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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Tunbridge Wells

Of 1,165 homes advertised to rent in Tunbridge Wells in the six months to 31 October 2026, 58 (5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,444 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 16 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 studios38138 (10%)£1501809
2 bed4688 (1.7%)£3254265
3 bed2068 (3.9%)£3774502
4 bed1104 (3.6%)£6753880
All sizes1,16558 (5%)£2751,44416

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: 9.5%Jul 24: 8.4%Aug 24: 8.1%Sep 24: 8.1%Oct 24: 8.4%Nov 24: 9.1%Dec 24: 9.5%Jan 25: 9.3%Feb 25: 9.9%Mar 25: 9.8%Apr 25: 9.2%May 25: 8.6%Jun 25: 7.8%Jul 25: 7.6%Aug 25: 6.9%Sep 25: 6.7%Oct 25: 6.8%Nov 25: 6.3%Dec 25: 6.7%Jan 26: 5.4%Feb 26: 6.4%Mar 26: 6%Apr 26: 5.6%May 26: 5.2%Jun 26: 5%Jul 26: 5.2%Aug 26: 4.3%Sep 26: 4.4%Oct 26: 5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
021Jun 24: 13Jul 24: 12Aug 24: 14Sep 24: 15Oct 24: 16Nov 24: 10Dec 24: 9Jan 25: 10Feb 25: 8Mar 25: 9Apr 25: 8May 25: 9Jun 25: 9Jul 25: 8Aug 25: 9Sep 25: 16Oct 25: 17Nov 25: 14Dec 25: 15Jan 26: 16Feb 26: 19Mar 26: 19Apr 26: 20May 26: 20Jun 26: 18Jul 26: 21Aug 26: 20Sep 26: 18Oct 26: 16Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,1655%£325£3771,44416
September 20261,0554.4%£320£3771,48818
August 20261,0344.3%£320£3771,37520
July 20261,1145.2%£320£3771,41621
June 20261,0745%£320£3771,42018
May 20269755.2%£298£4271,41720
April 20269525.6%£275£4271,37920
March 20269496%£275£4271,24919
February 20261,0026.4%£275£4271,09919
January 20269605.4%£275£42782516
December 20259586.7%£275£42777515
November 20251,0086.3%£275£37784314
October 20251,0646.8%£275£37797617
September 20251,0756.7%£275£3771,01316
August 20251,0336.9%£275£3779879
July 20251,0467.6%£275£3371,0098
June 20251,0147.8%£275£3271,0569
May 20259608.6%£275£3271,0539
April 20259219.2%£275£3279598
March 20259389.8%£230£3277499
February 20259669.9%£240£3277598
January 20259849.3%£225£32770810
December 20249819.5%£225£3277039
November 20241,0149.1%£225£32779110
October 20241,0268.4%£225£3271,13816
September 20241,0038.1%£225£3271,11815
August 20249928.1%£225£3271,04914
July 20249648.4%£225£2771,02912
June 20249809.5%£220£27796713
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 Tunbridge Wells 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: Tunbridge Wells, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/tunbridge-wells. If Tunbridge Wells holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Tunbridge Wells's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 16 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Tunbridge Wells 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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