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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Sunderland

Of 1,787 homes advertised to rent in Sunderland in the six months to 31 October 2026, 37 (2.1%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,318 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 222 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 studios34316 (4.7%)£1208750
2 bed80511 (1.4%)£175396123
3 bed5314 (0.8%)£20051842
4 bed1086 (5.6%)£2503177
All sizes1,78737 (2.1%)£1751,318222

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. 54 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: 6.2%Jul 24: 5.4%Aug 24: 5%Sep 24: 5.6%Oct 24: 5.2%Nov 24: 4.7%Dec 24: 4.5%Jan 25: 4.3%Feb 25: 4%Mar 25: 3.1%Apr 25: 3.4%May 25: 3.2%Jun 25: 3%Jul 25: 2.9%Aug 25: 2.6%Sep 25: 2.6%Oct 25: 2.4%Nov 25: 2.6%Dec 25: 2.7%Jan 26: 2.5%Feb 26: 2.3%Mar 26: 2.9%Apr 26: 2.7%May 26: 2.6%Jun 26: 2.4%Jul 26: 2.8%Aug 26: 3%Sep 26: 2.4%Oct 26: 2.1%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0256Jun 24: 167Jul 24: 199Aug 24: 185Sep 24: 211Oct 24: 209Nov 24: 147Dec 24: 142Jan 25: 157Feb 25: 158Mar 25: 148Apr 25: 181May 25: 190Jun 25: 192Jul 25: 193Aug 25: 187Sep 25: 174Oct 25: 163Nov 25: 165Dec 25: 152Jan 26: 178Feb 26: 207Mar 26: 234Apr 26: 256May 26: 246Jun 26: 252Jul 26: 238Aug 26: 223Sep 26: 234Oct 26: 222Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,7872.1%£175£2001,318222
September 20261,6522.4%£175£2001,311234
August 20261,6233%£175£2001,378223
July 20261,7242.8%£175£2001,472238
June 20261,7462.4%£175£2001,550252
May 20261,5992.6%£175£2001,539246
April 20261,5352.7%£172£2001,553256
March 20261,4552.9%£163£2001,419234
February 20261,3842.3%£175£1751,238207
January 20261,2712.5%£175£197947178
December 20251,1672.7%£175£175771152
November 20251,1992.6%£175£175827165
October 20251,2072.4%£175£175855163
September 20251,2222.6%£150£175913174
August 20251,1762.6%£150£1751,000187
July 20251,1112.9%£150£1501,017193
June 20251,0433%£133£1501,041192
May 20259283.2%£150£1501,012190
April 20259103.4%£145£150966181
March 20258583.1%£140£175717148
February 20258774%£125£175748158
January 20259134.3%£125£150750157
December 20249774.5%£125£150692142
November 20241,0464.7%£125£150735147
October 20241,0345.2%£125£1501,077209
September 20241,0195.6%£125£1471,028211
August 20241,0475%£120£145952185
July 20241,0135.4%£120£145983199
June 20249836.2%£120£145937167
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 Sunderland 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: Sunderland, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/sunderland. If Sunderland holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Behind the counts

The 222 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Sunderland 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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