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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Dumfries and Galloway

Of 259 homes advertised to rent in Dumfries and Galloway in the six months to 31 October 2026, 11 (4.2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 771 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 56 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 studios523 (5.8%)£1317025
2 bed1165 (4.3%)£20022618
3 bed692 (2.9%)£2503008
4 bed221 (4.5%)£2711755
All sizes25911 (4.2%)£17577156

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.

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%10.2%Jun 24: 2.2%Jul 24: 1.4%Aug 24: 3.5%Sep 24: 3.1%Oct 24: 4.4%Nov 24: 6%Dec 24: 6.3%Jan 25: 7.6%Feb 25: 6.9%Mar 25: 10.2%Apr 25: 9%May 25: 7.4%Jun 25: 8.6%Jul 25: 7.4%Aug 25: 6.2%Sep 25: 3.2%Oct 25: 2.5%Nov 25: 1.8%Dec 25: 2.5%Jan 26: 2.9%Feb 26: 3.4%Mar 26: 3.3%Apr 26: 3.3%May 26: 3.5%Jun 26: 2.2%Jul 26: 2%Aug 26: 3%Sep 26: 3.3%Oct 26: 4.2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
068Jun 24: 66Jul 24: 66Aug 24: 54Sep 24: 58Oct 24: 68Nov 24: 41Dec 24: 42Jan 25: 33Feb 25: 32Mar 25: 26Apr 25: 41May 25: 50Jun 25: 44Jul 25: 38Aug 25: 38Sep 25: 29Oct 25: 26Nov 25: 24Dec 25: 27Jan 26: 33Feb 26: 39Mar 26: 41Apr 26: 40May 26: 44Jun 26: 49Jul 26: 50Aug 26: 53Sep 26: 54Oct 26: 56Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262594.2%£200£25077156
September 20262453.3%£198£25073154
August 20262003%£175£30068653
July 20261962%£175£25072750
June 20261832.2%£175£25066949
May 20261733.5%£150£23861644
April 20261803.3%£150£22562040
March 20261813.3%£150£22555141
February 20261783.4%£153£22553539
January 20261712.9%£164£22548533
December 20251602.5%£175£19541527
November 20251691.8%£163£20340424
October 20251602.5%£158£20043026
September 20251573.2%£138£19544629
August 20251456.2%£100£19842938
July 20251497.4%£100£20042638
June 20251518.6%£100£20050344
May 20251367.4%£110£20042950
April 20251339%£118£18138341
March 202512810.2%£100£20026726
February 20251316.9%£135£19733232
January 20251327.6%£145£19531433
December 20241276.3%£150£18437942
November 20241346%£150£19642141
October 20241364.4%£150£19368568
September 20241313.1%£145£19067158
August 20241423.5%£125£19564954
July 20241401.4%£120£19565266
June 20241382.2%£100£20062466
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 Dumfries and Galloway 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: Dumfries and Galloway, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/dumfries-and-galloway. If Dumfries and Galloway holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Dumfries and Galloway's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 56 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Dumfries and Galloway 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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