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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Merton

Of 3,309 homes advertised to rent in Merton in the six months to 31 October 2026, 61 (1.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,970 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 20 would return 7% gross or more a year if let at the LHA.

Email me each month How it is counted
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 studios1,02950 (4.9%)£40038214
2 bed1,2966 (0.5%)£5507354
3 bed6012 (0.3%)£8005382
4 bed3833 (0.8%)£7003150
All sizes3,30961 (1.8%)£5051,97020

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: 2.4%Jul 24: 2.4%Aug 24: 2%Sep 24: 2.1%Oct 24: 2%Nov 24: 1.8%Dec 24: 2%Jan 25: 1.8%Feb 25: 1.9%Mar 25: 1.7%Apr 25: 2.3%May 25: 2.5%Jun 25: 2.2%Jul 25: 2.2%Aug 25: 2.3%Sep 25: 2.4%Oct 25: 2.3%Nov 25: 2.3%Dec 25: 2.7%Jan 26: 3.2%Feb 26: 3.2%Mar 26: 3.5%Apr 26: 3.6%May 26: 3.6%Jun 26: 3.1%Jul 26: 2.6%Aug 26: 2.5%Sep 26: 2%Oct 26: 1.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
025Jun 24: 6Jul 24: 5Aug 24: 4Sep 24: 8Oct 24: 8Nov 24: 6Dec 24: 4Jan 25: 7Feb 25: 7Mar 25: 6Apr 25: 5May 25: 9Jun 25: 11Jul 25: 11Aug 25: 11Sep 25: 15Oct 25: 15Nov 25: 14Dec 25: 14Jan 26: 18Feb 26: 24Mar 26: 25Apr 26: 23May 26: 23Jun 26: 21Jul 26: 21Aug 26: 23Sep 26: 18Oct 26: 20Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263,3091.8%£550£8001,97020
September 20263,0232%£550£8002,05618
August 20262,9552.5%£550£8001,74323
July 20263,2782.6%£533£7501,82121
June 20263,0833.1%£505£7501,92321
May 20262,8253.6%£505£7501,94123
April 20262,7703.6%£505£7501,92723
March 20262,7373.5%£505£7501,83725
February 20262,7273.2%£505£7501,74524
January 20262,5203.2%£505£7501,40318
December 20252,5792.7%£505£7501,30414
November 20252,7282.3%£505£7491,35014
October 20252,7982.3%£505£7501,44115
September 20252,8732.4%£505£7501,50415
August 20252,7972.3%£505£7451,48911
July 20252,7462.2%£500£7451,51511
June 20252,5742.2%£500£7001,56611
May 20252,3752.5%£500£7501,5329
April 20252,2812.3%£500£7501,4425
March 20252,3101.7%£500£7501,1476
February 20252,3591.9%£500£7501,2097
January 20252,4721.8%£500£8001,2257
December 20242,5912%£500£7501,1434
November 20242,7641.8%£500£7501,2446
October 20242,8712%£500£7501,7288
September 20242,8292.1%£500£7501,6558
August 20242,8012%£498£7001,4954
July 20242,7382.4%£478£7001,4915
June 20242,6852.4%£495£7001,4196
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 Merton 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: Merton, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/merton. If Merton holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Merton's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 20 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Merton 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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