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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

North Hertfordshire

Of 955 homes advertised to rent in North Hertfordshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 11 (1.2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 874 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 studios2613 (1.1%)£2001077
2 bed4423 (0.7%)£3252953
3 bed1972 (1%)£4002540
4 bed553 (5.5%)£4002180
All sizes95511 (1.2%)£27587410

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. 20 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: 5.2%Jul 24: 4.2%Aug 24: 3.9%Sep 24: 4%Oct 24: 4.1%Nov 24: 4.4%Dec 24: 4.1%Jan 25: 3.7%Feb 25: 3.9%Mar 25: 3.3%Apr 25: 2.8%May 25: 2.6%Jun 25: 3%Jul 25: 3%Aug 25: 2.7%Sep 25: 3.1%Oct 25: 3.2%Nov 25: 3%Dec 25: 2.8%Jan 26: 3.2%Feb 26: 2.6%Mar 26: 2.3%Apr 26: 2.4%May 26: 2.3%Jun 26: 1.6%Jul 26: 1.5%Aug 26: 1.8%Sep 26: 1.7%Oct 26: 1.2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
014Jun 24: 11Jul 24: 7Aug 24: 8Sep 24: 5Oct 24: 5Nov 24: 2Dec 24: 2Jan 25: 2Feb 25: 2Mar 25: 2Apr 25: 4May 25: 4Jun 25: 4Jul 25: 5Aug 25: 7Sep 25: 8Oct 25: 8Nov 25: 7Dec 25: 8Jan 26: 10Feb 26: 13Mar 26: 12Apr 26: 11May 26: 11Jun 26: 13Jul 26: 13Aug 26: 11Sep 26: 14Oct 26: 10Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20269551.2%£325£40087410
September 20269531.7%£325£35087214
August 20269001.8%£325£35084911
July 20269731.5%£275£35092113
June 20269401.6%£275£35093713
May 20268842.3%£275£35092811
April 20268772.4%£275£35088811
March 20268992.3%£275£32383112
February 20268922.6%£275£35075513
January 20268533.2%£275£34755810
December 20258442.8%£275£3005068
November 20258903%£275£3005587
October 20258883.2%£275£3506008
September 20258403.1%£275£3506228
August 20258382.7%£275£3456597
July 20258363%£275£3006265
June 20258393%£275£3456164
May 20257632.6%£275£3456414
April 20257792.8%£275£3006324
March 20258003.3%£275£2505142
February 20257713.9%£275£2505732
January 20257773.7%£275£2504652
December 20247724.1%£275£2504472
November 20248134.4%£275£2505112
October 20248124.1%£275£2509205
September 20248234%£275£2509265
August 20248193.9%£275£2508878
July 20248264.2%£275£2498887
June 20248415.2%£225£21885811
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 North Hertfordshire 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: North Hertfordshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/north-hertfordshire. If North Hertfordshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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North Hertfordshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 10 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in North Hertfordshire 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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