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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Richmond upon Thames

Of 2,761 homes advertised to rent in Richmond upon Thames in the six months to 31 October 2026, 57 (2.1%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,148 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 studios89043 (4.8%)£3444376
2 bed1,1723 (0.3%)£6558434
3 bed4611 (0.2%)£9955260
4 bed23810 (4.2%)£1,3503420
All sizes2,76157 (2.1%)£5402,14810

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. 2 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: 4.3%Jul 24: 4.3%Aug 24: 4%Sep 24: 3.9%Oct 24: 3.4%Nov 24: 3%Dec 24: 2.7%Jan 25: 2.5%Feb 25: 2.6%Mar 25: 2.9%Apr 25: 2.8%May 25: 3%Jun 25: 3.1%Jul 25: 3.1%Aug 25: 3.3%Sep 25: 3.1%Oct 25: 3.1%Nov 25: 3%Dec 25: 3.1%Jan 26: 3.5%Feb 26: 3.5%Mar 26: 3.5%Apr 26: 3.8%May 26: 3.6%Jun 26: 3.1%Jul 26: 2.8%Aug 26: 2.3%Sep 26: 2.2%Oct 26: 2.1%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
014Jun 24: 4Jul 24: 5Aug 24: 7Sep 24: 10Oct 24: 9Nov 24: 9Dec 24: 10Jan 25: 10Feb 25: 10Mar 25: 9Apr 25: 8May 25: 7Jun 25: 6Jul 25: 6Aug 25: 8Sep 25: 8Oct 25: 6Nov 25: 6Dec 25: 4Jan 26: 8Feb 26: 13Mar 26: 14Apr 26: 11May 26: 12Jun 26: 9Jul 26: 11Aug 26: 10Sep 26: 13Oct 26: 10Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262,7612.1%£655£9952,14810
September 20262,5332.2%£655£9952,20913
August 20262,4712.3%£627£9501,81010
July 20262,8782.8%£600£9501,90511
June 20262,6123.1%£550£9501,9739
May 20262,3933.6%£550£9251,98312
April 20262,3393.8%£505£8582,00411
March 20262,4673.5%£505£8401,90914
February 20262,5133.5%£505£7751,75113
January 20262,3093.5%£505£7751,3368
December 20252,4053.1%£505£8001,3074
November 20252,5233%£505£8001,3356
October 20252,7683.1%£505£8001,4866
September 20252,5873.1%£505£7901,5648
August 20252,4583.3%£500£8251,4668
July 20252,3903.1%£500£7991,5656
June 20252,2623.1%£500£7901,5526
May 20252,1333%£500£7901,5717
April 20252,0972.8%£500£7501,2068
March 20252,2372.9%£500£7781,1409
February 20252,3462.6%£505£8001,19110
January 20252,4322.5%£505£8001,18810
December 20242,5512.7%£501£8001,17810
November 20242,7173%£500£8251,2939
October 20242,8213.4%£500£8951,7539
September 20242,7793.9%£500£8951,79510
August 20242,7544%£500£8401,6397
July 20242,7234.3%£455£8401,6215
June 20242,6384.3%£450£8251,5614
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 Richmond upon Thames 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: Richmond upon Thames, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/richmond-upon-thames. If Richmond upon Thames holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

Each month, by email

Richmond upon Thames's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 10 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Richmond upon Thames 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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