RG4 — Reading
Reading's RG4 postcode sits in Reading. The board behind it is assembled from 23,155 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical RG4 sale went from £88,000 in 1995 to £484,000 in 2026 — 5.5× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2000 — prices moved +18.2% that year. The one to avoid was 2024: the median moved -9.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in RG4
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £88,000 | 685 |
| 2000 | £152,500 | 853 |
| 2005 | £233,745 | 835 |
| 2010 | £290,000 | 587 |
| 2015 | £365,000 | 686 |
| 2020 | £430,000 | 518 |
| 2025 | £480,000 | 568 |
| 2026 | £484,000 | 94 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Caversham (70% of local sales) — busiest streets: Gosbrook Road, Hemdean Road, Kidmore Road
- Emmer Green (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Peppard Road, Kidmore End Road, Surley Row
- Sonning Common (9% of local sales) — busiest streets: Kennylands Road, Peppard Road, Churchill Crescent
- Sonning (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: West Drive, Pound Lane, Old Bath Road
- Tokers Green (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Tokers Green Lane, Rokeby Drive, Russell Road
- Kidmore End (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Chalkhouse Green Road, Wood Lane, Craysleaze
- Gallowstree Common (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Hamlet, Horsepond Road, Hazelmoor Lane
- Sonning Eye (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Playhatch Road, Mill Farm Cottages
Reading about 2000 is easy; surviving 2024 is the game. Play the RG4 board.
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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.