RG31 — Reading
Reading's RG31 postcode sits in West Berkshire. The board behind it is assembled from 16,479 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 6 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical RG31 sale went from £72,500 in 1995 to £400,000 in 2026 — 5.5× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2000 — prices moved +19.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -7.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in RG31
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £72,500 | 557 |
| 2000 | £131,950 | 557 |
| 2005 | £206,000 | 545 |
| 2010 | £222,500 | 385 |
| 2015 | £295,000 | 454 |
| 2020 | £340,000 | 381 |
| 2025 | £412,250 | 420 |
| 2026 | £400,000 | 66 |
The areas on the board
6 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Tilehurst (67% of local sales) — busiest streets: Overdown Road, Kentwood Hill, Armour Hill
- Calcot (33% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bath Road, Pemberton Gardens, Sweet Briar Drive
- Eversley Park Road (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land Associated With
- Worting Road (0% of local sales)
- Sydnope Hill (0% of local sales)
- Chater Lane (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land Associated With
Reading about 2000 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the RG31 board.
Local business? Put your name on the RG31 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.