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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

West Dunbartonshire

Of 240 homes advertised to rent in West Dunbartonshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 6 (2.5%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 219 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 52 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 studios593 (5.1%)£1251812
2 bed1302 (1.5%)£1557926
3 bed461 (2.2%)£1658814
4 bed50—340
All sizes2406 (2.5%)£15521952

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. 2 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%14.4%Jun 24: 14.4%Jul 24: 12.9%Aug 24: 10.8%Sep 24: 11.2%Oct 24: 10.8%Nov 24: 11.3%Dec 24: 10.4%Jan 25: 9%Feb 25: 8.1%Mar 25: 7.1%Apr 25: 5.9%May 25: 4.2%Jun 25: 2.1%Jul 25: 1.6%Aug 25: 0.6%Sep 25: 1.7%Oct 25: 3.3%Nov 25: 2.5%Dec 25: 3.6%Jan 26: 4%Feb 26: 3.9%Mar 26: 3.8%Apr 26: 3.4%May 26: 3.6%Jun 26: 2.7%Jul 26: 2.5%Aug 26: 3.4%Sep 26: 3.3%Oct 26: 2.5%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
088Jun 24: 78Jul 24: 64Aug 24: 61Sep 24: 88Oct 24: 85Nov 24: 24Dec 24: 21Jan 25: 16Feb 25: 28Mar 25: 20Apr 25: 19May 25: 12Jun 25: 24Jul 25: 20Aug 25: 26Sep 25: 24Oct 25: 19Nov 25: 28Dec 25: 26Jan 26: 16Feb 26: 29Mar 26: 39Apr 26: 50May 26: 48Jun 26: 50Jul 26: 59Aug 26: 52Sep 26: 57Oct 26: 52Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262402.5%£155£16521952
September 20262413.3%£155£17520757
August 20262043.4%£178£17521552
July 20262372.5%£155£17523959
June 20262252.7%£155£18820850
May 20262203.6%£155£17520948
April 20262333.4%£155£17522850
March 20262403.8%£155£17518039
February 20262323.9%£155£17513929
January 20262004%£130£1408416
December 20251953.6%£154£1209026
November 20252022.5%£155£1209628
October 20251843.3%£150£1208119
September 20251751.7%£155£1208624
August 20251700.6%£155—9626
July 20251891.6%£152£1377420
June 20251882.1%£125£17310724
May 20251674.2%£104£1246812
April 20251705.9%£102£1247119
March 20251827.1%£105£1506120
February 20251978.1%£111£1308528
January 20252019%£130£1245016
December 202420210.4%£117£1215721
November 202420311.3%£110£1257224
October 202420410.8%£105£12524085
September 202419711.2%£100£12223488
August 202418610.8%£100£14518461
July 202417112.9%£100£15018764
June 202416714.4%£100£15019878
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 Dunbartonshire 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 Dunbartonshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/west-dunbartonshire. If West Dunbartonshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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West Dunbartonshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 52 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in West Dunbartonshire 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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