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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

South Oxfordshire

Of 996 homes advertised to rent in South Oxfordshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 35 (3.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,563 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 29 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 studios22719 (8.4%)£20011413
2 bed4308 (1.9%)£27539713
3 bed2194 (1.8%)£3755401
4 bed1204 (3.3%)£6175122
All sizes99635 (3.5%)£2751,56329

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. 33 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: 8.2%Jul 24: 8.5%Aug 24: 7.4%Sep 24: 7.2%Oct 24: 6.5%Nov 24: 6.4%Dec 24: 6%Jan 25: 5.6%Feb 25: 6.9%Mar 25: 6.7%Apr 25: 7.1%May 25: 7.3%Jun 25: 6.5%Jul 25: 5.8%Aug 25: 5.3%Sep 25: 4.4%Oct 25: 4%Nov 25: 3.4%Dec 25: 3.2%Jan 26: 3.8%Feb 26: 3.5%Mar 26: 3.8%Apr 26: 3.4%May 26: 3.6%Jun 26: 3.3%Jul 26: 3.4%Aug 26: 3%Sep 26: 3.1%Oct 26: 3.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
029Jun 24: 11Jul 24: 10Aug 24: 8Sep 24: 13Oct 24: 12Nov 24: 9Dec 24: 9Jan 25: 9Feb 25: 8Mar 25: 6Apr 25: 6May 25: 8Jun 25: 9Jul 25: 9Aug 25: 9Sep 25: 11Oct 25: 9Nov 25: 10Dec 25: 13Jan 26: 14Feb 26: 24Mar 26: 21Apr 26: 22May 26: 25Jun 26: 26Jul 26: 23Aug 26: 23Sep 26: 24Oct 26: 29Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20269963.5%£275£3751,56329
September 20269053.1%£255£3751,42924
August 20268773%£225£3751,21723
July 20261,0113.4%£225£3751,29723
June 20269533.3%£225£3751,40126
May 20268543.6%£225£3751,40425
April 20268173.4%£225£3251,38822
March 20268443.8%£225£3251,27221
February 20268863.5%£225£3251,11324
January 20268773.8%£225£32576914
December 20259203.2%£225£35071213
November 20259543.4%£225£35075310
October 20259574%£225£3687949
September 20259394.4%£225£34085911
August 20259085.3%£205£3258379
July 20258815.8%£205£3258679
June 20258616.5%£175£3258919
May 20258037.3%£175£3259228
April 20258137.1%£175£2758846
March 20258516.7%£175£3006626
February 20258436.9%£175£2757168
January 20258785.6%£175£2757279
December 20249026%£175£3007429
November 20249536.4%£175£3008389
October 20249356.5%£175£2991,29812
September 20249227.2%£175£2751,31613
August 20249407.4%£175£2751,2488
July 20249268.5%£175£2751,26710
June 20249248.2%£175£2701,24511
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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/south-oxfordshire. If South Oxfordshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

Each month, by email

South Oxfordshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 29 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in South Oxfordshire 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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