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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Chelmsford

Of 1,279 homes advertised to rent in Chelmsford in the six months to 31 October 2026, 17 (1.3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,327 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 15 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 studios40013 (3.3%)£2551679
2 bed5523 (0.5%)£4004466
3 bed2391 (0.4%)£4953810
4 bed880 (0%)£7003330
All sizes1,27917 (1.3%)£4001,32715

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: 1.9%Jul 24: 1.8%Aug 24: 2%Sep 24: 1.9%Oct 24: 1.8%Nov 24: 2%Dec 24: 2.1%Jan 25: 1.9%Feb 25: 2%Mar 25: 1.6%Apr 25: 1.9%May 25: 1.8%Jun 25: 1.7%Jul 25: 1.6%Aug 25: 1.5%Sep 25: 1.6%Oct 25: 1.1%Nov 25: 1%Dec 25: 0.8%Jan 26: 1%Feb 26: 0.9%Mar 26: 1%Apr 26: 1.1%May 26: 1.4%Jun 26: 1.4%Jul 26: 1.3%Aug 26: 1.2%Sep 26: 1.2%Oct 26: 1.3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
021Jun 24: 12Jul 24: 12Aug 24: 12Sep 24: 12Oct 24: 15Nov 24: 10Dec 24: 8Jan 25: 10Feb 25: 13Mar 25: 12Apr 25: 12May 25: 14Jun 25: 14Jul 25: 15Aug 25: 15Sep 25: 15Oct 25: 18Nov 25: 17Dec 25: 15Jan 26: 18Feb 26: 19Mar 26: 18Apr 26: 19May 26: 21Jun 26: 21Jul 26: 21Aug 26: 19Sep 26: 20Oct 26: 15Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,2791.3%£400£4951,32715
September 20261,2281.2%£400£4501,29820
August 20261,2371.2%£400£4501,29419
July 20261,2211.3%£400£4501,36721
June 20261,3171.4%£350£4501,39621
May 20261,2171.4%£350£4501,39321
April 20261,1991.1%£350£4501,46219
March 20261,2131%£350£4501,40018
February 20261,1980.9%£350£4501,31019
January 20261,2411%£350£4501,23618
December 20251,0740.8%£350£45096315
November 20251,1401%£350£4501,00217
October 20251,2051.1%£350£4501,06618
September 20251,1541.6%£350£4501,04815
August 20251,1891.5%£350£4101,02315
July 20251,1781.6%£350£45091715
June 20251,2231.7%£350£4501,06214
May 20251,1341.8%£350£4501,08614
April 20251,0851.9%£350£40094312
March 20251,1061.6%£350£40098012
February 20251,0732%£346£40067613
January 20251,0911.9%£345£40066610
December 20241,1112.1%£345£4006908
November 20241,1772%£350£39880810
October 20241,1971.8%£345£3971,32715
September 20241,1691.9%£350£4001,31712
August 20241,1632%£345£3751,24412
July 20241,1361.8%£345£3951,25912
June 20241,1401.9%£325£3951,17312
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 Chelmsford 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: Chelmsford, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/chelmsford. If Chelmsford holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Chelmsford's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 15 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Chelmsford 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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