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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

East Cambridgeshire

Of 559 homes advertised to rent in East Cambridgeshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 100 (17.9%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 764 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 31 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 studios7146 (64.8%)−£90228
2 bed24837 (14.9%)£10017016
3 bed16713 (7.8%)£1753166
4 bed734 (5.5%)£3502561
All sizes559100 (17.9%)£10076431

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. 12 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%33.1%Jun 24: 33.1%Jul 24: 31.5%Aug 24: 30.3%Sep 24: 27.7%Oct 24: 26.9%Nov 24: 27.8%Dec 24: 27.7%Jan 25: 27.2%Feb 25: 26%Mar 25: 26.7%Apr 25: 27.4%May 25: 25.6%Jun 25: 25.3%Jul 25: 24.7%Aug 25: 25.3%Sep 25: 24%Oct 25: 23.8%Nov 25: 22.4%Dec 25: 21.4%Jan 26: 22.4%Feb 26: 21.4%Mar 26: 22.5%Apr 26: 21%May 26: 22.2%Jun 26: 21.4%Jul 26: 20.5%Aug 26: 20.6%Sep 26: 18%Oct 26: 17.9%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
035Jun 24: 10Jul 24: 10Aug 24: 14Sep 24: 16Oct 24: 16Nov 24: 9Dec 24: 9Jan 25: 8Feb 25: 13Mar 25: 14Apr 25: 15May 25: 15Jun 25: 22Jul 25: 20Aug 25: 14Sep 25: 16Oct 25: 16Nov 25: 15Dec 25: 12Jan 26: 16Feb 26: 20Mar 26: 22Apr 26: 22May 26: 24Jun 26: 28Jul 26: 25Aug 26: 29Sep 26: 35Oct 26: 31Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 202655917.9%£100£17576431
September 202655018%£90£17574635
August 202652420.6%£50£17574329
July 202651120.5%£50£17579325
June 202655721.4%£50£15182428
May 202650122.2%£50£16482924
April 202648221%£50£12578022
March 202649422.5%£50£12574622
February 202647321.4%£50£12568220
January 202646922.4%£50£12560116
December 202542921.4%£50£12539812
November 202543322.4%£50£12541315
October 202547123.8%£45£12544716
September 202545824%£25£12543816
August 202548725.3%£0£12544114
July 202548224.7%£0£12546420
June 202547525.3%£25£12544122
May 202544925.6%£23£12542415
April 202545627.4%£13£8541415
March 202548326.7%£32£7542014
February 202546226%£21£7537013
January 202548627.2%£8£753648
December 202447327.7%£0£833839
November 202450827.8%£0£754049
October 202449526.9%£0£12558316
September 202446927.7%£0£12559416
August 202446830.3%£0£7555614
July 202444531.5%£0£7555010
June 202446833.1%£0£7550410
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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/east-cambridgeshire. If East Cambridgeshire 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 31 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in East Cambridgeshire 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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