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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

West Lothian

Of 480 homes advertised to rent in West Lothian in the six months to 31 October 2026, 6 (1.3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 768 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 22 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 studios752 (2.7%)£179194
2 bed2392 (0.8%)£2701174
3 bed1290 (0%)£3502618
4 bed372 (5.4%)£4883716
All sizes4806 (1.3%)£27076822

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. 56 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: 4.5%Jul 24: 3.8%Aug 24: 2.7%Sep 24: 1.7%Oct 24: 1.9%Nov 24: 2%Dec 24: 2.3%Jan 25: 2.9%Feb 25: 3.3%Mar 25: 3.4%Apr 25: 3.3%May 25: 2.5%Jun 25: 2.5%Jul 25: 1.9%Aug 25: 1.7%Sep 25: 1.4%Oct 25: 1.2%Nov 25: 1%Dec 25: 0.8%Jan 26: 1.2%Feb 26: 1.9%Mar 26: 1.8%Apr 26: 1.5%May 26: 1.6%Jun 26: 1.6%Jul 26: 1.3%Aug 26: 0.7%Sep 26: 1.2%Oct 26: 1.3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
063Jun 24: 58Jul 24: 62Aug 24: 63Sep 24: 60Oct 24: 60Nov 24: 33Dec 24: 27Jan 25: 23Feb 25: 19Mar 25: 15Apr 25: 20May 25: 21Jun 25: 20Jul 25: 15Aug 25: 20Sep 25: 19Oct 25: 18Nov 25: 15Dec 25: 14Jan 26: 14Feb 26: 24Mar 26: 32Apr 26: 41May 26: 33Jun 26: 36Jul 26: 31Aug 26: 27Sep 26: 21Oct 26: 22Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20264801.3%£270£35076822
September 20264331.2%£270£35070121
August 20264100.7%£250£35067327
July 20264761.3%£248£35069931
June 20264511.6%£225£35076336
May 20264271.6%£225£35074933
April 20264061.5%£225£35082641
March 20264431.8%£225£34572032
February 20264281.9%£225£34158524
January 20264051.2%£225£26036514
December 20253710.8%£250£30037814
November 20254111%£250£25038015
October 20254261.2%£250£25037818
September 20254231.4%£225£25033719
August 20254021.7%£225£24530820
July 20253771.9%£225£24530815
June 20254002.5%£225£24640420
May 20253592.5%£224£25035921
April 20253623.3%£200£25537120
March 20253523.4%£200£24530315
February 20253693.3%£200£24538819
January 20253812.9%£200£24935323
December 20243872.3%£200£24540327
November 20244052%£217£24546033
October 20244161.9%£200£24985560
September 20244051.7%£200£24682260
August 20244022.7%£200£24976063
July 20243943.8%£175£24579962
June 20243574.5%£175£24573858
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 Lothian 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 Lothian, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/west-lothian. If West Lothian holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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West Lothian's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 22 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in West Lothian 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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