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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Lewisham

Of 4,053 homes advertised to rent in Lewisham in the six months to 31 October 2026, 242 (6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,705 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 137 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 studios1,680168 (10%)£20574493
2 bed1,60237 (2.3%)£3501,13429
3 bed58619 (3.2%)£45058612
4 bed18518 (9.7%)£4252413
All sizes4,053242 (6%)£2862,705137

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%14.4%Jun 24: 14.4%Jul 24: 12.8%Aug 24: 9.5%Sep 24: 9.1%Oct 24: 8.6%Nov 24: 8.7%Dec 24: 8.6%Jan 25: 8.9%Feb 25: 9.2%Mar 25: 9.8%Apr 25: 9.8%May 25: 10.3%Jun 25: 10.4%Jul 25: 10.1%Aug 25: 9.5%Sep 25: 9.5%Oct 25: 9.7%Nov 25: 9%Dec 25: 9%Jan 26: 9.4%Feb 26: 9.8%Mar 26: 9.6%Apr 26: 9.7%May 26: 9.1%Jun 26: 8.5%Jul 26: 8%Aug 26: 7.5%Sep 26: 7.2%Oct 26: 6%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0144Jun 24: 44Jul 24: 51Aug 24: 55Sep 24: 56Oct 24: 69Nov 24: 62Dec 24: 69Jan 25: 79Feb 25: 80Mar 25: 76Apr 25: 91May 25: 93Jun 25: 95Jul 25: 101Aug 25: 100Sep 25: 93Oct 25: 91Nov 25: 86Dec 25: 82Jan 26: 92Feb 26: 115Mar 26: 118Apr 26: 123May 26: 126Jun 26: 133Jul 26: 132Aug 26: 135Sep 26: 144Oct 26: 137Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20264,0536%£350£4502,705137
September 20263,7327.2%£350£4502,738144
August 20263,6327.5%£300£4972,289135
July 20263,9858%£300£4502,437132
June 20263,8168.5%£300£4002,555133
May 20263,5339.1%£252£4002,585126
April 20263,4569.7%£250£3502,587123
March 20263,5139.6%£250£3002,380118
February 20263,3669.8%£250£3002,320115
January 20263,1469.4%£250£3131,78292
December 20253,2099%£250£3501,69182
November 20253,3299%£250£3501,75586
October 20253,3959.7%£250£3501,86291
September 20253,3999.5%£250£3501,86393
August 20253,3019.5%£250£3501,950100
July 20253,27310.1%£250£3501,969101
June 20253,15910.4%£250£3491,92295
May 20252,95110.3%£250£3001,98393
April 20252,8589.8%£250£3001,89791
March 20253,0249.8%£250£3001,50676
February 20253,2349.2%£250£3501,53480
January 20253,4518.9%£250£3501,49879
December 20243,6628.6%£250£3761,40269
November 20243,9158.7%£250£4001,50562
October 20244,0518.6%£250£4501,92869
September 20243,9749.1%£250£4001,88656
August 20243,8769.5%£250£3501,73355
July 20243,90112.8%£200£3501,76251
June 20243,74014.4%£200£3001,67344
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 Lewisham 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: Lewisham, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/lewisham. If Lewisham holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Lewisham's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 137 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Lewisham 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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