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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

South Ayrshire

Of 295 homes advertised to rent in South Ayrshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 2 (0.7%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 307 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 50 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 studios800 (0%)£1252514
2 bed1422 (1.4%)£17510926
3 bed600 (0%)£30311610
4 bed130 (0%)—570
All sizes2952 (0.7%)£17530750

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: 2.7%Jul 24: 2.4%Aug 24: 3.3%Sep 24: 3.2%Oct 24: 3.8%Nov 24: 4.2%Dec 24: 4.3%Jan 25: 4.1%Feb 25: 3.6%Mar 25: 3.3%Apr 25: 2.5%May 25: 1.5%Jun 25: 1.5%Jul 25: 1.3%Aug 25: 0.9%Sep 25: 0.9%Oct 25: 0.9%Nov 25: 0.4%Dec 25: 0.5%Jan 26: 0.5%Feb 26: 0.4%Mar 26: 0.4%Apr 26: 0.4%May 26: 0.4%Jun 26: 0.3%Jul 26: 0.3%Aug 26: 0.7%Sep 26: 1%Oct 26: 0.7%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
087Jun 24: 87Jul 24: 70Aug 24: 61Sep 24: 63Oct 24: 59Nov 24: 25Dec 24: 22Jan 25: 25Feb 25: 32Mar 25: 24Apr 25: 29May 25: 30Jun 25: 31Jul 25: 28Aug 25: 26Sep 25: 32Oct 25: 28Nov 25: 26Dec 25: 23Jan 26: 17Feb 26: 39Mar 26: 43Apr 26: 47May 26: 48Jun 26: 46Jul 26: 33Aug 26: 33Sep 26: 41Oct 26: 50Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262950.7%£175£30330750
September 20263001%£175£26328241
August 20262800.7%£180£31321533
July 20263000.3%£200£33022133
June 20262880.3%£200£33524646
May 20262610.4%£200£33526848
April 20262550.4%£200£31227947
March 20262440.4%£200£31023243
February 20262290.4%£175£28518639
January 20262070.5%£175£31411317
December 20252140.5%£175£28510523
November 20252270.4%£175£28512626
October 20252300.9%£188£28512928
September 20252320.9%£175£28514532
August 20252280.9%£175£28513226
July 20252231.3%£175£24512828
June 20252061.5%£150£23515731
May 20251961.5%£150£23311330
April 20252012.5%£150£23511329
March 20252113.3%£125£23510124
February 20252203.6%£125£23513632
January 20252214.1%£125£23512925
December 20242334.3%£125£23010822
November 20242404.2%£140£23213225
October 20242363.8%£125£23536759
September 20242213.2%£125£23034263
August 20242143.3%£125£23129361
July 20242072.4%£125£23431970
June 20241852.7%£125£23534387
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 South Ayrshire 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: South Ayrshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/south-ayrshire. If South Ayrshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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South Ayrshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 50 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in South Ayrshire 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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