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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Carmarthenshire

Of 880 homes advertised to rent in Carmarthenshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 2 (0.2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,878 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 31 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 studios1100 (0%)£1505710
2 bed3410 (0%)£23624110
3 bed3560 (0%)£31597211
4 bed732 (2.7%)£3456080
All sizes8802 (0.2%)£2601,87831

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. 33 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: 2.1%Jul 24: 1.2%Aug 24: 1.2%Sep 24: 1.1%Oct 24: 1.1%Nov 24: 0.9%Dec 24: 0.3%Jan 25: 0.3%Feb 25: 0.3%Mar 25: 0.4%Apr 25: 0.4%May 25: 0.7%Jun 25: 0.6%Jul 25: 0.8%Aug 25: 0.8%Sep 25: 0.5%Oct 25: 0.8%Nov 25: 0.5%Dec 25: 0.5%Jan 26: 0.5%Feb 26: 0.4%Mar 26: 0.3%Apr 26: 0.2%May 26: 0.2%Jun 26: 0.1%Jul 26: 0%Aug 26: 0%Sep 26: 0%Oct 26: 0.2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
046Jun 24: 38Jul 24: 36Aug 24: 37Sep 24: 42Oct 24: 46Nov 24: 35Dec 24: 31Jan 25: 27Feb 25: 32Mar 25: 27Apr 25: 30May 25: 25Jun 25: 25Jul 25: 27Aug 25: 30Sep 25: 30Oct 25: 30Nov 25: 29Dec 25: 25Jan 26: 20Feb 26: 28Mar 26: 33Apr 26: 32May 26: 31Jun 26: 33Jul 26: 34Aug 26: 34Sep 26: 36Oct 26: 31Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268800.2%£236£3151,87831
September 20267310%£236£2902,01336
August 20267440%£236£3151,91934
July 20267510%£236£3151,92134
June 20266780.1%£211£2901,92033
May 20266280.2%£211£2901,91531
April 20265960.2%£211£2901,90832
March 20265800.3%£236£2901,76733
February 20265110.4%£211£2831,61628
January 20264020.5%£211£2901,35720
December 20253970.5%£211£2901,36325
November 20254040.5%£211£2901,42229
October 20253980.8%£211£3151,51030
September 20253880.5%£208£3151,56730
August 20253850.8%£206£3151,66130
July 20253760.8%£206£3151,65227
June 20253340.6%£206£3151,62525
May 20252780.7%£206£3151,62025
April 20252650.4%£206£3151,38130
March 20252690.4%£206£3151,14027
February 20253050.3%£206£3151,21032
January 20253470.3%£206£3151,08127
December 20243790.3%£190£3151,19431
November 20244380.9%£186£2901,38435
October 20244451.1%£186£2901,95046
September 20244391.1%£161£2901,94142
August 20244291.2%£185£2901,89637
July 20244201.2%£187£2651,83936
June 20244772.1%£161£2601,79238
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 Carmarthenshire 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: Carmarthenshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/carmarthenshire. If Carmarthenshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Carmarthenshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 31 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Carmarthenshire 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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