 |
| 2018 | £425,000 | £566,533 | 584 |
| 2017 | £412,800 | £563,018 | 556 |
| 2016 | £440,000 | £615,564 | 599 |
| 2015 | £387,000 | £546,831 | 628 |
| 2014 | £355,000 | £503,630 | 659 |
| 2013 | £315,000 | £453,254 | 518 |
| 2012 | £300,000 | £441,563 | 413 |
| 2011 | £305,000 | £460,433 | 452 |
| 2010 | £303,000 | £475,182 | 377 |
| 2009 | £280,000 | £450,102 | 397 |
| 2008 | £275,000 | £450,783 | 355 |
| 2007 | £308,700 | £523,641 | 692 |
| 2006 | £271,500 | £471,289 | 722 |
| 2005 | £250,000 | £444,899 | 606 |
| 2004 | £250,000 | £454,049 | 690 |
| 2003 | £230,000 | £423,716 | 587 |
| 2002 | £220,000 | £413,928 | 718 |
| 2001 | £199,000 | £382,567 | 653 |
| 2000 | £190,000 | £372,875 | 578 |
| 1999 | £145,000 | £288,977 | 755 |
| 1998 | £129,000 | £260,396 | 643 |
| 1997 | £120,000 | £246,096 | 705 |
| 1996 | £100,000 | £210,896 | 649 |
| 1995 | £98,500 | £214,124 | 485 |
In cash terms the typical RG40 home went from £98,500 in 1995 to £457,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 113%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2016, and today's median remains roughly 26% under it: a 2016 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the RG40 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+31.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−13.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 40% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £717,500 against £282,200 for a flat, 2.5 times the price.
Median by property type, RG40
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £717,500 | 64 | 7,480 |
| Semi-detached | £500,000 | 42 | 3,874 |
| Terraced | £395,000 | 39 | 3,843 |
| Flats | £282,200 | 52 | 3,421 |
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −13.0% | −15.0% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.3% | −4.3% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +0.3% | −4.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.4% | −2.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.6% | −0.2% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Transaction volumes
The year-by-year sales count
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
The monthly pulse, last five years
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
RG40 recorded 382 sales in the last twelve months of data. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 549 sales a year recently, against 656 a year before 2008. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The rental side of RG40
For renting purposes RG40 sits in Wokingham. The ONS average private rent there is £1,482 a month (May 2026). The spread runs from £1,065 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,329 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Wokingham
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,482 a month is £17,784 a year, which against the £457,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.9%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
What people ask about RG40 (Finchampstead)
Is RG40 (Finchampstead) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in RG40 (Finchampstead)?
Are property prices falling in RG40 (Finchampstead)?
Where do RG40 prices go next?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 20% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in RG40 right now
Everything above is what homes in RG40 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 60 homes currently on the market from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 23% below the RG40 median sold price.
Set against 382 registered sales in the last twelve months, the 60 homes on the market here are roughly 2 months of supply at last year's pace, and more in reality, since only agents who publish to HomesIndex are counted.
Of everything listed here, 10% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
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"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every RG40 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
When homes in RG40 change hands
June is when RG40 changes hands most (12.9% of the 3,337 sales dated 2021 to 2025); April is the quiet end at 6.4%. The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 235 | 7.0% |
| February | 236 | 7.1% |
| March | 361 | 10.8% |
| April | 212 | 6.4% |
| May | 252 | 7.6% |
| June | 431 | 12.9% |
| July | 227 | 6.8% |
| August | 281 | 8.4% |
| September | 270 | 8.1% |
| October | 261 | 7.8% |
| November | 266 | 8.0% |
| December | 305 | 9.1% |
The price of an extra bedroom in RG
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the RG area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £390,000 | £435,000 (+12%) | £499,475 (+15%) | £615,000 (+23%) | £790,000 (+28%) |
| Semi-detached | £280,000 | £357,500 (+28%) | £425,000 (+19%) | £520,000 (+22%) | £642,500 (+24%) |
| Terraced | £238,500 | £320,000 (+34%) | £350,000 (+9%) | £417,250 (+19%) | £490,000 (+17%) |
| Flat | £180,000 | £240,000 (+33%) | £305,000 (+27%) | £397,000 (+30%) | £547,500 (+38%) |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
RG40 ranks 18 of 30 in the RG area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Five-year change in the median, RG area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside RG40, sector by sector
Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets with its own market report. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| RG40 1 | £437,500 | 72 |
| RG40 2 | £367,000 | 35 |
| RG40 3 | £560,000 | 25 |
| RG40 4 | £556,500 | 40 |
| RG40 5 | £457,000 | 25 |
How RG40 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the RG area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| RG9 | £718,000 | +1% |
| RG25 | £648,500 | +34% |
| RG29 | £634,000 | +27% |
| RG10 | £577,000 | +1% |
| RG20 | £535,000 | +5% |
| RG8 | £530,000 | -8% |
| RG4 | £485,000 | +3% |
| RG6 | £470,000 | +12% |
| RG45 | £465,000 | -7% |
| RG42 | £463,500 | +3% |
| RG7 | £457,500 | -1% |
| RG40 (this report) | £457,000 | +2% |
| RG5 | £450,000 | +8% |
| RG41 | £450,000 | -3% |
| RG27 | £445,000 | -1% |
| RG28 | £432,500 | +15% |
| RG31 | £405,000 | +12% |
| RG26 | £390,000 | +11% |
| RG18 | £385,000 | +1% |
| RG2 | £383,000 | +2% |
| RG17 | £380,000 | -2% |
| RG23 | £375,000 | +0% |
| RG12 | £371,800 | +14% |
| RG22 | £365,000 | +18% |
Before you sell in RG40: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at RG40's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Dig further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to RG40. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every RG40 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.