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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Merthyr Tydfil

Of 308 homes advertised to rent in Merthyr Tydfil in the six months to 31 October 2026, 6 (1.9%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 306 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 studios341 (2.9%)£14092
2 bed1281 (0.8%)£200594
3 bed1362 (1.5%)£2451814
4 bed102 (20%)—570
All sizes3086 (1.9%)£20030610

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.

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: 2.6%Jul 24: 2.3%Aug 24: 2.3%Sep 24: 1.8%Oct 24: 0%Nov 24: 0%Dec 24: 0%Jan 25: 0%Feb 25: 0.5%Mar 25: 0.6%Apr 25: 0.7%May 25: 0.6%Jun 25: 1.1%Jul 25: 1.1%Aug 25: 0.5%Sep 25: 0.9%Oct 25: 0.9%Nov 25: 1.3%Dec 25: 0.9%Jan 26: 0.8%Feb 26: 0.9%Mar 26: 0.4%Apr 26: 0.4%May 26: 0%Jun 26: 0%Jul 26: 0.4%Aug 26: 1.2%Sep 26: 2%Oct 26: 1.9%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
022Jun 24: 19Jul 24: 16Aug 24: 15Sep 24: 12Oct 24: 12Nov 24: 11Dec 24: 10Jan 25: 8Feb 25: 10Mar 25: 14Apr 25: 13May 25: 15Jun 25: 13Jul 25: 15Aug 25: 13Sep 25: 12Oct 25: 10Nov 25: 9Dec 25: 12Jan 26: 17Feb 26: 19Mar 26: 17Apr 26: 18May 26: 22Jun 26: 20Jul 26: 21Aug 26: 17Sep 26: 12Oct 26: 10Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263081.9%£200£24530610
September 20262982%£195£21935912
August 20262541.2%£200£20037217
July 20262570.4%£195£21237821
June 20262520%£199£20037320
May 20262340%£200£20037422
April 20262400.4%£175£20036918
March 20262300.4%£195£20035917
February 20262330.9%£175£20033119
January 20262390.8%£175£20032217
December 20252270.9%£195£22527112
November 20252261.3%£195£2252769
October 20252290.9%£189£22529510
September 20252110.9%£193£20027512
August 20252080.5%£195£22528813
July 20251821.1%£200£23526415
June 20251791.1%£195£22529413
May 20251580.6%£195£22532215
April 20251510.7%£200£20029213
March 20251710.6%£200£20030214
February 20251820.5%£187£20024410
January 20251900%£153£2002558
December 20241990%£150£20027510
November 20242220%£150£20028311
October 20242310%£150£20036412
September 20242181.8%£150£20034512
August 20242152.3%£150£20033815
July 20242172.3%£150£20034916
June 20242272.6%£150£20033219
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 Merthyr Tydfil 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: Merthyr Tydfil, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/merthyr-tydfil. If Merthyr Tydfil holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Merthyr Tydfil's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 10 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Merthyr Tydfil 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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