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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Boston

Of 622 homes advertised to rent in Boston in the six months to 31 October 2026, 15 (2.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 666 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 88 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 studios1258 (6.4%)£95258
2 bed2474 (1.6%)£11016953
3 bed2222 (0.9%)£13333027
4 bed281 (3.6%)£1401420
All sizes62215 (2.4%)£11566688

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. 16 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: 6.2%Jul 24: 6%Aug 24: 6.2%Sep 24: 5.3%Oct 24: 4.4%Nov 24: 4.6%Dec 24: 4.5%Jan 25: 3.8%Feb 25: 3.8%Mar 25: 3.8%Apr 25: 4%May 25: 4.2%Jun 25: 3.5%Jul 25: 3.5%Aug 25: 2.8%Sep 25: 3.1%Oct 25: 3.3%Nov 25: 3.1%Dec 25: 3.4%Jan 26: 4.4%Feb 26: 6%Mar 26: 5.8%Apr 26: 6.2%May 26: 5.9%Jun 26: 5.5%Jul 26: 4.9%Aug 26: 2.5%Sep 26: 2.1%Oct 26: 2.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
091Jun 24: 56Jul 24: 62Aug 24: 61Sep 24: 61Oct 24: 57Nov 24: 55Dec 24: 51Jan 25: 51Feb 25: 46Mar 25: 32Apr 25: 55May 25: 61Jun 25: 57Jul 25: 54Aug 25: 57Sep 25: 41Oct 25: 34Nov 25: 35Dec 25: 36Jan 26: 40Feb 26: 63Mar 26: 63Apr 26: 68May 26: 71Jun 26: 80Jul 26: 88Aug 26: 87Sep 26: 91Oct 26: 88Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20266222.4%£110£13366688
September 20265732.1%£110£14066791
August 20265532.5%£100£16065287
July 20266364.9%£100£14065488
June 20265805.5%£100£13868080
May 20265395.9%£100£14066571
April 20265016.2%£100£14067568
March 20265155.8%£100£11559263
February 20265026%£100£11555063
January 20264364.4%£91£14043940
December 20254463.4%£100£14044736
November 20254593.1%£100£16044735
October 20254583.3%£100£16045334
September 20254183.1%£100£16049341
August 20253962.8%£100£16054057
July 20253763.5%£100£16049154
June 20253423.5%£100£15451457
May 20253084.2%£100£11552061
April 20252974%£100£11550555
March 20253133.8%£100£11534832
February 20253203.8%£100£11537546
January 20253163.8%£98£11537251
December 20243534.5%£100£11541451
November 20243674.6%£85£11549955
October 20243874.4%£91£11567457
September 20243795.3%£75£11564661
August 20243716.2%£71£11562761
July 20243646%£70£11560462
June 20243566.2%£70£11558356
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 Boston 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: Boston, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/boston. If Boston 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 88 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Boston 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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