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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Cambridge

Of 2,387 homes advertised to rent in Cambridge in the six months to 31 October 2026, 39 (1.6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,139 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 16 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 studios84932 (3.8%)£3501767
2 bed9344 (0.4%)£6504116
3 bed4041 (0.2%)£6753403
4 bed2002 (1%)£9502120
All sizes2,38739 (1.6%)£5501,13916

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. 7 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: 1.4%Jul 24: 1.4%Aug 24: 1.2%Sep 24: 1.1%Oct 24: 1.1%Nov 24: 1.1%Dec 24: 1.1%Jan 25: 1.1%Feb 25: 0.9%Mar 25: 1.1%Apr 25: 1.1%May 25: 1.2%Jun 25: 1.3%Jul 25: 1.3%Aug 25: 1.1%Sep 25: 0.9%Oct 25: 1%Nov 25: 1.2%Dec 25: 1%Jan 26: 1.8%Feb 26: 2%Mar 26: 2.3%Apr 26: 2.2%May 26: 2%Jun 26: 2.1%Jul 26: 1.3%Aug 26: 1.2%Sep 26: 1.3%Oct 26: 1.6%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
016Jun 24: 1Jul 24: 1Aug 24: 2Sep 24: 2Oct 24: 1Nov 24: 1Dec 24: 2Jan 25: 2Feb 25: 2Mar 25: 4Apr 25: 6May 25: 9Jun 25: 9Jul 25: 11Aug 25: 9Sep 25: 10Oct 25: 11Nov 25: 11Dec 25: 11Jan 26: 11Feb 26: 11Mar 26: 14Apr 26: 15May 26: 15Jun 26: 15Jul 26: 13Aug 26: 12Sep 26: 16Oct 26: 16Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262,3871.6%£650£6751,13916
September 20262,2301.3%£650£6251,12216
August 20262,0691.2%£609£67097312
July 20262,0171.3%£600£67199713
June 20262,1022.1%£600£6251,03815
May 20261,9272%£575£6251,01115
April 20261,8462.2%£600£57595515
March 20261,8902.3%£550£57587714
February 20261,8782%£550£57581011
January 20261,9561.8%£550£62473311
December 20251,8541%£600£62549811
November 20251,9481.2%£600£62553011
October 20252,0191%£600£62553711
September 20251,9200.9%£600£67556410
August 20251,9011.1%£600£6755449
July 20251,7791.3%£600£67556611
June 20251,6761.3%£550£6255829
May 20251,5311.2%£550£6255649
April 20251,4971.1%£550£6254696
March 20251,5921.1%£550£6254694
February 20251,6530.9%£600£6253732
January 20251,7901.1%£600£6253772
December 20241,8831.1%£600£6253912
November 20242,0221.1%£650£6254521
October 20242,0701.1%£650£6257831
September 20241,9781.1%£625£6257822
August 20241,8971.2%£600£6257282
July 20241,7761.4%£550£6256741
June 20241,6731.4%£550£6256371
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 Cambridge 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: Cambridge, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/cambridge. If Cambridge 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 16 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Cambridge 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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