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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Ashford

Of 957 homes advertised to rent in Ashford in the six months to 31 October 2026, 12 (1.3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,144 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 28 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 studios2139 (4.2%)£1757110
2 bed4133 (0.7%)£30031618
3 bed2490 (0%)£3023990
4 bed820 (0%)£3103580
All sizes95712 (1.3%)£2501,14428

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. 8 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%10%Jun 24: 4.2%Jul 24: 3.9%Aug 24: 3.4%Sep 24: 2.9%Oct 24: 2.5%Nov 24: 2.3%Dec 24: 2%Jan 25: 1.6%Feb 25: 1.4%Mar 25: 1.3%Apr 25: 1.2%May 25: 1.3%Jun 25: 1.5%Jul 25: 1.5%Aug 25: 1.7%Sep 25: 2%Oct 25: 2.3%Nov 25: 2.3%Dec 25: 2.2%Jan 26: 2.5%Feb 26: 2.8%Mar 26: 2.2%Apr 26: 1.8%May 26: 1.8%Jun 26: 1.5%Jul 26: 1.2%Aug 26: 0.7%Sep 26: 0.9%Oct 26: 1.3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
033Jun 24: 20Jul 24: 18Aug 24: 24Sep 24: 23Oct 24: 27Nov 24: 17Dec 24: 16Jan 25: 16Feb 25: 14Mar 25: 10Apr 25: 18May 25: 19Jun 25: 17Jul 25: 17Aug 25: 14Sep 25: 13Oct 25: 14Nov 25: 14Dec 25: 15Jan 26: 12Feb 26: 15Mar 26: 19Apr 26: 23May 26: 24Jun 26: 26Jul 26: 32Aug 26: 33Sep 26: 33Oct 26: 28Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20269571.3%£300£3021,14428
September 20268630.9%£250£3021,14733
August 20268780.7%£300£3021,05133
July 20269461.2%£300£3021,07732
June 20269161.5%£300£3021,12426
May 20268381.8%£300£3021,13924
April 20268111.8%£300£3021,12123
March 20268532.2%£250£3021,04719
February 20268362.8%£250£30294615
January 20268152.5%£250£30272912
December 20258372.2%£250£30268515
November 20258852.3%£250£30273814
October 20259202.3%£300£30278414
September 20259032%£300£30283213
August 20258641.7%£300£30283914
July 20258221.5%£300£30288617
June 20258231.5%£300£30284717
May 20257781.3%£300£30286519
April 20257411.2%£300£30285418
March 20257621.3%£250£30264510
February 20257721.4%£250£30270214
January 20258081.6%£250£30172616
December 20247952%£250£25275716
November 20248212.3%£250£25286017
October 20248422.5%£250£2521,18027
September 20248192.9%£250£2521,14023
August 20248013.4%£250£2521,02724
July 20247913.9%£250£2521,00618
June 20248314.2%£250£25297620
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 Ashford 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: Ashford, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/ashford. If Ashford 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 28 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Ashford 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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