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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Swindon

Of 1,985 homes advertised to rent in Swindon in the six months to 31 October 2026, 29 (1.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,520 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 125 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 studios54217 (3.1%)£12517281
2 bed8985 (0.6%)£24052139
3 bed4343 (0.7%)£3504785
4 bed1114 (3.6%)£3003490
All sizes1,98529 (1.5%)£2151,520125

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. 15 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: 2.8%Aug 24: 2.7%Sep 24: 2.2%Oct 24: 2%Nov 24: 2.6%Dec 24: 2.9%Jan 25: 2.5%Feb 25: 2.6%Mar 25: 2.6%Apr 25: 3%May 25: 2%Jun 25: 1.8%Jul 25: 1.8%Aug 25: 1.7%Sep 25: 1.7%Oct 25: 1.3%Nov 25: 1.5%Dec 25: 1.3%Jan 26: 1.3%Feb 26: 1.3%Mar 26: 1.3%Apr 26: 1.4%May 26: 1.5%Jun 26: 1.5%Jul 26: 1.6%Aug 26: 1.5%Sep 26: 1.5%Oct 26: 1.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0126Jun 24: 57Jul 24: 66Aug 24: 60Sep 24: 61Oct 24: 67Nov 24: 52Dec 24: 51Jan 25: 50Feb 25: 48Mar 25: 44Apr 25: 65May 25: 63Jun 25: 63Jul 25: 66Aug 25: 71Sep 25: 71Oct 25: 76Nov 25: 78Dec 25: 81Jan 26: 77Feb 26: 92Mar 26: 107Apr 26: 110May 26: 112Jun 26: 120Jul 26: 126Aug 26: 124Sep 26: 118Oct 26: 125Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,9851.5%£240£3501,520125
September 20261,8121.5%£215£3501,502118
August 20261,7681.5%£215£3501,487124
July 20261,9831.6%£215£3501,610126
June 20261,8761.5%£215£3501,643120
May 20261,7491.5%£215£3501,644112
April 20261,7481.4%£212£3501,657110
March 20261,7851.3%£210£3501,475107
February 20261,7581.3%£212£3501,33592
January 20261,5991.3%£215£3501,01777
December 20251,6311.3%£210£35095881
November 20251,6791.5%£210£35098278
October 20251,6401.3%£210£3501,06076
September 20251,6181.7%£210£3501,06371
August 20251,5921.7%£210£3501,14671
July 20251,5961.8%£210£3451,12766
June 20251,5481.8%£210£3451,07063
May 20251,4672%£210£3001,09563
April 20251,4703%£190£3001,07065
March 20251,5222.6%£190£30065244
February 20251,5472.6%£190£30071348
January 20251,6232.5%£190£30073950
December 20241,6482.9%£182£30077351
November 20241,7342.6%£165£30086352
October 20241,7802%£165£3451,39467
September 20241,7542.2%£165£3201,35361
August 20241,7692.7%£165£3001,29160
July 20241,7272.8%£165£3001,35466
June 20241,7163%£165£3001,30257
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 Swindon 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: Swindon, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/swindon. If Swindon holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Swindon's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 125 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Swindon 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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