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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

West Northamptonshire

Of 3,140 homes advertised to rent in West Northamptonshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 49 (1.6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,736 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 108 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 studios70424 (3.4%)£13514445
2 bed1,26813 (1%)£22570355
3 bed9148 (0.9%)£3009307
4 bed2544 (1.6%)£3499591
All sizes3,14049 (1.6%)£2052,736108

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. 34 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: 4.3%Jul 24: 3.6%Aug 24: 3.3%Sep 24: 3.2%Oct 24: 3%Nov 24: 2.5%Dec 24: 2.4%Jan 25: 2.4%Feb 25: 2.2%Mar 25: 2.4%Apr 25: 2.1%May 25: 2.2%Jun 25: 2.1%Jul 25: 1.9%Aug 25: 1.9%Sep 25: 1.9%Oct 25: 2.1%Nov 25: 2%Dec 25: 2.2%Jan 26: 2.5%Feb 26: 2.7%Mar 26: 2.4%Apr 26: 2.2%May 26: 2.5%Jun 26: 2.1%Jul 26: 1.9%Aug 26: 1.6%Sep 26: 1.5%Oct 26: 1.6%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
0122Jun 24: 59Jul 24: 79Aug 24: 76Sep 24: 77Oct 24: 84Nov 24: 58Dec 24: 60Jan 25: 60Feb 25: 57Mar 25: 56Apr 25: 70May 25: 74Jun 25: 75Jul 25: 84Aug 25: 80Sep 25: 85Oct 25: 83Nov 25: 83Dec 25: 86Jan 26: 89Feb 26: 95Mar 26: 105Apr 26: 109May 26: 114Jun 26: 122Jul 26: 116Aug 26: 110Sep 26: 108Oct 26: 108Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20263,1401.6%£225£3002,736108
September 20262,9921.5%£225£3002,655108
August 20263,0211.6%£225£3002,658110
July 20263,3511.9%£225£3002,772116
June 20263,2062.1%£225£3002,951122
May 20263,0482.5%£200£3002,983114
April 20262,9962.2%£200£3002,915109
March 20262,9112.4%£200£3002,705105
February 20262,8412.7%£200£2952,40195
January 20262,6342.5%£200£3001,73489
December 20252,6922.2%£200£3001,67086
November 20252,8162%£200£3001,68583
October 20252,7222.1%£200£3001,74583
September 20252,7231.9%£225£3001,92385
August 20252,6451.9%£225£3001,91080
July 20252,5981.9%£225£3001,86284
June 20252,4672.1%£225£3001,88775
May 20252,2642.2%£205£3001,89074
April 20252,2832.1%£200£3001,70270
March 20252,3182.4%£200£3001,42656
February 20252,3412.2%£200£3001,45457
January 20252,4612.4%£200£3001,42860
December 20242,5832.4%£200£3001,47460
November 20242,7602.5%£200£3001,60158
October 20242,7763%£200£3002,44184
September 20242,7533.2%£200£3002,38877
August 20242,7423.3%£175£3002,21976
July 20242,6063.6%£175£3002,38779
June 20242,5584.3%£175£2952,31559
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 Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/west-northamptonshire. If West Northamptonshire 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 108 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in West Northamptonshire 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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