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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Darlington

Of 927 homes advertised to rent in Darlington in the six months to 31 October 2026, 8 (0.9%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 789 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 63 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 studios1192 (1.7%)£1402811
2 bed5472 (0.4%)£20028141
3 bed2200 (0%)£22029310
4 bed414 (9.8%)£3001871
All sizes9278 (0.9%)£20078963

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. 24 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: 0.8%Jul 24: 0.4%Aug 24: 0.4%Sep 24: 0.7%Oct 24: 0.7%Nov 24: 0.7%Dec 24: 0.7%Jan 25: 0.7%Feb 25: 0.8%Mar 25: 0.4%Apr 25: 0.6%May 25: 0.5%Jun 25: 0.4%Jul 25: 0.6%Aug 25: 0.6%Sep 25: 0.7%Oct 25: 0.6%Nov 25: 0.5%Dec 25: 0.5%Jan 26: 0.4%Feb 26: 0.4%Mar 26: 0.4%Apr 26: 0.4%May 26: 0.6%Jun 26: 0.6%Jul 26: 0.6%Aug 26: 0.6%Sep 26: 0.7%Oct 26: 0.9%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
070Jun 24: 50Jul 24: 53Aug 24: 56Sep 24: 57Oct 24: 55Nov 24: 24Dec 24: 19Jan 25: 18Feb 25: 19Mar 25: 22Apr 25: 32May 25: 36Jun 25: 40Jul 25: 39Aug 25: 37Sep 25: 30Oct 25: 25Nov 25: 25Dec 25: 30Jan 26: 45Feb 26: 51Mar 26: 61Apr 26: 70May 26: 69Jun 26: 67Jul 26: 61Aug 26: 52Sep 26: 54Oct 26: 63Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20269270.9%£200£22078963
September 20268990.7%£175£22072854
August 20268890.6%£175£22076352
July 20268790.6%£175£22082061
June 20269690.6%£175£22084467
May 20269330.6%£175£22086469
April 20269270.4%£174£22087470
March 20269440.4%£174£22080261
February 20269310.4%£174£22073951
January 20269510.4%£175£19571045
December 20258310.5%£175£19548830
November 20258740.5%£175£19550825
October 20258750.6%£175£22051725
September 20258810.7%£175£22055030
August 20258230.6%£175£22053737
July 20257800.6%£175£22056039
June 20257730.4%£175£22057740
May 20257380.5%£175£22052036
April 20257010.6%£150£22049032
March 20257030.4%£150£19535922
February 20257090.8%£150£20839619
January 20257390.7%£150£19541518
December 20247460.7%£150£22046919
November 20247490.7%£150£19850924
October 20247510.7%£150£22074355
September 20247150.7%£150£22076057
August 20247010.4%£150£19573456
July 20246670.4%£150£19568453
June 20246570.8%£145£17067950
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 Darlington 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: Darlington, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/darlington. If Darlington holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Behind the counts

The 63 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Darlington 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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