New Road, Reading house prices are built from 136 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 24 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £406,250. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +63.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +26.8%.
Median price paid
£406,250
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+63.4%
Change in real terms
+26.8%
Median per m²
£2,711
HM Land Registry136 sales6 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Feb 2026
Section 01
How New Road, Reading prices moved
The chart tracks the median New Road, Reading house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2022. 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 | 3 | £174,000 | £386,362 |
| 2000s | 7 | £347,500 | £633,043 |
| 2010s | 4 | £471,400 | £664,674 |
| 2020s | 1 | £711,000 | £726,457 |
The highest yearly median on record for New Road, Reading is £765,000 in 2019; the lowest is £145,000 in 1996. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £145,000 to £711,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £314,538, so the real change over the whole record is +161.9% — about +3.77% 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: +63.4% in cash against +26.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 24 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 65 | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £905,000 | £924,674 |
| 16 | 7 Nov 2025 | Detached | £1,150,000 | £1,175,000 |
| 38 | 22 Aug 2025 | Detached | £760,000 | £776,522 |
| 21 | 15 Nov 2024 | Detached | £1,270,000 | £1,336,343 |
| 25 | 5 Aug 2024 | Detached | £750,000 | £789,179 |
| 37 | 17 May 2024 | Detached | £1,230,000 | £1,294,254 |
| 36 | 10 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £408,900 | £430,260 |
| 20 | 8 Sep 2022 | Detached | £935,000 | £1,083,279 |
| 52 | 5 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £650,000 | £753,081 |
| 23 | 28 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £510,000 | £590,879 |
| 16 | 1 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £711,000 | £823,755 |
| 89 | 28 Jan 2022 | Detached | £925,000 | £1,071,693 |
| 8 | 25 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £635,000 | £802,285 |
| 21 | 25 Jun 2021 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £694,892 |
| 45 | 26 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £484,000 | £611,505 |
| 67 | 12 Nov 2020 | Detached | £1,150,000 | £1,488,981 |
| 26 | 30 Oct 2020 | Detached | £695,000 | £899,862 |
| 20 | 14 Aug 2020 | Detached | £760,000 | £984,022 |
| 14 | 5 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £765,000 | £1,000,603 |
| 23 | 10 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £752,087 |
| 63 | 18 Apr 2019 | Detached | £860,000 | £1,124,861 |
| 24 | 21 Mar 2019 | Detached | £690,000 | £902,505 |
| 17 | 20 Feb 2019 | Semi-detached | £875,000 | £1,144,481 |
| 17 | 10 May 2018 | Detached | £770,000 | £1,026,181 |
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 New Road, Reading values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 New Road | £245,000 (2004) | £405,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -0.5% |
| 16 New Road | £272,500 (1997) | £1,150,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| 21 New Road | £138,500 (1998) | £1,270,000 (2024) | +8.9% | +6.1% |
| 25 New Road | £407,500 (2009) | £750,000 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.1% |
| 37 New Road | £130,000 (1999) | £1,230,000 (2024) | +9.4% | +6.6% |
| 20 New Road | £760,000 (2020) | £935,000 (2022) | +10.9% | +4.9% |
| 52 New Road | £247,000 (2002) | £650,000 (2022) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 23 New Road | £245,000 (2001) | £510,000 (2022) | +3.6% | +1.0% |
| 89 New Road | £145,000 (1996) | £925,000 (2022) | +7.4% | +4.8% |
| 45 New Road | £248,000 (2007) | £484,000 (2021) | +4.9% | +2.5% |
| 67 New Road | £162,000 (1996) | £1,150,000 (2020) | +8.5% | +6.2% |
| 14 New Road | £240,900 (2001) | £765,000 (2019) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. New Road, Reading 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 | 77 | 56.6% | £485,000 | £90,000 – £1,270,000 |
| Semi-detached | 41 | 30.1% | £408,900 | £138,500 – £875,000 |
| Terraced | 18 | 13.2% | £309,000 | £163,000 – £447,250 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in New Road, Reading
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 136 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 136 | 100.0% | £406,250 |
| New build | 3 | 2.2% | £595,000 |
| Existing home | 133 | 97.8% | £405,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +46.9%. 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 2 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 New Road, Reading
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 £406,250 here, that rent is a gross yield of 4.35% 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 RG10, 33 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 9 violent, 4 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 3 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 5.1 times quieter.
Against the 124,607 residents the 2021 census counted in Bracknell Forest, that is 0.26 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 New Road, Reading
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.
10 state and independent schools have a RG10 postcode: 9 primary, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Piggott School | All-through | Academy converter | 1,945 |
| The Colleton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 293 |
| Polehampton Church of England Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | 232 |
| Polehampton Church of England Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | 148 |
| Waltham St Lawrence Primary School | Primary | Community school | 148 |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst | Primary | Academy converter | 138 |
| Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 129 |
| Crazies Hill Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 84 |
| Robert Piggott CofE Infant School | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Robert Piggott CofE Junior School | Primary | Academy converter | — |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Twyford Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Wargrave Rail Station | Rail | 2.4 km |
| Shiplake Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Winnersh Triangle Rail Station | Rail | 5.7 km |
Section 09
How New Road, Reading compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. New Road, Reading sits above that national figure — +157.9%.
Within Reading the street ranks 704 of 3510 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £220,000 (+84.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,711 per square metre, across 6 of the 136 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 £90,000 to £1,270,000. 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.
New Road, Reading 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
Streets nearby
- High Street£300,000 median
- Broad Hinton£200,000 median
- Victoria Road£320,000 median
- East Park Farm Drive£267,975 median
- Henley Road£275,000 median
- Wargrave Road£430,000 median
- Church Street£198,000 median
- Waltham Road£186,975 median
- The Hawthorns£325,000 median
- Hilltop Road£314,500 median
- Silk Lane£184,975 median
- Brook Street£219,225 median
- Hurst Park Road£282,475 median
- Colleton Drive£229,950 median
- Cotterell Gardens£205,000 median
- Broadwater Road£355,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 16 New Road8 sales
- 21 New Road7 sales
- 34 New Road6 sales
- 29 New Road5 sales
- 27 New Road4 sales
- 15 New Road4 sales
- 9 New Road4 sales
- 38 New Road3 sales
- 37 New Road3 sales
- 52 New Road3 sales
- 23 New Road3 sales
- 45 New Road3 sales
- 67 New Road3 sales
- 14 New Road3 sales
- 63 New Road3 sales
- 17 New Road3 sales
- 12 New Road3 sales
- 10 New Road3 sales
- 73 New Road3 sales
- 3 New Road3 sales
- 69 New Road3 sales
- 25 New Road2 sales
- 20 New Road2 sales
- 89 New Road2 sales
Back to Reading house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in New Road, Reading?
The median price paid in New Road, Reading across every sale on the register is £406,250. 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 New Road, Reading?
136 sales are on record for New Road, Reading, the most recent completing on 24 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have New Road, Reading house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +63.4% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +26.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were New Road, Reading house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £765,000, set in 2019. 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 New Road, Reading?
£2,711 per square metre, from the 6 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 24 Feb 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, “New Road, Reading 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.