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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Bedford

Of 1,661 homes advertised to rent in Bedford in the six months to 31 October 2026, 29 (1.7%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,128 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 22 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 studios47116 (3.4%)£1757815
2 bed6005 (0.8%)£2752666
3 bed4616 (1.3%)£3754281
4 bed1292 (1.6%)£3503560
All sizes1,66129 (1.7%)£2501,12822

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. 11 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%Jul 24: 4%Aug 24: 3.7%Sep 24: 3.1%Oct 24: 3.2%Nov 24: 3%Dec 24: 3.2%Jan 25: 2.6%Feb 25: 2.6%Mar 25: 2.1%Apr 25: 2.4%May 25: 2.2%Jun 25: 2.4%Jul 25: 2.4%Aug 25: 2.1%Sep 25: 2%Oct 25: 1.5%Nov 25: 1.6%Dec 25: 1.3%Jan 26: 1.2%Feb 26: 1.7%Mar 26: 1.8%Apr 26: 1.9%May 26: 1.8%Jun 26: 2%Jul 26: 2.1%Aug 26: 1.9%Sep 26: 1.9%Oct 26: 1.7%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
022Jun 24: 11Jul 24: 12Aug 24: 14Sep 24: 18Oct 24: 22Nov 24: 11Dec 24: 11Jan 25: 13Feb 25: 15Mar 25: 15Apr 25: 18May 25: 15Jun 25: 14Jul 25: 13Aug 25: 11Sep 25: 13Oct 25: 14Nov 25: 15Dec 25: 16Jan 26: 20Feb 26: 21Mar 26: 17Apr 26: 18May 26: 15Jun 26: 13Jul 26: 16Aug 26: 16Sep 26: 19Oct 26: 22Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,6611.7%£275£3751,12822
September 20261,5611.9%£275£3501,11619
August 20261,3191.9%£275£4001,11716
July 20261,4412.1%£275£4001,16916
June 20261,4592%£275£4001,19313
May 20261,3571.8%£275£3971,18015
April 20261,3321.9%£275£3951,15818
March 20261,3511.8%£275£3931,03217
February 20261,3661.7%£275£39596321
January 20261,2861.2%£275£35280420
December 20251,2741.3%£275£35065516
November 20251,2971.6%£275£35067815
October 20251,3591.5%£275£35072014
September 20251,3212%£275£35075113
August 20251,2922.1%£275£35071611
July 20251,2742.4%£275£35077813
June 20251,2692.4%£275£35079914
May 20251,2442.2%£270£35082115
April 20251,1552.4%£270£30081818
March 20251,1672.1%£254£30070315
February 20251,1742.6%£225£30065715
January 20251,1722.6%£225£30067113
December 20241,1413.2%£175£30070811
November 20241,1403%£198£30079311
October 20241,1563.2%£175£3001,30622
September 20241,1213.1%£175£3081,27718
August 20241,1053.7%£175£3031,22314
July 20241,1014%£170£3001,19112
June 20241,1444%£170£3001,16711
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 Bedford 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: Bedford, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/bedford. If Bedford 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 22 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Bedford 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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