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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Argyll and Bute

Of 152 homes advertised to rent in Argyll and Bute in the six months to 31 October 2026, 27 (17.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 679 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 142 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 studios389 (23.7%)£307230
2 bed769 (11.8%)£15022261
3 bed306 (20%)£9426531
4 bed83—12020
All sizes15227 (17.8%)£100679142

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.

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%18.7%Jun 24: 18.2%Jul 24: 16.8%Aug 24: 18.7%Sep 24: 15.7%Oct 24: 16.7%Nov 24: 14.5%Dec 24: 12.8%Jan 25: 11%Feb 25: 11.1%Mar 25: 10.2%Apr 25: 5.7%May 25: 6%Jun 25: 6.4%Jul 25: 8.1%Aug 25: 7.1%Sep 25: 6.3%Oct 25: 5.8%Nov 25: 6.4%Dec 25: 7.1%Jan 26: 8%Feb 26: 12.9%Mar 26: 15.2%Apr 26: 15.2%May 26: 15.9%Jun 26: 16.9%Jul 26: 17.2%Aug 26: 14.9%Sep 26: 12.3%Oct 26: 17.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0142Jun 24: 124Jul 24: 110Aug 24: 104Sep 24: 116Oct 24: 121Nov 24: 88Dec 24: 75Jan 25: 69Feb 25: 94Mar 25: 78Apr 25: 92May 25: 86Jun 25: 99Jul 25: 98Aug 25: 96Sep 25: 98Oct 25: 85Nov 25: 78Dec 25: 68Jan 26: 69Feb 26: 95Mar 26: 93Apr 26: 89May 26: 103Jun 26: 105Jul 26: 115Aug 26: 118Sep 26: 125Oct 26: 142Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 202615217.8%£150£94679142
September 202612212.3%£128£100619125
August 202611414.9%£100£139539118
July 202613417.2%£100£155555115
June 202613616.9%£100£205516105
May 202613215.9%£100£205501103
April 202613215.2%£100—42189
March 202613215.2%£98£20540293
February 202613212.9%£103£20537495
January 20261128%£150£17028969
December 2025987.1%£150£15529268
November 20251106.4%£193£15531678
October 20251045.8%£187£15532485
September 20251116.3%£195£16835898
August 2025997.1%£199£16537496
July 2025998.1%£195£17535098
June 2025946.4%£195£22035699
May 2025836%£175£19035286
April 2025875.7%£150£20533492
March 20258810.2%£150£17027378
February 20259911.1%£150£22030794
January 202510011%£150—25069
December 202411712.8%£150—27975
November 202411714.5%£150£20531988
October 202411416.7%£150—548121
September 202410815.7%£125—525116
August 202410718.7%£107—471104
July 202410116.8%£105—483110
June 20248818.2%£100—469124
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 Argyll and Bute 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: Argyll and Bute, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/argyll-and-bute. If Argyll and Bute 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 142 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Argyll and Bute 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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