Estate agent fees · Reading
Estate agent fees in Reading: around £5,751 on a typical home
The typical home in Reading sold for £405,000 over the last 12 months. At the UK average high street fee of about 1.42% including VAT, that's £5,751 to the agent. Get local agents competing and you could keep more of it.
Get Reading agents to pitchTypical sold price
£405,000
-2.6% on the previous 12 months
Median of 3,039 sales
Fee at 1.42% (UK average)
£5,751
Including VAT
If agents compete
Save £1,701
At 1.0% the fee is £4,050; at 1.2% it's £4,860
Agent fees by property type in Reading
| Type | Typical price | Fee at 1.42% | Fee at 1.0% | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £657,000 | £9,329 | £6,570 | 744 |
| Semi-detached | £450,000 | £6,390 | £4,500 | 851 |
| Terraced | £352,000 | £4,998 | £3,520 | 840 |
| Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £3,266 | £2,300 | 604 |
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List your home freeSold prices: median of standard residential sales in the Reading post town from 7 Nov 2025 to 7 Nov 2026, HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (recent months are still being registered). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Average fee of 1.42% inc VAT from HomeOwners Alliance. Figures are guides, not valuations.