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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

East Lothian

Of 360 homes advertised to rent in East Lothian in the six months to 31 October 2026, 95 (26.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 812 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 152 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 studios738 (11%)£756713
2 bed17441 (23.6%)£3020732
3 bed9134 (37.4%)−£3029138
4 bed2212 (54.5%)−£21524769
All sizes36095 (26.4%)£25812152

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. 42 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%43.4%Jun 24: 34.9%Jul 24: 34.9%Aug 24: 34.4%Sep 24: 32.9%Oct 24: 31.9%Nov 24: 34.5%Dec 24: 34.7%Jan 25: 37%Feb 25: 37.3%Mar 25: 39.4%Apr 25: 43.4%May 25: 37.2%Jun 25: 35.1%Jul 25: 31.5%Aug 25: 30.3%Sep 25: 28.9%Oct 25: 27.5%Nov 25: 28.3%Dec 25: 27.9%Jan 26: 30.6%Feb 26: 28.3%Mar 26: 25.8%Apr 26: 24.6%May 26: 24.4%Jun 26: 25%Jul 26: 24.1%Aug 26: 24.9%Sep 26: 27.1%Oct 26: 26.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0204Jun 24: 204Jul 24: 204Aug 24: 196Sep 24: 196Oct 24: 198Nov 24: 90Dec 24: 72Jan 25: 57Feb 25: 88Mar 25: 65Apr 25: 94May 25: 83Jun 25: 89Jul 25: 68Aug 25: 82Sep 25: 90Oct 25: 85Nov 25: 83Dec 25: 84Jan 26: 74Feb 26: 103Mar 26: 120Apr 26: 145May 26: 147Jun 26: 137Jul 26: 137Aug 26: 139Sep 26: 162Oct 26: 152Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 202636026.4%£30−£30812152
September 202636227.1%£30−£50742162
August 202633324.9%£51−£50586139
July 202637024.1%£55−£73611137
June 202635625%£35−£75605137
May 202634824.4%£30−£58599147
April 202634224.6%£30−£50636145
March 202633025.8%£30−£54574120
February 202632228.3%£30−£75479103
January 202628430.6%£25−£7532574
December 202526927.9%£30−£7532784
November 202529028.3%£30−£7533383
October 202526527.5%£29−£7534385
September 202527028.9%£25−£7535090
August 202523130.3%£15−£7733282
July 202523531.5%£25−£12531668
June 202522535.1%£13−£12543689
May 202519137.2%−£18−£11042383
April 202518243.4%−£20−£12543194
March 202518839.4%£18−£12536765
February 202520937.3%£12−£8443988
January 202520037%£25−£7535857
December 202421634.7%£24−£2538972
November 202422934.5%£19−£2542990
October 202425431.9%£14−£25707198
September 202425532.9%−£20−£25691196
August 202425634.4%−£20−£25663196
July 202425234.9%−£20−£25632204
June 202426934.9%−£20−£25615204
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 Lothian 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 Lothian, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/east-lothian. If East Lothian holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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East Lothian's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 152 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in East Lothian 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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