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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Cheshire East

Of 2,469 homes advertised to rent in Cheshire East in the six months to 31 October 2026, 47 (1.9%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 3,250 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 52 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 studios3236 (1.9%)£17511410
2 bed1,0667 (0.7%)£22586230
3 bed7766 (0.8%)£3701,1948
4 bed30428 (9.2%)£4051,0804
All sizes2,46947 (1.9%)£2673,25052

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. 39 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: 5.3%Jul 24: 4.7%Aug 24: 4.4%Sep 24: 4.1%Oct 24: 4%Nov 24: 3.7%Dec 24: 3.4%Jan 25: 3.3%Feb 25: 3.1%Mar 25: 2.9%Apr 25: 2.9%May 25: 2.6%Jun 25: 2.7%Jul 25: 2.9%Aug 25: 2.8%Sep 25: 3.1%Oct 25: 3.2%Nov 25: 3.1%Dec 25: 3%Jan 26: 2.8%Feb 26: 2.7%Mar 26: 2.3%Apr 26: 2.4%May 26: 2.4%Jun 26: 2.2%Jul 26: 2%Aug 26: 2.1%Sep 26: 2%Oct 26: 1.9%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
077Jun 24: 42Jul 24: 41Aug 24: 49Sep 24: 52Oct 24: 54Nov 24: 34Dec 24: 29Jan 25: 30Feb 25: 28Mar 25: 39Apr 25: 45May 25: 45Jun 25: 42Jul 25: 42Aug 25: 38Sep 25: 44Oct 25: 53Nov 25: 46Dec 25: 47Jan 26: 67Feb 26: 72Mar 26: 76Apr 26: 77May 26: 69Jun 26: 67Jul 26: 66Aug 26: 61Sep 26: 48Oct 26: 52Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262,4691.9%£225£3703,25052
September 20262,2992%£225£3703,16648
August 20262,2082.1%£225£3552,93061
July 20262,3422%£225£3553,10666
June 20262,3612.2%£225£3203,22967
May 20262,2082.4%£225£3173,24869
April 20262,2062.4%£220£3053,24177
March 20262,2992.3%£220£3053,04476
February 20262,3132.7%£220£3052,80072
January 20262,2442.8%£220£3002,39767
December 20252,1323%£220£3052,01447
November 20252,3293.1%£220£2952,12746
October 20252,3333.2%£220£3002,24153
September 20252,2723.1%£220£3052,23244
August 20252,2832.8%£220£2952,28238
July 20252,2392.9%£220£3002,24942
June 20252,2842.7%£200£2952,36142
May 20252,1042.6%£200£3032,35545
April 20252,0812.9%£200£3002,21745
March 20252,1552.9%£200£2952,00639
February 20252,1483.1%£200£3001,82528
January 20252,1833.3%£175£2951,89630
December 20242,1983.4%£175£2701,95229
November 20242,3003.7%£175£2702,16834
October 20242,3784%£175£2702,96254
September 20242,3524.1%£175£2702,88952
August 20242,3304.4%£175£2552,68649
July 20242,3164.7%£175£2452,60841
June 20242,3375.3%£175£2452,47142
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 Cheshire East 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: Cheshire East, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/cheshire-east. If Cheshire East holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Cheshire East's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 52 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Cheshire East 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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