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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Midlothian

Of 245 homes advertised to rent in Midlothian in the six months to 31 October 2026, 73 (29.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 632 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 200 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 studios332 (6.1%)£1002915
2 bed13724 (17.5%)£3015559
3 bed4927 (55.1%)−£12521575
4 bed2620 (76.9%)−£20523351
All sizes24573 (29.8%)£6632200

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. 21 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%48.9%Jun 24: 48.4%Jul 24: 46.6%Aug 24: 44.9%Sep 24: 44.8%Oct 24: 43.2%Nov 24: 46%Dec 24: 46.5%Jan 25: 47.9%Feb 25: 48.7%Mar 25: 48.9%Apr 25: 44.4%May 25: 42.5%Jun 25: 43.4%Jul 25: 39.3%Aug 25: 35.8%Sep 25: 34.1%Oct 25: 37.2%Nov 25: 35%Dec 25: 35.1%Jan 26: 37.8%Feb 26: 38.7%Mar 26: 39.3%Apr 26: 40.7%May 26: 42.4%Jun 26: 39%Jul 26: 35.3%Aug 26: 31.7%Sep 26: 31.4%Oct 26: 29.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0200Jun 24: 187Jul 24: 182Aug 24: 179Sep 24: 180Oct 24: 178Nov 24: 79Dec 24: 55Jan 25: 48Feb 25: 73Mar 25: 43Apr 25: 54May 25: 53Jun 25: 73Jul 25: 47Aug 25: 61Sep 25: 75Oct 25: 76Nov 25: 73Dec 25: 74Jan 26: 74Feb 26: 99Mar 26: 132Apr 26: 141May 26: 142Jun 26: 157Jul 26: 151Aug 26: 167Sep 26: 191Oct 26: 200Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 202624529.8%£30−£125632200
September 202623931.4%£30−£125598191
August 202618631.7%£69−£125525167
July 202619035.3%£29−£125531151
June 202618239%£13−£125536157
May 202616542.4%£25−£135509142
April 202616740.7%£25−£125522141
March 202616839.3%£19−£175487132
February 202616838.7%£17−£17042099
January 202617237.8%£5−£14533574
December 202516835.1%£25−£12530774
November 202518035%£13−£11030273
October 202517237.2%£5−£12529576
September 202517034.1%£25−£2429475
August 202515135.8%£21−£3226761
July 202514539.3%£25−£8524747
June 202514543.4%−£16−£12833273
May 202512742.5%£25−£14025653
April 202511744.4%−£21−£8027454
March 202513148.9%−£20−£17522243
February 202515648.7%−£20−£12526873
January 202516547.9%−£20−£7622848
December 202417246.5%£0−£9423155
November 202418746%−£15−£7828779
October 202419043.2%£25−£98504178
September 202418144.8%£5−£75499180
August 202417844.9%£5−£120495179
July 202416146.6%−£20−£175502182
June 202415748.4%−£50−£175499187
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 Midlothian 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: Midlothian, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/midlothian. If Midlothian holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Midlothian's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 200 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Midlothian 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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