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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Wiltshire

Of 2,610 homes advertised to rent in Wiltshire in the six months to 31 October 2026, 43 (1.6%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 3,790 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 33 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 studios60624 (4%)£17521523
2 bed1,0127 (0.7%)£2709098
3 bed7594 (0.5%)£4001,3831
4 bed2338 (3.4%)£4501,2831
All sizes2,61043 (1.6%)£2703,79033

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. 77 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: 4.2%Aug 24: 3.8%Sep 24: 3.7%Oct 24: 3.4%Nov 24: 3.1%Dec 24: 2.9%Jan 25: 2.6%Feb 25: 2.7%Mar 25: 2.3%Apr 25: 2.1%May 25: 2%Jun 25: 2%Jul 25: 2.1%Aug 25: 1.8%Sep 25: 1.8%Oct 25: 1.8%Nov 25: 1.8%Dec 25: 1.6%Jan 26: 1.7%Feb 26: 1.7%Mar 26: 1.9%Apr 26: 1.7%May 26: 1.8%Jun 26: 1.6%Jul 26: 1.5%Aug 26: 1.5%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
049Jun 24: 19Jul 24: 20Aug 24: 19Sep 24: 23Oct 24: 30Nov 24: 20Dec 24: 15Jan 25: 18Feb 25: 19Mar 25: 20Apr 25: 26May 25: 25Jun 25: 23Jul 25: 23Aug 25: 23Sep 25: 20Oct 25: 19Nov 25: 21Dec 25: 15Jan 26: 25Feb 26: 37Mar 26: 44Apr 26: 45May 26: 45Jun 26: 49Jul 26: 47Aug 26: 43Sep 26: 36Oct 26: 33Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20262,6101.6%£270£4003,79033
September 20262,3521.5%£270£4003,86736
August 20262,3021.5%£270£4003,60243
July 20262,3301.5%£270£4003,77047
June 20262,2871.6%£265£4003,88949
May 20262,1001.8%£250£3853,93745
April 20262,0791.7%£245£3853,75245
March 20262,1301.9%£225£3803,39744
February 20262,1301.7%£225£3752,86537
January 20262,1191.7%£225£3852,33425
December 20252,0971.6%£225£3851,97615
November 20252,2241.8%£225£3852,06621
October 20252,2691.8%£225£3852,30219
September 20252,1971.8%£225£3852,48820
August 20252,1651.8%£225£3852,49823
July 20252,1072.1%£220£3852,52223
June 20252,0832%£220£3602,49323
May 20251,9282%£218£3502,47825
April 20251,8622.1%£200£3502,34426
March 20251,9592.3%£200£3501,95820
February 20251,9722.7%£200£3501,74819
January 20252,0242.6%£200£3501,68418
December 20242,0782.9%£200£3501,76215
November 20242,2373.1%£195£3501,98420
October 20242,2963.4%£190£3502,83730
September 20242,2543.7%£175£3353,00423
August 20242,2123.8%£175£3002,86619
July 20242,2164.2%£170£3002,82120
June 20242,2224.5%£165£3002,64319
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 Wiltshire 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: Wiltshire, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/wiltshire. If Wiltshire holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Wiltshire's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 33 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Wiltshire 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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