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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

West Lancashire

Of 335 homes advertised to rent in West Lancashire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 0 (0%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 656 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 29 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 studios240 (0%)£223104
2 bed1130 (0%)£25012014
3 bed1490 (0%)£2302908
4 bed490 (0%)£5252363
All sizes3350 (0%)£25065629

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. 1 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: 3.9%Jul 24: 2.7%Aug 24: 3%Sep 24: 3%Oct 24: 2.4%Nov 24: 2%Dec 24: 2%Jan 25: 2%Feb 25: 1.7%Mar 25: 1%Apr 25: 1%May 25: 0.6%Jun 25: 0.9%Jul 25: 1.2%Aug 25: 1.4%Sep 25: 1.7%Oct 25: 1.7%Nov 25: 1.7%Dec 25: 1.6%Jan 26: 1.9%Feb 26: 1.9%Mar 26: 1.8%Apr 26: 1.8%May 26: 1.5%Jun 26: 1.4%Jul 26: 0.8%Aug 26: 0.6%Sep 26: 0.3%Oct 26: 0%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
039Jun 24: 22Jul 24: 29Aug 24: 30Sep 24: 33Oct 24: 39Nov 24: 36Dec 24: 31Jan 25: 26Feb 25: 22Mar 25: 22Apr 25: 26May 25: 32Jun 25: 29Jul 25: 33Aug 25: 31Sep 25: 34Oct 25: 32Nov 25: 29Dec 25: 28Jan 26: 26Feb 26: 27Mar 26: 21Apr 26: 22May 26: 22Jun 26: 20Jul 26: 23Aug 26: 28Sep 26: 24Oct 26: 29Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263350%£250£23065629
September 20263090.3%£275£23061424
August 20263220.6%£250£22559228
July 20263530.8%£250£22563523
June 20263541.4%£250£22361220
May 20263321.5%£275£22560322
April 20263251.8%£250£20360022
March 20263321.8%£255£20054721
February 20263241.9%£250£20055827
January 20263151.9%£275£20046226
December 20253201.6%£275£20039828
November 20253481.7%£250£20041829
October 20253621.7%£250£20444832
September 20253561.7%£225£20545234
August 20253501.4%£225£20547631
July 20253271.2%£225£20449533
June 20253340.9%£225£20052029
May 20253120.6%£200£20053232
April 20253121%£200£20054326
March 20253041%£200£20048022
February 20252871.7%£200£20048722
January 20253072%£195£18248626
December 20242962%£195£18050731
November 20243072%£195£18054236
October 20242932.4%£195£15565639
September 20242993%£195£15562033
August 20243033%£175£15557730
July 20242962.7%£175£17556329
June 20243073.9%£150£18352722
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 Lancashire 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 Lancashire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/west-lancashire. If West Lancashire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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West Lancashire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 29 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in West Lancashire 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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