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Earley market report RG6, Reading
The standing RG6 (Earley) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Everything below comes from 21,035 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in RG6 (Reading) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in RG6 (Reading) sold for £442,500 in 2026, the median of 167 registered sales, up 5% on five years earlier. The mean was £450,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,110 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 21,035 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
RG6 is the postcode district covering Earley in Reading. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.
Where RG6 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 RG6
Take the 167 registered 2026 sales in RG6 and the middle price, the median, is £442,500. The mean lands at £450,600, nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
Price per square metre in RG6
By floor space, homes in RG6 have sold for about £5,110 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, RG6 runs 55% above it.
A typical RG6 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £442,500 | £442,500 | 167 |
| 2025 | £450,000 | £460,761 | 441 |
| 2024 | £462,500 | £491,733 | 367 |
| 2023 | £470,000 | £516,415 | 357 |
| 2022 | £445,000 | £521,813 | 447 |
| 2021 | £420,000 | £531,774 | 623 |
| 2020 | £410,000 | £531,983 | 329 |
| 2019 | £375,000 | £491,535 | 427 |
| 2018 | £390,000 | £519,877 | 445 |
| 2017 | £415,000 | £566,018 | 581 |
| 2016 | £405,000 | £566,599 | 566 |
| 2015 | £375,000 | £529,875 | 647 |
| 2014 | £287,000 | £407,160 | 661 |
| 2013 | £257,400 | £370,373 | 590 |
| 2012 | £250,000 | £367,969 | 492 |
| 2011 | £250,000 | £377,404 | 486 |
| 2010 | £250,000 | £392,064 | 531 |
| 2009 | £227,500 | £365,708 | 503 |
| 2008 | £235,000 | £385,215 | 429 |
| 2007 | £245,000 | £415,588 | 796 |
| 2006 | £228,000 | £395,779 | 969 |
| 2005 | £220,500 | £392,401 | 735 |
| 2004 | £214,000 | £388,666 | 898 |
| 2003 | £192,200 | £354,079 | 806 |
| 2002 | £176,000 | £331,142 | 952 |
| 2001 | £156,000 | £299,902 | 999 |
| 2000 | £142,000 | £278,675 | 910 |
| 1999 | £121,000 | £241,147 | 1,237 |
| 1998 | £102,500 | £206,904 | 908 |
| 1997 | £88,000 | £180,470 | 1,020 |
| 1996 | £77,800 | £164,077 | 950 |
| 1995 | £74,600 | £162,169 | 766 |
In cash terms the typical RG6 home went from £74,600 in 1995 to £442,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 173%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2016, and today's median remains roughly 22% under it: a 2016 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the RG6 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 2015 (+30.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2018 (−6.0%). 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, 31% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £569,800 against £217,000 for a flat, 2.6 times the price.
Median by property type, RG6
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 | £569,800 | 46 | 6,427 |
| Semi-detached | £488,000 | 59 | 6,271 |
| Terraced | £330,000 | 45 | 5,834 |
| Flats | £217,000 | 17 | 2,503 |
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −1.7% | −4.0% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.0% | −3.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.9% | −2.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Sales activity in RG6
How many homes change hands
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
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.
The register shows 329 RG6 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 883 sales a year before the financial crisis and 356 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around RG6
RG6 falls under Wokingham, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,482 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £1,065 a month here against £2,329 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Wokingham
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £442,500 median sold price, £1,482 a month is £17,784 a year, a gross yield of 4.0%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
Common questions on RG6 (Earley)
Is RG6 (Earley) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in RG6 (Earley)?
Are property prices falling in RG6 (Earley)?
Are RG6 prices heading up or down?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 5% over five years in cash but down 17% 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.
RG6's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in RG6 sold for. The live side of the market holds 104 homes at the moment, listed by 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 2% above the RG6 median sold price.
36% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every RG6 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.
Bedroom by bedroom: RG prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the RG area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £444,995 | £595,000 (+34%) | £830,000 (+39%) | £1,200,000 (+45%) |
| Semi-detached | £310,000 | £385,000 (+24%) | £455,500 (+18%) | £579,500 (+27%) | £784,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £295,000 | £340,000 (+15%) | £375,000 (+10%) | £485,000 (+29%) | £650,000 (+34%) |
| Flat | £200,000 | £270,000 (+35%) | £409,950 (+52%) | £638,750 (+56%) | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
RG6 ranks 14 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.
RG area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside RG6, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RG6 1 | £340,000 | 32 |
| RG6 3 | £428,000 | 28 |
| RG6 4 | £395,000 | 45 |
| RG6 5 | £540,000 | 25 |
| RG6 7 | £530,000 | 37 |
How RG6 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the RG area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| RG9 | £695,000 | -2% |
| RG29 | £617,000 | +23% |
| RG25 | £610,000 | +26% |
| RG10 | £600,000 | +5% |
| RG20 | £542,500 | +6% |
| RG8 | £500,000 | -13% |
| RG4 | £487,500 | +4% |
| RG7 | £465,500 | +1% |
| RG42 | £465,000 | +3% |
| RG45 | £460,000 | -8% |
| RG40 | £455,000 | +1% |
| RG5 | £445,000 | +7% |
| RG27 | £445,000 | -1% |
| RG6 (this report) | £442,500 | +5% |
| RG41 | £442,500 | -5% |
| RG28 | £435,000 | +16% |
| RG31 | £403,300 | +12% |
| RG26 | £390,000 | +11% |
| RG23 | £387,500 | +3% |
| RG2 | £385,000 | +3% |
| RG18 | £380,000 | +0% |
| RG17 | £375,000 | -3% |
| RG12 | £370,000 | +14% |
| RG22 | £370,000 | +19% |
Selling in RG6? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in RG6, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from RG6's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded RG6 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
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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.