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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Central Bedfordshire

Of 1,614 homes advertised to rent in Central Bedfordshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 25 (1.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,279 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 28 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 studios36013 (3.6%)£17513421
2 bed6884 (0.6%)£2755547
3 bed4276 (1.4%)£4008490
4 bed1392 (1.4%)£4557420
All sizes1,61425 (1.5%)£2752,27928

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. 70 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: 5.1%Jul 24: 4.9%Aug 24: 4.5%Sep 24: 4.6%Oct 24: 4.1%Nov 24: 4.1%Dec 24: 4.5%Jan 25: 4.2%Feb 25: 3.7%Mar 25: 3.1%Apr 25: 3.2%May 25: 3.3%Jun 25: 3%Jul 25: 3.1%Aug 25: 2.9%Sep 25: 2.7%Oct 25: 2.8%Nov 25: 2.7%Dec 25: 2.3%Jan 26: 2.3%Feb 26: 2.4%Mar 26: 3%Apr 26: 2.9%May 26: 2.6%Jun 26: 2.8%Jul 26: 2.9%Aug 26: 2.9%Sep 26: 1.9%Oct 26: 1.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
031Jun 24: 26Jul 24: 27Aug 24: 27Sep 24: 28Oct 24: 27Nov 24: 15Dec 24: 15Jan 25: 16Feb 25: 20Mar 25: 21Apr 25: 20May 25: 21Jun 25: 24Jul 25: 24Aug 25: 27Sep 25: 22Oct 25: 20Nov 25: 21Dec 25: 20Jan 26: 21Feb 26: 26Mar 26: 26Apr 26: 28May 26: 31Jun 26: 29Jul 26: 26Aug 26: 26Sep 26: 29Oct 26: 28Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,6141.5%£275£4002,27928
September 20261,5851.9%£275£4002,22829
August 20261,5742.9%£275£4002,28526
July 20261,7522.9%£275£4002,35026
June 20261,7552.8%£275£4002,45529
May 20261,6382.6%£275£4002,47031
April 20261,5772.9%£275£3752,43928
March 20261,5903%£275£3542,28426
February 20261,5562.4%£275£3552,06926
January 20261,4642.3%£270£3511,65521
December 20251,4102.3%£270£3501,34320
November 20251,4622.7%£225£3551,40221
October 20251,4852.8%£238£3501,54620
September 20251,4632.7%£270£3501,63022
August 20251,4182.9%£253£3501,59527
July 20251,3733.1%£270£3501,59124
June 20251,3113%£257£3501,55124
May 20251,2793.3%£225£3231,60721
April 20251,2723.2%£225£3251,53920
March 20251,2633.1%£225£3501,24221
February 20251,2973.7%£225£3501,30920
January 20251,3234.2%£225£3501,12416
December 20241,3454.5%£220£3341,16015
November 20241,3754.1%£222£3451,30315
October 20241,3934.1%£180£3252,17627
September 20241,3774.6%£175£3052,19628
August 20241,3534.5%£175£3252,14627
July 20241,3524.9%£175£3002,13427
June 20241,3655.1%£175£3001,98826
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 Central Bedfordshire 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: Central Bedfordshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/central-bedfordshire. If Central Bedfordshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

Each month, by email

Central Bedfordshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 28 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Central Bedfordshire 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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