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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Dover

Of 732 homes advertised to rent in Dover in the six months to 31 October 2026, 7 (1%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,349 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 36 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 studios1650 (0%)£240575
2 bed3051 (0.3%)£30035815
3 bed2023 (1.5%)£34055410
4 bed603 (5%)£3003806
All sizes7327 (1%)£2901,34936

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. 14 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: 3.3%Jul 24: 2.3%Aug 24: 2%Sep 24: 1.5%Oct 24: 1.5%Nov 24: 1.7%Dec 24: 1.4%Jan 25: 2%Feb 25: 1.8%Mar 25: 1.3%Apr 25: 1.3%May 25: 1.5%Jun 25: 1.1%Jul 25: 0.7%Aug 25: 0.9%Sep 25: 1.3%Oct 25: 2.3%Nov 25: 2.2%Dec 25: 2.5%Jan 26: 2.3%Feb 26: 2.8%Mar 26: 2.8%Apr 26: 1.6%May 26: 1.6%Jun 26: 1.4%Jul 26: 1.2%Aug 26: 0.8%Sep 26: 0.9%Oct 26: 1%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
037Jun 24: 14Jul 24: 13Aug 24: 15Sep 24: 17Oct 24: 14Nov 24: 8Dec 24: 9Jan 25: 10Feb 25: 11Mar 25: 12Apr 25: 12May 25: 11Jun 25: 14Jul 25: 14Aug 25: 13Sep 25: 15Oct 25: 23Nov 25: 21Dec 25: 19Jan 26: 26Feb 26: 26Mar 26: 25Apr 26: 30May 26: 36Jun 26: 36Jul 26: 34Aug 26: 37Sep 26: 37Oct 26: 36Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20267321%£300£3401,34936
September 20266740.9%£280£3351,34537
August 20265920.8%£255£3351,33937
July 20265731.2%£255£3351,40034
June 20266521.4%£255£3351,40136
May 20266141.6%£255£3351,40536
April 20266101.6%£255£3351,41730
March 20266412.8%£255£3351,32125
February 20266512.8%£255£3351,24626
January 20266852.3%£255£3351,23026
December 20256052.5%£255£3351,01119
November 20256462.2%£255£3441,07921
October 20256462.3%£255£3851,12323
September 20256051.3%£255£3851,17315
August 20255880.9%£255£3851,21513
July 20255430.7%£255£3851,15414
June 20255291.1%£255£3851,29414
May 20254691.5%£255£3911,15811
April 20254571.3%£255£3851,04712
March 20254621.3%£255£4001,12112
February 20254491.8%£255£38594411
January 20254582%£255£38595110
December 20244881.4%£255£3859959
November 20245191.7%£255£3851,1098
October 20245431.5%£238£3351,49414
September 20245241.5%£205£3351,50717
August 20245452%£205£3351,39215
July 20245272.3%£205£2851,35813
June 20245143.3%£205£2501,27514
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 Dover 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: Dover, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/dover. If Dover 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 36 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Dover 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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