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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Oldham

Of 894 homes advertised to rent in Oldham in the six months to 31 October 2026, 7 (0.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,053 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 15 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 studios1192 (1.7%)£208243
2 bed4734 (0.8%)£2983259
3 bed2570 (0%)£3554811
4 bed451 (2.2%)£4702232
All sizes8947 (0.8%)£2981,05315

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. 11 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: 4.1%Jul 24: 3.9%Aug 24: 4.2%Sep 24: 4.2%Oct 24: 3.2%Nov 24: 2.9%Dec 24: 2.4%Jan 25: 2.8%Feb 25: 2.5%Mar 25: 2.6%Apr 25: 2.3%May 25: 2.2%Jun 25: 1.8%Jul 25: 1.3%Aug 25: 1%Sep 25: 1.1%Oct 25: 1.2%Nov 25: 1.3%Dec 25: 1.5%Jan 26: 1.4%Feb 26: 1.4%Mar 26: 1.8%Apr 26: 1.8%May 26: 1.6%Jun 26: 1.6%Jul 26: 1.2%Aug 26: 1.3%Sep 26: 0.9%Oct 26: 0.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
019Jun 24: 16Jul 24: 17Aug 24: 19Sep 24: 17Oct 24: 19Nov 24: 12Dec 24: 9Jan 25: 11Feb 25: 9Mar 25: 8Apr 25: 9May 25: 8Jun 25: 7Jul 25: 8Aug 25: 9Sep 25: 10Oct 25: 11Nov 25: 10Dec 25: 11Jan 26: 10Feb 26: 10Mar 26: 14Apr 26: 17May 26: 19Jun 26: 14Jul 26: 13Aug 26: 13Sep 26: 15Oct 26: 15Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268940.8%£298£3551,05315
September 20267870.9%£298£37899615
August 20267681.3%£298£35596413
July 20268091.2%£298£3551,11713
June 20268041.6%£298£3551,09514
May 20267321.6%£289£3061,10119
April 20267301.8%£273£3131,05017
March 20267121.8%£273£35094114
February 20267161.4%£273£35580410
January 20266921.4%£273£35561410
December 20256881.5%£273£35556911
November 20257021.3%£273£35059310
October 20256741.2%£273£35061911
September 20256631.1%£273£35370210
August 20256171%£273£3496839
July 20256051.3%£273£3056638
June 20256051.8%£273£3006317
May 20255552.2%£273£3006398
April 20255622.3%£273£3006349
March 20255792.6%£273£3004968
February 20256052.5%£273£3005279
January 20256092.8%£273£30052811
December 20245902.4%£273£3005649
November 20245932.9%£248£30063512
October 20245883.2%£248£30094719
September 20245714.2%£248£30088717
August 20245704.2%£248£30079819
July 20245673.9%£227£30079317
June 20245794.1%£223£30076916
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 Oldham 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: Oldham, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/oldham. If Oldham holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Oldham's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 15 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Oldham 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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