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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Swansea

Of 1,737 homes advertised to rent in Swansea in the six months to 31 October 2026, 14 (0.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,464 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 51 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 studios44511 (2.5%)£17010932
2 bed6821 (0.1%)£30036813
3 bed4631 (0.2%)£3506696
4 bed1471 (0.7%)£4553180
All sizes1,73714 (0.8%)£2751,46451

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. 5 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: 3%Jul 24: 1.5%Aug 24: 1.7%Sep 24: 0.9%Oct 24: 1%Nov 24: 1%Dec 24: 1.1%Jan 25: 1.1%Feb 25: 1.1%Mar 25: 1.2%Apr 25: 1.3%May 25: 1.2%Jun 25: 1.1%Jul 25: 1.2%Aug 25: 1.3%Sep 25: 1.1%Oct 25: 1.2%Nov 25: 1.2%Dec 25: 1.2%Jan 26: 1.3%Feb 26: 1.2%Mar 26: 1.2%Apr 26: 1.1%May 26: 1.2%Jun 26: 1.2%Jul 26: 1.2%Aug 26: 0.9%Sep 26: 1%Oct 26: 0.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
070Jun 24: 62Jul 24: 58Aug 24: 51Sep 24: 55Oct 24: 54Nov 24: 33Dec 24: 35Jan 25: 35Feb 25: 34Mar 25: 46Apr 25: 45May 25: 50Jun 25: 51Jul 25: 50Aug 25: 53Sep 25: 52Oct 25: 58Nov 25: 54Dec 25: 55Jan 26: 59Feb 26: 70Mar 26: 67Apr 26: 70May 26: 67Jun 26: 62Jul 26: 65Aug 26: 54Sep 26: 60Oct 26: 51Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,7370.8%£300£3501,46451
September 20261,5501%£300£3501,65260
August 20261,6140.9%£300£3501,52554
July 20261,8131.2%£300£3501,60365
June 20261,9351.2%£300£3501,66962
May 20261,8291.2%£300£3481,69267
April 20261,8311.1%£300£3451,67570
March 20261,8591.2%£300£3501,53167
February 20261,7041.2%£300£3501,40170
January 20261,5051.3%£300£3501,12059
December 20251,3711.2%£300£3501,12955
November 20251,3631.2%£300£3501,16454
October 20251,2971.2%£300£3501,21858
September 20251,1791.1%£300£3401,18852
August 20251,3281.3%£300£3501,29753
July 20251,2291.2%£300£3501,23550
June 20251,0021.1%£300£3501,18251
May 20258901.2%£300£3501,22950
April 20258321.3%£300£3501,01645
March 20258321.2%£300£35085146
February 20257901.1%£300£35080634
January 20258411.1%£300£35078535
December 20249621.1%£300£35093335
November 20241,1101%£300£3501,07733
October 20241,1501%£300£3501,65454
September 20241,0930.9%£300£3501,72955
August 20241,0291.7%£300£3501,68951
July 20241,0201.5%£300£3501,71158
June 20241,1513%£300£3001,68862
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 Swansea 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: Swansea, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/swansea. If Swansea holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Swansea's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 51 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Swansea 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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