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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Torbay

Of 1,194 homes advertised to rent in Torbay in the six months to 31 October 2026, 10 (0.8%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,228 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 93 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 studios4084 (1%)£14517235
2 bed4772 (0.4%)£22078740
3 bed2532 (0.8%)£36078810
4 bed562 (3.6%)£2134818
All sizes1,19410 (0.8%)£1952,22893

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. 14 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: 4.3%Jul 24: 5.6%Aug 24: 5.2%Sep 24: 5.2%Oct 24: 4.8%Nov 24: 4.9%Dec 24: 4.5%Jan 25: 3.5%Feb 25: 3.6%Mar 25: 3.3%Apr 25: 2.4%May 25: 2%Jun 25: 2.1%Jul 25: 2.2%Aug 25: 1.9%Sep 25: 1.8%Oct 25: 2.1%Nov 25: 2.1%Dec 25: 2.1%Jan 26: 2%Feb 26: 1.9%Mar 26: 1.7%Apr 26: 1.6%May 26: 1.5%Jun 26: 1.3%Jul 26: 1.5%Aug 26: 1.1%Sep 26: 0.9%Oct 26: 0.8%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0110Jun 24: 43Jul 24: 50Aug 24: 52Sep 24: 58Oct 24: 58Nov 24: 47Dec 24: 46Jan 25: 43Feb 25: 43Mar 25: 48Apr 25: 47May 25: 54Jun 25: 57Jul 25: 68Aug 25: 72Sep 25: 78Oct 25: 75Nov 25: 72Dec 25: 72Jan 26: 79Feb 26: 96Mar 26: 98Apr 26: 110May 26: 107Jun 26: 106Jul 26: 96Aug 26: 96Sep 26: 97Oct 26: 93Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,1940.8%£220£3602,22893
September 20261,0770.9%£222£3102,26597
August 20261,0471.1%£220£3602,17396
July 20261,1761.5%£205£3412,21896
June 20261,1151.3%£200£3552,254106
May 20261,0301.5%£180£3102,203107
April 20269591.6%£196£3032,172110
March 20269291.7%£175£2602,00098
February 20269711.9%£175£2601,89896
January 20268702%£175£2601,65379
December 20259172.1%£175£2601,59872
November 20259472.1%£199£2601,67072
October 20251,0012.1%£180£2601,80575
September 20259351.8%£175£2661,89178
August 20258391.9%£175£3101,90172
July 20258092.2%£175£2871,98968
June 20257512.1%£175£3101,95657
May 20257112%£175£3601,95654
April 20256952.4%£175£3601,47747
March 20258413.3%£175£3601,45248
February 20258823.6%£175£3401,48043
January 20259453.5%£200£3501,49743
December 20241,0014.5%£175£3101,54046
November 20241,0614.9%£175£3101,64247
October 20241,0524.8%£175£3102,17558
September 20249265.2%£175£3102,16458
August 20248995.2%£175£2602,06552
July 20248995.6%£175£2601,97850
June 20249114.3%£175£2601,79043
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 Torbay 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: Torbay, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/torbay. If Torbay 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 93 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Torbay 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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