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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

County Durham

Of 3,109 homes advertised to rent in County Durham in the six months to 31 October 2026, 93 (3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 3,705 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 491 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 studios1954 (2.1%)£1079024
2 bed1,56345 (2.9%)£1501,125266
3 bed1,16438 (3.3%)£1751,631188
4 bed1876 (3.2%)£34085913
All sizes3,10993 (3%)£1503,705491

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. 49 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: 6.3%Jul 24: 6.2%Aug 24: 6%Sep 24: 5.9%Oct 24: 5.3%Nov 24: 5.3%Dec 24: 5.4%Jan 25: 5.2%Feb 25: 5.1%Mar 25: 4.8%Apr 25: 5.1%May 25: 4.8%Jun 25: 4.5%Jul 25: 4.7%Aug 25: 4.5%Sep 25: 4.6%Oct 25: 4.8%Nov 25: 5%Dec 25: 5.2%Jan 26: 5%Feb 26: 5.7%Mar 26: 5.7%Apr 26: 5.1%May 26: 4.8%Jun 26: 4.7%Jul 26: 4.6%Aug 26: 3.4%Sep 26: 3.1%Oct 26: 3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0560Jun 24: 371Jul 24: 417Aug 24: 410Sep 24: 396Oct 24: 435Nov 24: 287Dec 24: 266Jan 25: 263Feb 25: 260Mar 25: 248Apr 25: 316May 25: 340Jun 25: 342Jul 25: 332Aug 25: 341Sep 25: 347Oct 25: 332Nov 25: 329Dec 25: 321Jan 26: 454Feb 26: 507Mar 26: 523Apr 26: 547May 26: 538Jun 26: 530Jul 26: 560Aug 26: 495Sep 26: 511Oct 26: 491Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263,1093%£150£1753,705491
September 20262,9043.1%£150£1753,594511
August 20262,7033.4%£145£1753,574495
July 20262,8784.6%£125£1653,808560
June 20263,1584.7%£125£1503,891530
May 20262,9344.8%£125£1493,978538
April 20262,8875.1%£125£1453,889547
March 20262,8895.7%£125£1253,660523
February 20262,8275.7%£125£1253,350507
January 20262,6835%£125£1253,043454
December 20252,3365.2%£125£1252,048321
November 20252,4825%£125£1252,078329
October 20252,4474.8%£125£1252,099332
September 20252,5024.6%£125£1252,123347
August 20252,3554.5%£125£1252,171341
July 20252,3014.7%£125£1252,141332
June 20252,2654.5%£125£1262,259342
May 20252,0604.8%£125£1252,092340
April 20251,9995.1%£125£1252,057316
March 20252,0774.8%£130£1251,712248
February 20252,1785.1%£125£1251,872260
January 20252,2515.2%£125£1251,941263
December 20242,3265.4%£125£1252,006266
November 20242,4345.3%£125£1252,135287
October 20242,4835.3%£125£1252,936435
September 20242,2905.9%£121£1202,832396
August 20242,2616%£124£1202,659410
July 20242,2486.2%£100£1202,588417
June 20242,2386.3%£100£1202,442371
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 County Durham 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: County Durham, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/county-durham. If County Durham holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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County Durham's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 491 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in County Durham 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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