Aug 2026
$202K
+6.3% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Reading, PA
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Reading, PA’s median sale price is $202K as of Aug 2026 — +6.3% year over year. Pecan Street tracks Reading with its Three-Opinion home-price methodology (Redfin, FHFA HPI, and Zillow ZHVI), with no market signals flagged right now.
Headline
Sep 18, 2026
7.04%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$1,079/mo
$46K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Reading compares to other U.S. metros
| Days on market | ↓192nd of 194 |
|---|---|
| Price-to-rent | ↓184th of 195 |
| Home-price growth | ↑34th of 195 (top 18%) |
| Price cuts | ↑72nd of 194 (top 38%) |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 9 -7.3% YoY ↓184th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $179 +3.2% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 40% -1.0 pts YoY ↑72nd of 194 (top 38%) |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 109 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Aug 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Jul 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 6 shown of 43 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | Bright MLS |
| Price methodology | Three-Opinion · Redfin · FHFA HPI · Zillow ZHVI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
normal · 1.7ppRedfin (city) +6.3% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +4.6% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19601 | $190K↓ | 34↑ | 16↓ | 20↑ | 47↑ | $190K↑ |
| 19602 | $170K↑ | 37↑ | 32↑ | 12↑ | 49↑ | $150K↑ |
| 19604 | $190K↓ | 44↑ | 32↑ | 20↑ | 35↓ | $175K↑ |
| 19605 | $336K↑ | 28↑ | 20↓ | 12↑ | 30↓ | $302K↑ |
| 19606 | $320K↓ | 57↑ | 48↑ | 24↓ | 30↑ | $308K↑ |
| 19607 | $320K↓ | 31↓ | 28↑ | 16↑ | 22↓ | $283K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.