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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Cheltenham

Of 1,723 homes advertised to rent in Cheltenham in the six months to 31 October 2026, 25 (1.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,273 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 23 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 studios57711 (1.9%)£22515312
2 bed7353 (0.4%)£3504697
3 bed2831 (0.4%)£4003981
4 bed12810 (7.8%)£2802533
All sizes1,72325 (1.5%)£3001,27323

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. 13 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: 4.2%Jul 24: 3.7%Aug 24: 3.6%Sep 24: 3.4%Oct 24: 3.1%Nov 24: 2.8%Dec 24: 2.6%Jan 25: 2.3%Feb 25: 2.5%Mar 25: 2.2%Apr 25: 2.7%May 25: 2.6%Jun 25: 2.7%Jul 25: 2.7%Aug 25: 2.6%Sep 25: 2.5%Oct 25: 2.1%Nov 25: 1.9%Dec 25: 1.7%Jan 26: 1.6%Feb 26: 1.7%Mar 26: 1.9%Apr 26: 1.9%May 26: 2%Jun 26: 2.1%Jul 26: 2%Aug 26: 1.9%Sep 26: 1.8%Oct 26: 1.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
028Jun 24: 11Jul 24: 11Aug 24: 12Sep 24: 12Oct 24: 14Nov 24: 7Dec 24: 5Jan 25: 5Feb 25: 7Mar 25: 9Apr 25: 11May 25: 11Jun 25: 11Jul 25: 12Aug 25: 12Sep 25: 14Oct 25: 16Nov 25: 15Dec 25: 13Jan 26: 17Feb 26: 25Mar 26: 27Apr 26: 28May 26: 22Jun 26: 20Jul 26: 21Aug 26: 17Sep 26: 20Oct 26: 23Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,7231.5%£350£4001,27323
September 20261,6321.8%£350£4501,28420
August 20261,6131.9%£350£4501,12517
July 20261,8002%£348£4501,20021
June 20261,7042.1%£300£4401,25720
May 20261,6182%£300£4501,24622
April 20261,5621.9%£300£4501,24028
March 20261,5661.9%£300£4491,17427
February 20261,5781.7%£300£4501,04525
January 20261,4651.6%£300£45082417
December 20251,4371.7%£300£41373513
November 20251,5581.9%£300£40078615
October 20251,5582.1%£300£40085216
September 20251,5782.5%£350£40088914
August 20251,5022.6%£350£40086512
July 20251,4942.7%£350£39881912
June 20251,4292.7%£350£40088611
May 20251,3262.6%£350£40083511
April 20251,3102.7%£341£39385011
March 20251,3072.2%£305£4006049
February 20251,3382.5%£305£3936157
January 20251,3702.3%£300£4106005
December 20241,4042.6%£300£4506455
November 20241,4452.8%£300£4507587
October 20241,4503.1%£300£4501,18514
September 20241,4213.4%£300£4001,17912
August 20241,4153.6%£300£4001,11112
July 20241,3863.7%£300£3891,05511
June 20241,3644.2%£300£35097211
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 Cheltenham 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: Cheltenham, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/cheltenham. If Cheltenham holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

Each month, by email

Cheltenham's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 23 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Cheltenham 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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