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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

East Ayrshire

Of 343 homes advertised to rent in East Ayrshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 13 (3.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 480 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 105 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 studios1125 (4.5%)£752215
2 bed1687 (4.2%)£15011752
3 bed540 (0%)£18520936
4 bed91—1322
All sizes34313 (3.8%)£125480105

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. 13 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%10.7%Jun 24: 10.7%Jul 24: 10.4%Aug 24: 10%Sep 24: 9.4%Oct 24: 6.8%Nov 24: 7%Dec 24: 8.5%Jan 25: 8.1%Feb 25: 7.2%Mar 25: 5.5%Apr 25: 5.9%May 25: 4.7%Jun 25: 2.6%Jul 25: 3.4%Aug 25: 3.1%Sep 25: 3.3%Oct 25: 3.2%Nov 25: 3.3%Dec 25: 3.5%Jan 26: 1.9%Feb 26: 1.6%Mar 26: 1.6%Apr 26: 1.6%May 26: 1.5%Jun 26: 2.3%Jul 26: 2.1%Aug 26: 2.2%Sep 26: 4.1%Oct 26: 3.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0171Jun 24: 171Jul 24: 143Aug 24: 157Sep 24: 129Oct 24: 132Nov 24: 43Dec 24: 24Jan 25: 18Feb 25: 36Mar 25: 23Apr 25: 30May 25: 29Jun 25: 43Jul 25: 31Aug 25: 38Sep 25: 32Oct 25: 32Nov 25: 34Dec 25: 36Jan 26: 32Feb 26: 59Mar 26: 75Apr 26: 100May 26: 96Jun 26: 97Jul 26: 96Aug 26: 100Sep 26: 101Oct 26: 105Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263433.8%£150£185480105
September 20263194.1%£125£185445101
August 20262692.2%£150£185439100
July 20262842.1%£150£18542496
June 20262642.3%£125£16544297
May 20262601.5%£125£13541596
April 20262521.6%£148£135426100
March 20262431.6%£159£14834175
February 20262461.6%£155£16028859
January 20262141.9%£150£18517732
December 20252283.5%£145£18518236
November 20252403.3%£150£18517234
October 20252473.2%£125£18517332
September 20252413.3%£125£18516232
August 20252253.1%£120£15018238
July 20252353.4%£120£13516131
June 20252312.6%£100£13521243
May 20252124.7%£100£8517729
April 20252055.9%£85£11316230
March 20252195.5%£100£9314023
February 20252367.2%£100£10819436
January 20252348.1%£90£8515018
December 20242358.5%£93£8516724
November 20242567%£75£9722443
October 20242666.8%£75£114486132
September 20242779.4%£50£133480129
August 202428110%£50£135508157
July 202427910.4%£50£135468143
June 202427010.7%£50£135502171
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 East Ayrshire 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: East Ayrshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/east-ayrshire. If East Ayrshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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East Ayrshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 105 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in East Ayrshire 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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