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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Westmorland and Furness

Of 1,096 homes advertised to rent in Westmorland and Furness in the six months to 31 October 2026, 15 (1.4%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 2,313 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 92 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 studios2251 (0.4%)£15014212
2 bed5175 (1%)£22965365
3 bed2824 (1.4%)£29093713
4 bed725 (6.9%)£3665812
All sizes1,09615 (1.4%)£2202,31392

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. 15 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%Jul 24: 2.5%Aug 24: 2.5%Sep 24: 3%Oct 24: 3.1%Nov 24: 3%Dec 24: 3.1%Jan 25: 3.5%Feb 25: 3.5%Mar 25: 2.7%Apr 25: 2.8%May 25: 3%Jun 25: 2.7%Jul 25: 2.1%Aug 25: 1.5%Sep 25: 1.2%Oct 25: 1%Nov 25: 1.2%Dec 25: 1%Jan 26: 1.3%Feb 26: 1.6%Mar 26: 1.6%Apr 26: 1.5%May 26: 1%Jun 26: 1.1%Jul 26: 0.9%Aug 26: 0.6%Sep 26: 0.8%Oct 26: 1.4%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
092Jun 24: 74Jul 24: 75Aug 24: 86Sep 24: 90Oct 24: 72Nov 24: 46Dec 24: 44Jan 25: 35Feb 25: 31Mar 25: 26Apr 25: 34May 25: 35Jun 25: 34Jul 25: 39Aug 25: 34Sep 25: 32Oct 25: 42Nov 25: 43Dec 25: 38Jan 26: 43Feb 26: 65Mar 26: 74Apr 26: 79May 26: 75Jun 26: 83Jul 26: 85Aug 26: 88Sep 26: 90Oct 26: 92Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20261,0961.4%£229£2902,31392
September 20261,0020.8%£225£3062,24590
August 20268610.6%£225£3002,20088
July 20269840.9%£200£2992,23285
June 20269891.1%£200£3042,19683
May 20269191%£225£2652,10775
April 20269201.5%£207£2602,09679
March 20269391.6%£200£2601,91174
February 20269571.6%£200£2581,68165
January 20268431.3%£200£2391,31843
December 20258251%£200£2401,07338
November 20258501.2%£200£2471,10443
October 20257941%£200£2231,18242
September 20257691.2%£200£2201,21132
August 20257751.5%£200£2201,20634
July 20257692.1%£195£2201,22239
June 20257362.7%£195£2201,18734
May 20257073%£195£2201,17135
April 20257092.8%£175£2201,14934
March 20257382.7%£175£2201,02626
February 20257393.5%£175£21585331
January 20257383.5%£150£21586035
December 20248103.1%£160£21089544
November 20248363%£154£2101,01846
October 20248603.1%£150£2001,39872
September 20248373%£150£1901,41490
August 20248082.5%£150£1751,37986
July 20248022.5%£150£1651,32075
June 20247593%£145£1601,21074
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 Westmorland and Furness 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: Westmorland and Furness, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/westmorland-and-furness. If Westmorland and Furness holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Westmorland and Furness's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 92 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Westmorland and Furness 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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