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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Solihull

Of 1,185 homes advertised to rent in Solihull in the six months to 31 October 2026, 14 (1.2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,517 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 35 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 studios20110 (5%)£1509516
2 bed4722 (0.4%)£27541815
3 bed3790 (0%)£3956164
4 bed1332 (1.5%)£4753880
All sizes1,18514 (1.2%)£2751,51735

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. 4 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%10.7%Jun 24: 3.6%Jul 24: 3.6%Aug 24: 3.4%Sep 24: 3.1%Oct 24: 3.4%Nov 24: 3.4%Dec 24: 3.2%Jan 25: 3.1%Feb 25: 4%Mar 25: 4.1%Apr 25: 10.7%May 25: 10.4%Jun 25: 9.9%Jul 25: 9.7%Aug 25: 8.6%Sep 25: 8.7%Oct 25: 2.7%Nov 25: 2.9%Dec 25: 2.8%Jan 26: 2.5%Feb 26: 2.3%Mar 26: 2.1%Apr 26: 1.9%May 26: 1.9%Jun 26: 2.1%Jul 26: 2%Aug 26: 1.8%Sep 26: 1.5%Oct 26: 1.2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
043Jun 24: 27Jul 24: 31Aug 24: 28Sep 24: 28Oct 24: 26Nov 24: 14Dec 24: 11Jan 25: 13Feb 25: 15Mar 25: 26Apr 25: 25May 25: 33Jun 25: 31Jul 25: 29Aug 25: 24Sep 25: 31Oct 25: 32Nov 25: 27Dec 25: 26Jan 26: 26Feb 26: 34Mar 26: 40Apr 26: 43May 26: 38Jun 26: 37Jul 26: 41Aug 26: 38Sep 26: 39Oct 26: 35Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,1851.2%£275£3951,51735
September 20261,1331.5%£270£3951,41839
August 20261,0661.8%£250£3751,39238
July 20261,0532%£270£4001,51541
June 20261,1352.1%£270£3751,58037
May 20261,0881.9%£245£3751,58438
April 20261,0821.9%£225£3751,58543
March 20261,1212.1%£225£3501,43040
February 20261,1482.3%£225£3501,25034
January 20261,1542.5%£225£3501,09126
December 20251,1092.8%£225£35077426
November 20251,1652.9%£225£35084327
October 20251,2112.7%£225£35090832
September 20251,2638.7%£170£30097531
August 20251,2388.6%£170£29892024
July 20251,2529.7%£170£29599529
June 20251,2199.9%£156£2951,04431
May 20251,12010.4%£150£2951,10033
April 20251,09310.7%£150£28395325
March 20251,0084.1%£175£30093526
February 20251,0254%£170£31969715
January 20251,0153.1%£175£30066113
December 20241,0463.2%£170£30865411
November 20241,1323.4%£170£32573814
October 20241,1643.4%£170£3001,12326
September 20241,1553.1%£175£3001,14028
August 20241,1223.4%£170£3001,04928
July 20241,1123.6%£160£3001,08031
June 20241,1503.6%£150£3001,06127
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 Solihull 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: Solihull, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/solihull. If Solihull holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Solihull's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 35 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Solihull 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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