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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Harlow

Of 627 homes advertised to rent in Harlow in the six months to 31 October 2026, 3 (0.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 447 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 10 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 studios2190 (0%)£290867
2 bed2360 (0%)£3751552
3 bed1392 (1.4%)£5401220
4 bed331 (3%)£825841
All sizes6273 (0.5%)£36944710

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. 2 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: 2.4%Jul 24: 2.1%Aug 24: 1.9%Sep 24: 1.8%Oct 24: 1.8%Nov 24: 1.8%Dec 24: 1.5%Jan 25: 1.1%Feb 25: 0.7%Mar 25: 0.5%Apr 25: 0.2%May 25: 0%Jun 25: 0%Jul 25: 0%Aug 25: 0%Sep 25: 0%Oct 25: 0.4%Nov 25: 0.4%Dec 25: 0.6%Jan 26: 1.3%Feb 26: 1.3%Mar 26: 1.3%Apr 26: 0.9%May 26: 0.9%Jun 26: 1%Jul 26: 0.2%Aug 26: 0.2%Sep 26: 0.5%Oct 26: 0.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
017Jun 24: 5Jul 24: 6Aug 24: 8Sep 24: 10Oct 24: 10Nov 24: 5Dec 24: 4Jan 25: 4Feb 25: 3Mar 25: 1Apr 25: 1May 25: 5Jun 25: 5Jul 25: 5Aug 25: 6Sep 25: 5Oct 25: 4Nov 25: 2Dec 25: 1Jan 26: 9Feb 26: 12Mar 26: 12Apr 26: 16May 26: 15Jun 26: 17Jul 26: 14Aug 26: 17Sep 26: 13Oct 26: 10Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20266270.5%£375£54044710
September 20266020.5%£375£54040913
August 20265680.2%£375£49042117
July 20265960.2%£375£49045814
June 20266301%£375£48545417
May 20265820.9%£400£45945815
April 20265540.9%£383£44147916
March 20265481.3%£375£44143012
February 20265541.3%£375£44040412
January 20265391.3%£375£4403509
December 20254910.6%£350£4402461
November 20255350.4%£360£4402782
October 20255610.4%£375£4403044
September 20255610%£375£4403205
August 20255420%£375£4583156
July 20255100%£375£4852905
June 20255080%£375£4403565
May 20254500%£375£4403445
April 20254230.2%£375£4903001
March 20254360.5%£375£4903151
February 20254400.7%£375£4902263
January 20254461.1%£375£4902504
December 20244621.5%£375£4902404
November 20244981.8%£375£4902945
October 20245081.8%£375£49052810
September 20245071.8%£350£49054710
August 20244791.9%£350£4675468
July 20244792.1%£325£4155136
June 20244502.4%£325£3905115
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 Harlow 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: Harlow, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/harlow. If Harlow holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Harlow's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 10 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Harlow 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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