PA · Metro #128

Reading - PA housing market

The Reading metro has a typical home value of $310,046, up 2.2% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 7 days on market - a strong seller's market. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$310,046
+2.2% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$278,776
+6.0% YoY
Median list price
$296,417
Sale-to-list ratio
99.8%
Selling below ask
Days on market
7d
Listings w/ price cut
14.7%
New listings / mo
330
+7.5% YoY
Homes for sale
576
+2.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,512/mo
+3.6% YoY
Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($310,046) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Reading - PA metro area , a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 2.2% over the past year. In Reading - PA, that means a home worth $303,372 last year is now worth roughly $310,046.

The median sale price , what homes actually close for , is $278,776. Homes are selling at 99.8% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Reading - PA sit on the market for roughly 7 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 14.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 330 new listings hit the market each month in Reading - PA. There are currently 576 homes for sale, up 2.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Reading - PA is $1,512, up 3.6% year over year. For investors, the price-to-rent ratio here is roughly 17x annual rent.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

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Other metros in PA

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Philadelphia - PA$386,647 +2.6% 11.0d
Pittsburgh - PA$228,113 +1.1% 15.0d
Allentown - PA$360,509 +3.0% 10.0d
Harrisburg - PA$308,987 +3.6% 8.0d
Scranton - PA$223,921 +1.6% 17.0d
Lancaster - PA$385,243 +4.5% 5.0d
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