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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Wakefield

Of 1,873 homes advertised to rent in Wakefield in the six months to 31 October 2026, 45 (2.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,344 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 119 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 studios36523 (6.3%)£1257031
2 bed9006 (0.7%)£20061158
3 bed50814 (2.8%)£2251,01328
4 bed1002 (2%)£3656502
All sizes1,87345 (2.4%)£1832,344119

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: 7.6%Jul 24: 6.7%Aug 24: 6%Sep 24: 5.7%Oct 24: 5.7%Nov 24: 5.4%Dec 24: 5.3%Jan 25: 4.8%Feb 25: 4.9%Mar 25: 5%Apr 25: 4.3%May 25: 4.8%Jun 25: 4.7%Jul 25: 5.2%Aug 25: 5%Sep 25: 4.7%Oct 25: 4.7%Nov 25: 4.3%Dec 25: 4.1%Jan 26: 3.9%Feb 26: 4.3%Mar 26: 4.6%Apr 26: 4.2%May 26: 3.9%Jun 26: 3.3%Jul 26: 2.9%Aug 26: 2.3%Sep 26: 1.9%Oct 26: 2.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0128Jun 24: 104Jul 24: 104Aug 24: 110Sep 24: 103Oct 24: 107Nov 24: 65Dec 24: 65Jan 25: 66Feb 25: 69Mar 25: 60Apr 25: 69May 25: 109Jun 25: 116Jul 25: 124Aug 25: 111Sep 25: 112Oct 25: 105Nov 25: 97Dec 25: 93Jan 26: 91Feb 26: 90Mar 26: 91Apr 26: 104May 26: 102Jun 26: 110Jul 26: 116Aug 26: 117Sep 26: 128Oct 26: 119Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,8732.4%£200£2252,344119
September 20261,7251.9%£200£2002,395128
August 20261,7102.3%£180£1752,161117
July 20261,8512.9%£180£1752,197116
June 20261,7973.3%£180£1752,206110
May 20261,7133.9%£155£1752,224102
April 20261,6764.2%£155£1752,179104
March 20261,6834.6%£155£1752,06291
February 20261,7384.3%£155£1751,90190
January 20261,6023.9%£155£1751,64091
December 20251,5294.1%£155£1751,54793
November 20251,5514.3%£155£1701,57697
October 20251,6674.7%£155£1751,602105
September 20251,5564.7%£155£1751,684112
August 20251,4885%£155£1701,595111
July 20251,4575.2%£155£1701,761124
June 20251,4324.7%£155£1701,768116
May 20251,3534.8%£155£1701,813109
April 20251,3064.3%£155£1501,24269
March 20251,3575%£155£1501,35460
February 20251,3784.9%£155£1701,29069
January 20251,3904.8%£155£1701,30366
December 20241,4035.3%£155£1701,35365
November 20241,4885.4%£155£1701,46465
October 20241,4815.7%£155£1702,315107
September 20241,4615.7%£155£1592,322103
August 20241,4446%£130£1502,280110
July 20241,4476.7%£130£1502,195104
June 20241,4967.6%£127£1252,103104
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 Wakefield 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: Wakefield, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/wakefield. If Wakefield 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 119 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Wakefield 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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