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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

West Devon

Of 282 homes advertised to rent in West Devon in the six months to 31 October 2026, 52 (18.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 784 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 21 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 studios499 (18.4%)£30415
2 bed12325 (20.3%)£4618810
3 bed9015 (16.7%)£1753474
4 bed203 (15%)£1282082
All sizes28252 (18.4%)£5578421

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. 3 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%28.9%Jun 24: 27.5%Jul 24: 28.9%Aug 24: 27%Sep 24: 24.4%Oct 24: 24.9%Nov 24: 23.7%Dec 24: 23.6%Jan 25: 24.3%Feb 25: 27.4%Mar 25: 27.2%Apr 25: 23.7%May 25: 23%Jun 25: 22.4%Jul 25: 19.5%Aug 25: 16.8%Sep 25: 17.6%Oct 25: 19.8%Nov 25: 18.9%Dec 25: 17.2%Jan 26: 21.4%Feb 26: 22.3%Mar 26: 20.6%Apr 26: 22%May 26: 23.7%Jun 26: 24.9%Jul 26: 22.5%Aug 26: 21%Sep 26: 19.8%Oct 26: 18.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
021Jun 24: 9Jul 24: 9Aug 24: 9Sep 24: 10Oct 24: 9Nov 24: 5Dec 24: 5Jan 25: 3Feb 25: 3Mar 25: 7Apr 25: 13May 25: 15Jun 25: 12Jul 25: 11Aug 25: 14Sep 25: 16Oct 25: 15Nov 25: 15Dec 25: 17Jan 26: 13Feb 26: 19Mar 26: 15Apr 26: 17May 26: 18Jun 26: 20Jul 26: 20Aug 26: 17Sep 26: 17Oct 26: 21Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 202628218.4%£46£17578421
September 202627819.8%£55£15076917
August 202625721%£55£15071817
July 202630222.5%£55£12575320
June 202628524.9%£55£2576520
May 202625723.7%£55£3875118
April 202625522%£55£4872317
March 202625720.6%£55£4664915
February 202626022.3%£55£4861219
January 202622921.4%£55£5045213
December 202522117.2%£55£12544317
November 202523318.9%£55£10046515
October 202524219.8%£55£8551015
September 202523817.6%£55£15052616
August 202522616.8%£53£15054514
July 202522119.5%£5£7857211
June 202521422.4%£23£5057812
May 202520023%£5£5054115
April 202519423.7%£5£6050013
March 202520227.2%£5£503987
February 202521227.4%£5£493933
January 202521424.3%£30£584073
December 202422023.6%£5£1254355
November 202422823.7%£13£504925
October 202421724.9%£30£955749
September 202420124.4%£30£14556510
August 202420027%£50£1505159
July 202419428.9%£48£1455119
June 202420027.5%£42£1504869
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 West Devon 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: West Devon, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/west-devon. If West Devon holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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West Devon's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 21 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in West Devon 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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