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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

West Suffolk

Of 2,204 homes advertised to rent in West Suffolk in the six months to 31 October 2026, 92 (4.2%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 1,491 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 35 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 studios27150 (18.5%)£1207714
2 bed83925 (3%)£32047619
3 bed7504 (0.5%)£3455512
4 bed34413 (3.8%)£3503870
All sizes2,20492 (4.2%)£3001,49135

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. 13 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: 8.6%Jul 24: 8%Aug 24: 8.1%Sep 24: 7.6%Oct 24: 7.6%Nov 24: 7.2%Dec 24: 7%Jan 25: 7.7%Feb 25: 7.7%Mar 25: 7.2%Apr 25: 6.8%May 25: 7.2%Jun 25: 6.9%Jul 25: 6%Aug 25: 6%Sep 25: 6.2%Oct 25: 6.2%Nov 25: 6.3%Dec 25: 6.5%Jan 26: 6.9%Feb 26: 7%Mar 26: 6.9%Apr 26: 7.2%May 26: 6.5%Jun 26: 5.9%Jul 26: 5%Aug 26: 4.7%Sep 26: 4.6%Oct 26: 4.2%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
045Jun 24: 23Jul 24: 22Aug 24: 21Sep 24: 26Oct 24: 25Nov 24: 17Dec 24: 13Jan 25: 13Feb 25: 14Mar 25: 15Apr 25: 19May 25: 18Jun 25: 17Jul 25: 22Aug 25: 19Sep 25: 23Oct 25: 28Nov 25: 21Dec 25: 22Jan 26: 28Feb 26: 35Mar 26: 43Apr 26: 45May 26: 40Jun 26: 38Jul 26: 37Aug 26: 32Sep 26: 33Oct 26: 35Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262,2044.2%£320£3451,49135
September 20262,2094.6%£322£3251,44333
August 20262,1004.7%£300£3251,41832
July 20262,2655%£300£2951,48737
June 20262,2475.9%£280£2951,50438
May 20262,1286.5%£275£2951,51140
April 20262,0637.2%£250£2931,46845
March 20262,0856.9%£250£2751,35043
February 20262,0887%£225£2751,20235
January 20261,9826.9%£225£24587228
December 20251,9226.5%£226£24568622
November 20252,0146.3%£250£27571721
October 20252,0366.2%£250£27577728
September 20251,9736.2%£250£29581723
August 20251,9626%£293£29583419
July 20251,9226%£275£29582422
June 20251,8716.9%£275£29592917
May 20251,7707.2%£250£29589318
April 20251,7386.8%£250£29587119
March 20251,7897.2%£250£29477415
February 20251,7907.7%£250£24776014
January 20251,8597.7%£250£26666913
December 20241,8937%£250£27567713
November 20241,9947.2%£250£24573417
October 20242,0037.6%£250£2451,06625
September 20241,9767.6%£250£2451,06926
August 20241,9298.1%£250£2451,01021
July 20241,9138%£250£2451,00822
June 20241,8738.6%£250£24596423
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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/west-suffolk. If West Suffolk holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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West Suffolk's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 35 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in West Suffolk 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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