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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Basildon

Of 881 homes advertised to rent in Basildon in the six months to 31 October 2026, 8 (0.9%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,327 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 27 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 studios2393 (1.3%)£22514620
2 bed3381 (0.3%)£4003375
3 bed2434 (1.6%)£4504821
4 bed610 (0%)£6503621
All sizes8818 (0.9%)£3751,32727

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. 20 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: 1.8%Jul 24: 1.8%Aug 24: 1.9%Sep 24: 1.8%Oct 24: 2.2%Nov 24: 2.9%Dec 24: 2%Jan 25: 1.9%Feb 25: 2%Mar 25: 2%Apr 25: 1.5%May 25: 1%Jun 25: 1.2%Jul 25: 1.4%Aug 25: 1.2%Sep 25: 1.5%Oct 25: 1.4%Nov 25: 1.4%Dec 25: 1%Jan 26: 0.9%Feb 26: 1.3%Mar 26: 1.2%Apr 26: 1.1%May 26: 1.1%Jun 26: 1.4%Jul 26: 1.4%Aug 26: 1.1%Sep 26: 0.8%Oct 26: 0.9%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
033Jun 24: 17Jul 24: 19Aug 24: 17Sep 24: 14Oct 24: 16Nov 24: 7Dec 24: 7Jan 25: 7Feb 25: 8Mar 25: 8Apr 25: 9May 25: 8Jun 25: 11Jul 25: 9Aug 25: 13Sep 25: 12Oct 25: 14Nov 25: 14Dec 25: 16Jan 26: 12Feb 26: 13Mar 26: 16Apr 26: 21May 26: 22Jun 26: 24Jul 26: 25Aug 26: 26Sep 26: 33Oct 26: 27Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268810.9%£400£4501,32727
September 20268340.8%£400£4501,28733
August 20268341.1%£400£4501,15926
July 20268511.4%£400£4501,21825
June 20268621.4%£400£4501,28424
May 20267951.1%£400£4501,25822
April 20267911.1%£400£4501,24021
March 20268281.2%£400£4051,15816
February 20267961.3%£400£4101,08213
January 20267890.9%£400£40087912
December 20257701%£400£45076216
November 20258341.4%£400£45081814
October 20258421.4%£400£45090314
September 20258251.5%£355£45089912
August 20258191.2%£350£4501,03513
July 20258131.4%£350£4501,0049
June 20258011.2%£375£4501,03611
May 20257091%£400£4001,0418
April 20257161.5%£400£4001,0019
March 20257002%£400£3508178
February 20257032%£400£4008068
January 20257211.9%£400£4007687
December 20247042%£400£4007547
November 20247622.9%£400£4008417
October 20247432.2%£350£4001,24416
September 20247321.8%£350£4001,20214
August 20247271.9%£350£4001,08917
July 20247201.8%£350£4001,06919
June 20247231.8%£350£3501,00417
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 Basildon 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: Basildon, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/basildon. If Basildon holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Basildon's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 27 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Basildon 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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