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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Havering

Of 1,696 homes advertised to rent in Havering in the six months to 31 October 2026, 23 (1.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,758 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 40 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 studios46514 (3%)£30023327
2 bed5963 (0.5%)£35050911
3 bed4594 (0.9%)£5006742
4 bed1762 (1.1%)£5983420
All sizes1,69623 (1.4%)£3501,75840

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. 5 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: 3.8%Jul 24: 3.4%Aug 24: 2.8%Sep 24: 2.9%Oct 24: 2.8%Nov 24: 2.8%Dec 24: 2.6%Jan 25: 2.7%Feb 25: 2.7%Mar 25: 2.9%Apr 25: 2.4%May 25: 2.4%Jun 25: 2.3%Jul 25: 2%Aug 25: 2%Sep 25: 1.7%Oct 25: 2%Nov 25: 2%Dec 25: 2.3%Jan 26: 2.8%Feb 26: 3.1%Mar 26: 3.7%Apr 26: 3.7%May 26: 3.7%Jun 26: 3.4%Jul 26: 3%Aug 26: 2.5%Sep 26: 1.8%Oct 26: 1.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
047Jun 24: 21Jul 24: 20Aug 24: 21Sep 24: 19Oct 24: 23Nov 24: 18Dec 24: 16Jan 25: 15Feb 25: 12Mar 25: 12Apr 25: 14May 25: 17Jun 25: 19Jul 25: 25Aug 25: 26Sep 25: 24Oct 25: 19Nov 25: 18Dec 25: 18Jan 26: 19Feb 26: 31Mar 26: 33Apr 26: 41May 26: 42Jun 26: 44Jul 26: 47Aug 26: 38Sep 26: 38Oct 26: 40Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,6961.4%£350£5001,75840
September 20261,5411.8%£350£5001,61138
August 20261,4902.5%£350£5001,59938
July 20261,7073%£350£5001,68747
June 20261,6283.4%£345£4501,73844
May 20261,5483.7%£345£4501,70942
April 20261,5253.7%£325£4501,70741
March 20261,5303.7%£300£4501,52533
February 20261,4713.1%£343£4951,38831
January 20261,3392.8%£300£4951,02219
December 20251,3722.3%£300£4681,01918
November 20251,4062%£300£4951,05918
October 20251,4172%£300£5001,11819
September 20251,4351.7%£300£5001,12324
August 20251,3802%£300£4501,21726
July 20251,3322%£300£5001,19625
June 20251,2362.3%£300£5001,11919
May 20251,1342.4%£300£5001,12717
April 20251,1232.4%£300£45094614
March 20251,1032.9%£345£50076712
February 20251,1442.7%£345£50076912
January 20251,2072.7%£350£49578115
December 20241,2532.6%£350£45082016
November 20241,3452.8%£300£45096018
October 20241,3312.8%£325£4991,66423
September 20241,2732.9%£300£4501,63019
August 20241,2392.8%£300£4001,53721
July 20241,2033.4%£300£4001,54220
June 20241,1993.8%£300£4001,45721
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 Havering 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: Havering, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/havering. If Havering 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 40 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Havering 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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