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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

South Kesteven

Of 1,097 homes advertised to rent in South Kesteven in the six months to 31 October 2026, 17 (1.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,451 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 39 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 studios1704 (2.4%)£1505614
2 bed46310 (2.2%)£17527721
3 bed3561 (0.3%)£2906282
4 bed1082 (1.9%)£4504902
All sizes1,09717 (1.5%)£2001,45139

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. 7 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: 4.2%Aug 24: 3.5%Sep 24: 3.5%Oct 24: 2.9%Nov 24: 3%Dec 24: 2.9%Jan 25: 2.6%Feb 25: 2.9%Mar 25: 2.3%Apr 25: 2.5%May 25: 2.8%Jun 25: 2.9%Jul 25: 2.5%Aug 25: 2.1%Sep 25: 2.1%Oct 25: 1.9%Nov 25: 1.5%Dec 25: 1.2%Jan 26: 1.8%Feb 26: 1.7%Mar 26: 1.8%Apr 26: 2%May 26: 1.8%Jun 26: 2.1%Jul 26: 1.6%Aug 26: 1.5%Sep 26: 1.3%Oct 26: 1.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
043Jun 24: 9Jul 24: 7Aug 24: 5Sep 24: 8Oct 24: 12Nov 24: 7Dec 24: 7Jan 25: 9Feb 25: 11Mar 25: 9Apr 25: 10May 25: 14Jun 25: 13Jul 25: 18Aug 25: 15Sep 25: 16Oct 25: 16Nov 25: 17Dec 25: 19Jan 26: 21Feb 26: 26Mar 26: 25Apr 26: 28May 26: 32Jun 26: 40Jul 26: 43Aug 26: 42Sep 26: 39Oct 26: 39Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,0971.5%£175£2901,45139
September 20269731.3%£175£2901,40039
August 20269641.5%£175£2901,30542
July 20261,0211.6%£175£2901,28343
June 20261,0472.1%£175£2901,32640
May 20269961.8%£175£2711,30432
April 20269612%£175£2451,26228
March 20269971.8%£169£2411,19125
February 20261,0301.7%£150£2401,10326
January 20261,0231.8%£150£24593321
December 20259851.2%£150£24580219
November 20259931.5%£150£24082517
October 20251,0121.9%£150£24088116
September 20259992.1%£150£24092116
August 20259772.1%£150£24093015
July 20259682.5%£150£24589918
June 20259542.9%£150£24090313
May 20258962.8%£150£24389514
April 20258952.5%£150£24086610
March 20258862.3%£150£2407629
February 20258612.9%£150£24079711
January 20258732.6%£150£2407149
December 20248852.9%£150£2406907
November 20249333%£150£2407997
October 20249032.9%£150£2401,03412
September 20248633.5%£150£2201,0048
August 20248873.5%£133£1959515
July 20249024.2%£130£1959587
June 20249024.1%£125£1909059
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 Kesteven 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 Kesteven, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/south-kesteven. If South Kesteven holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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South Kesteven's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 39 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in South Kesteven 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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