RG42 5 house prices are built from 1,350 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 1 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £449,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +12.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -19.3%.
Median price paid
£449,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+12.6%
Change in real terms
-19.3%
Median per m²
£5,596
HM Land Registry1,350 sales29 with floor areaLatest sale 1 May 2026
Section 01
How RG42 5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median RG42 5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £129,975 | £288,606 |
| 2000s | 10 | £275,000 | £500,969 |
| 2010s | 10 | £398,000 | £561,180 |
| 2020s | 7 | £540,000 | £551,739 |
The highest yearly median on record for RG42 5 is £615,000 in 2022; the lowest is £104,975 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £105,000 to £535,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £233,150, so the real change over the whole record is +129.5% — about +2.72% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +12.6% in cash against -19.3% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Honeysuckle Copse | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £1,100,000 | £1,100,000 |
| 21 Heather Green | 14 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £555,000 | £555,000 |
| 71 Rose Hill | 13 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| DENTON HOUSE Terrace Road North | 27 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 7 Mallow Grove | 27 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| 22 Stevenson Drive | 19 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £442,000 | £442,000 |
| 35 Meadowsweet Lane | 17 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £535,000 | £535,000 |
| APPLEGARTH HOUSE Terrace Road North | 9 Feb 2026 | Detached | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 |
| 26 Honeysuckle Copse | 8 Jan 2026 | Detached | £998,250 | £998,250 |
| 25 Clematis Court | 12 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| OAKWOOD Bottle Lane | 5 Dec 2025 | Detached | £865,000 | £883,804 |
| 23 Assheton Croft | 5 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £587,500 |
| 1 Mallow Grove | 5 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £561,957 |
| 8 Rose Hill | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £415,000 | £424,022 |
| 9 Mallow Grove | 28 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £410,000 | £418,913 |
| 20 Clematis Court | 28 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | £326,957 |
| 9 Cornflower Lane | 27 Nov 2025 | Detached | £575,000 | £587,500 |
| 9 Teasel Down | 14 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £500,000 | £510,870 |
| 38 Rose Hill | 10 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £587,500 |
| 12 Ketcher Green | 28 Oct 2025 | Detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| VICTORIA COTTAGE Terrace Road North | 6 Oct 2025 | Detached | £540,000 | £551,739 |
| FOLLY COTTAGE Buckle Lane | 2 Oct 2025 | Detached | £730,000 | £745,870 |
| 2 Dahlia Close | 26 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 6 Sorrel Drive | 19 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £700,000 | £715,217 |
| 1 Assheton Croft | 3 Sep 2025 | Detached | £1,160,000 | £1,185,217 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to RG42 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Honeysuckle Copse | £945,000 (2019) | £1,100,000 (2026) | +2.2% | -1.7% |
| 21 Heather Green | £520,000 (2018) | £555,000 (2026) | +0.8% | -2.7% |
| 71 Rose Hill | £97,000 (1997) | £415,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.5% |
| DENTON HOUSE Terrace Road North | £215,000 (2001) | £525,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| 7 Mallow Grove | £400,000 (2019) | £430,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -2.8% |
| 22 Stevenson Drive | £312,500 (2014) | £442,000 (2026) | +2.9% | -0.1% |
| 35 Meadowsweet Lane | £475,000 (2017) | £535,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -2.1% |
| APPLEGARTH HOUSE Terrace Road North | £264,000 (1996) | £1,200,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| 26 Honeysuckle Copse | £780,000 (2020) | £998,250 (2026) | +4.2% | -0.2% |
| 25 Clematis Court | £320,000 (2021) | £325,000 (2025) | +0.4% | -4.8% |
| 1 Mallow Grove | £495,000 (2019) | £550,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -2.3% |
| OAKWOOD Bottle Lane | £680,000 (2012) | £865,000 (2025) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. RG42 5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 518 | 38.4% | £530,000 | £73,000 – £3,525,000 |
| Semi-detached | 431 | 31.9% | £475,000 | £58,000 – £800,000 |
| Terraced | 274 | 20.3% | £435,000 | £80,000 – £792,650 |
| Flat or maisonette | 127 | 9.4% | £305,000 | £75,000 – £650,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in RG42 5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 343 certificates cover RG42 5, and their median floor area is 98 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +28.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 98 m² | about 1,055 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 78 m² | about 840 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 141 m² | about 1,518 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 9.0% | 31 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 18.4% | 63 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in RG42 5
142 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1,208 freehold — 10.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £287,500 and the median freehold sale £476,500 — a gap of +65.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 142 | 10.5% | £287,500 |
| Freehold | 1,208 | 89.5% | £476,500 |
| New build | 532 | 39.4% | £515,000 |
| Existing home | 818 | 60.6% | £350,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +47.1%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 69 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in RG42 5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bracknell Forest, 55.8% of 59,770 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 1.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 680 | 1.1% |
| B | 9,410 | 15.7% |
| C | 23,264 | 38.9% |
| D | 20,605 | 34.5% |
| E | 4,841 | 8.1% |
| F | 797 | 1.3% |
| G | 173 | 0.3% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bracknell Forest at £1,471 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,073 for a one-bedroom home and £1,652 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £449,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 3.93% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of RG42, 198 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 46 violent, 8 burglary, 4 vehicle-related and 33 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times busier.
Against the 124,607 residents the 2021 census counted in Bracknell Forest, that is 1.59 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around RG42 5
The 2021 census counted 124,607 residents in Bracknell Forest across 50,245 households. 68.5% of those households own their home and 31.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a RG42 postcode: 6 primary, 1 secondary, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Academy Binfield | All-through | Free schools | 1,500 |
| Garth Hill College | Secondary | Community school | 1,452 |
| King's Academy Meadow Vale | Primary | Academy converter | 562 |
| Warfield Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 444 |
| Binfield Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 427 |
| Whitegrove Primary School | Primary | Community school | 418 |
| King's Academy Oakwood | Primary | Free schools | 210 |
| Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 207 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Rail Station | Rail | 1.7 km |
| Martins Heron Rail Station | Rail | 3.2 km |
| Ascot Rail Station | Rail | 6.1 km |
| Wokingham Rail Station | Rail | 6.2 km |
Section 09
How RG42 5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. RG42 5 sits above that national figure — +185.1%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £5,596 per square metre, across 29 of the 1,350 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £58,000 to £3,525,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
RG42 5 sits in Bracknell Forest, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bracknell Forest at 9.1 times median local earnings of £44,883 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in RG42
- RG42 1£184,125 median
- RG42 2£209,950 median
- RG42 3£208,000 median
- RG42 4£297,250 median
- RG42 6£450,000 median
- RG42 7£250,000 median
The wider district is RG42.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in RG42 5?
The median price paid in RG42 5 across every sale on the register is £449,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in RG42 5?
1,350 sales are on record for RG42 5, the most recent completing on 1 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have RG42 5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +12.6% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -19.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were RG42 5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £615,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in RG42 5?
£5,596 per square metre, from the 29 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 1 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “RG42 5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.