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Short Street, RG8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£412,500
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£5,404
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
6
Distinct homes
3
Price range
£243,000£600,000
Sales recorded
2004 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Short Street is almost entirely semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £412,500 — roughly 29% below the RG8 norm. On floor area that works out near £5,404 per square metre, above the district's £4,752. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across RG8 prices have been easing over the last few years. The record shows 6 sales across 3 homes since 2004.

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Short Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 6 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianRG8 district trend
£200k£400k£600k£800k200520102015202020252004: £243,000 median · 1 sale2005: £279,950 median · 1 sale2007: £300,000 median · 1 sale2015: £525,000 median · 1 sale2020: £600,000 median · 1 sale2023: £540,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the RG8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Short Street compares

Short Street against the RG8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Sheffield Close£815k · 30
High Street£768k · 32
Horseshoe Road£630k · 30
Beech Lane£603k · 24
Shooters Hill£575k · 29
Wallingford Road£550k · 41
Elvendon Road£550k · 28
Whitehouse Road£540k · 25
Reading Road£475k · 60
Short Street£413k · 6*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£412,500
median · all recorded sales
RG8 district
£585,000
median · last 8 years · street -29%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Short Street's £412,500 median sits about 29% below RG8's £585,000; on floor space it runs £5,404/m² against the district's £4,752/m² (+14%).

Street and RG8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Every recorded sale on Short Street

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
21 Jul 20238 · RG8 7NESemi-detached£540,000
15 Dec 20205 · RG8 7NESemi-detached£600,000
4 Jun 20155 · RG8 7NESemi-detached£525,000
9 Mar 20074 · RG8 7NESemi-detached£300,000
18 May 20054 · RG8 7NESemi-detached£279,950
26 Jan 20044 · RG8 7NESemi-detached£243,000
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More streets in RG8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider RG8 area guide.

Reading RoadHigh StreetWallingford RoadHorseshoe RoadElvendon RoadKennedy DriveShooters HillWayside GreenCleeve RoadManor RoadWhitehouse RoadHardwick Road
RG8 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.