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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Aberdeen City

Of 3,228 homes advertised to rent in Aberdeen City in the six months to 31 October 2026, 307 (9.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 518 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 214 would return 7% gross or more a year if let at the LHA.

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By size · the six months to 31 October 2026

Each size against its own LHA rate.

Size Homes to rent Within the LHA Gap at the 30th percentile For sale Work at 7%
1 bed and studios1,26063 (5%)£759375
2 bed1,618201 (12.4%)£75231116
3 bed24937 (14.9%)£9410321
4 bed1016 (5.9%)£250912
All sizes3,228307 (9.5%)£75518214

A dash means too few homes to give a figure (a share needs 10 judged homes, a gap 20); the count is still shown. Studios are read as one bedroom; homes of five bedrooms or more are not read, as the LHA has no rate for them. 30 homes were counted but not judged because their rental market area or rate was not known.

The trend · June 2024 to October 2026

Month by month, as published.

Each point is one completed month, read over the six months before it. A month's figures are published once and never changed.

Share of homes advertised to rent within the LHA, all sizes
0%15.1%Jun 24: 15.1%Jul 24: 14%Aug 24: 13.5%Sep 24: 13.6%Oct 24: 13.7%Nov 24: 13.1%Dec 24: 13.3%Jan 25: 12.9%Feb 25: 12.4%Mar 25: 11.8%Apr 25: 10.9%May 25: 10.8%Jun 25: 11%Jul 25: 10.7%Aug 25: 10.1%Sep 25: 10.4%Oct 25: 10.9%Nov 25: 10.9%Dec 25: 11.5%Jan 26: 11.7%Feb 26: 11.9%Mar 26: 11.5%Apr 26: 11.5%May 26: 11%Jun 26: 10.7%Jul 26: 10.3%Aug 26: 9.8%Sep 26: 9.5%Oct 26: 9.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0219Jun 24: 97Jul 24: 119Aug 24: 125Sep 24: 133Oct 24: 132Nov 24: 105Dec 24: 98Jan 25: 93Feb 25: 113Mar 25: 118Apr 25: 118May 25: 129Jun 25: 125Jul 25: 121Aug 25: 125Sep 25: 128Oct 25: 123Nov 25: 111Dec 25: 118Jan 26: 139Feb 26: 154Mar 26: 172Apr 26: 184May 26: 174Jun 26: 177Jul 26: 183Aug 26: 181Sep 26: 219Oct 26: 214Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263,2289.5%£75£94518214
September 20263,0819.5%£75£101516219
August 20262,8399.8%£75£90465181
July 20262,82910.3%£65£109470183
June 20262,97310.7%£50£115488177
May 20262,78611%£50£115467174
April 20262,63511.5%£50£135478184
March 20262,57211.5%£50£135451172
February 20262,65511.9%£50£135405154
January 20262,49611.7%£50£135389139
December 20252,43011.5%£50£135281118
November 20252,46510.9%£50£135291111
October 20252,73310.9%£50£135305123
September 20252,54210.4%£50£135310128
August 20252,36110.1%£75£140303125
July 20252,56010.7%£51£140307121
June 20252,28711%£50£140311125
May 20252,04610.8%£50£135315129
April 20251,66610.9%£50£140288118
March 20251,75811.8%£50£135302118
February 20251,80712.4%£50£135312113
January 20251,80112.9%£50£13225693
December 20242,04713.3%£50£9129298
November 20242,27413.1%£50£97322105
October 20242,41713.7%£50£93350132
September 20242,43413.6%£50£112347133
August 20242,45013.5%£50£96321125
July 20242,35114%£50£115288119
June 20242,27915.1%£50£13525597
Reading the figures

What these numbers are, and are not.

  • Advertised, not agreed. Asking rents and asking prices as the portals showed them. Rents finally agreed usually sit below advertised rents, so the true gap is likely to be smaller; prices paid sit below asking, so slightly more homes may work.
  • Each home against its own rate. The LHA for the home's size in its own broad rental market area, in force at the month's end. Where Aberdeen City spans more than one area, each home is read against the right one.
  • A screen, not a return. "Work at 7%" is twelve months at the LHA divided by the asking price, before service charges, voids, repairs or purchase costs. It says which homes are worth looking at, not what they would earn.
  • Counted, never modelled. No figure on this page is estimated or produced by AI. The full method, the floors below which a figure is withheld, and the sources are on the index page.

Cite as: Viiyoo, Where the LHA reaches: Aberdeen City, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/aberdeen-city. If Aberdeen City holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Behind the counts

The 214 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Aberdeen City that would work at LHA rents. A Viiyoo buying plan names them, costs each one after grant, checks its lease, flood risk and licensing, and comes back as a pack a cabinet can follow. The first brief is free, for up to 25 homes.

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