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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

New Forest

Of 835 homes advertised to rent in New Forest in the six months to 31 October 2026, 12 (1.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,194 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 51 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 studios16810 (6%)£15014638
2 bed3461 (0.3%)£32559312
3 bed2411 (0.4%)£4208571
4 bed800 (0%)£5505980
All sizes83512 (1.4%)£3002,19451

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. 7 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: 3.9%Jul 24: 3.6%Aug 24: 4%Sep 24: 4%Oct 24: 3.6%Nov 24: 2.6%Dec 24: 2.9%Jan 25: 2.9%Feb 25: 2.8%Mar 25: 3.1%Apr 25: 3.8%May 25: 3.9%Jun 25: 3.5%Jul 25: 2.8%Aug 25: 2.5%Sep 25: 2.5%Oct 25: 1.5%Nov 25: 1.9%Dec 25: 2%Jan 26: 2.6%Feb 26: 2.6%Mar 26: 2.1%Apr 26: 2.9%May 26: 2.7%Jun 26: 2.5%Jul 26: 2.2%Aug 26: 2.4%Sep 26: 2.2%Oct 26: 1.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
080Jun 24: 63Jul 24: 71Aug 24: 73Sep 24: 76Oct 24: 80Nov 24: 48Dec 24: 41Jan 25: 33Feb 25: 26Mar 25: 28Apr 25: 28May 25: 31Jun 25: 30Jul 25: 31Aug 25: 36Sep 25: 33Oct 25: 31Nov 25: 32Dec 25: 32Jan 26: 38Feb 26: 49Mar 26: 55Apr 26: 56May 26: 50Jun 26: 44Jul 26: 38Aug 26: 38Sep 26: 43Oct 26: 51Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268351.4%£325£4202,19451
September 20268232.2%£325£3752,18643
August 20267962.4%£320£3732,08638
July 20268932.2%£320£3752,15738
June 20268802.5%£320£3752,16044
May 20268252.7%£320£3752,18450
April 20267992.9%£275£3752,17456
March 20267972.1%£275£3761,98955
February 20267982.6%£275£4201,79049
January 20267312.6%£275£4201,50838
December 20257162%£320£4251,36132
November 20257511.9%£300£4201,43132
October 20257441.5%£320£3751,48331
September 20256842.5%£320£4251,55733
August 20256702.5%£320£4101,58636
July 20256792.8%£275£4001,69231
June 20256633.5%£275£3751,69830
May 20256213.9%£275£3751,72431
April 20256343.8%£275£3751,64328
March 20256513.1%£275£3751,26128
February 20256762.8%£275£3751,10326
January 20256582.9%£275£3751,11233
December 20246662.9%£258£3751,13241
November 20246822.6%£270£3751,35148
October 20246763.6%£225£3752,02780
September 20246824%£225£3252,09976
August 20246824%£225£3201,98573
July 20247013.6%£225£3201,91671
June 20246873.9%£225£3001,75763
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 New Forest 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: New Forest, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/new-forest. If New Forest 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 51 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in New Forest 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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