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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Cornwall

Of 3,594 homes advertised to rent in Cornwall in the six months to 31 October 2026, 49 (1.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 8,877 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 356 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 studios78124 (3.1%)£17553255
2 bed1,48414 (0.9%)£2302,534192
3 bed1,0197 (0.7%)£3853,58288
4 bed3104 (1.3%)£4002,22921
All sizes3,59449 (1.4%)£2508,877356

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. 95 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: 3.6%Jul 24: 3.6%Aug 24: 3.3%Sep 24: 3%Oct 24: 2.8%Nov 24: 2.9%Dec 24: 2.9%Jan 25: 2.7%Feb 25: 2.6%Mar 25: 2.6%Apr 25: 2.3%May 25: 2.5%Jun 25: 2.2%Jul 25: 2.3%Aug 25: 2.3%Sep 25: 2.6%Oct 25: 2.2%Nov 25: 2%Dec 25: 2.1%Jan 26: 2%Feb 26: 2.3%Mar 26: 2%Apr 26: 2.1%May 26: 2.1%Jun 26: 1.7%Jul 26: 1.6%Aug 26: 1.3%Sep 26: 1.4%Oct 26: 1.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0382Jun 24: 279Jul 24: 297Aug 24: 336Sep 24: 353Oct 24: 360Nov 24: 317Dec 24: 291Jan 25: 280Feb 25: 272Mar 25: 240Apr 25: 252May 25: 273Jun 25: 275Jul 25: 292Aug 25: 293Sep 25: 281Oct 25: 265Nov 25: 261Dec 25: 270Jan 26: 281Feb 26: 343Mar 26: 368Apr 26: 371May 26: 375Jun 26: 382Jul 26: 360Aug 26: 336Sep 26: 362Oct 26: 356Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263,5941.4%£230£3858,877356
September 20263,1741.4%£230£3759,055362
August 20263,1571.3%£220£3758,130336
July 20263,3581.6%£215£3548,261360
June 20263,0651.7%£205£3508,224382
May 20262,9162.1%£205£3757,973375
April 20262,9112.1%£205£3767,561371
March 20262,9842%£205£3757,118368
February 20262,9902.3%£205£3606,537343
January 20262,8522%£205£3755,316281
December 20252,8702.1%£205£3755,228270
November 20252,8642%£205£3755,456261
October 20252,8982.2%£205£3705,882265
September 20252,7192.6%£205£3516,181281
August 20252,5662.3%£200£3476,449293
July 20252,4992.3%£200£3356,461292
June 20252,4272.2%£205£3256,497275
May 20252,3072.5%£205£3006,519273
April 20252,3132.3%£200£3005,590252
March 20252,4892.6%£192£3254,775240
February 20252,6522.6%£198£3354,929272
January 20252,7132.7%£191£3354,781280
December 20242,7122.9%£191£3484,923291
November 20242,8162.9%£186£3355,280317
October 20242,7752.8%£180£3356,984360
September 20242,6283%£180£3006,982353
August 20242,4513.3%£156£2856,671336
July 20242,3923.6%£155£2856,361297
June 20242,5023.6%£155£2855,837279
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 Cornwall 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: Cornwall, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/cornwall. If Cornwall holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Cornwall's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 356 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Cornwall 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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