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Where the LHA reaches · October 2026

Worcester

Of 847 homes advertised to rent in Worcester in the six months to 31 October 2026, 11 (1.3%) could be let within the Local Housing Allowance for their size.

Of 600 homes for sale at the end of October 2026, 20 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 studios2838 (2.8%)£1817810
2 bed3642 (0.5%)£2751929
3 bed1610 (0%)£3751951
4 bed391 (2.6%)£3501350
All sizes84711 (1.3%)£25060020

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. 5 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: 5.8%Jul 24: 5.5%Aug 24: 3.6%Sep 24: 2.7%Oct 24: 2.6%Nov 24: 1.7%Dec 24: 1.6%Jan 25: 1.2%Feb 25: 1.2%Mar 25: 1.5%Apr 25: 2%May 25: 2.1%Jun 25: 2%Jul 25: 2.2%Aug 25: 2.4%Sep 25: 2.3%Oct 25: 1.7%Nov 25: 1.7%Dec 25: 1.6%Jan 26: 1.5%Feb 26: 1.6%Mar 26: 1.5%Apr 26: 1.4%May 26: 1.3%Jun 26: 1.4%Jul 26: 1.1%Aug 26: 0.9%Sep 26: 1%Oct 26: 1.3%Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Homes for sale that would work at 7% at the LHA, all sizes
023Jun 24: 8Jul 24: 9Aug 24: 9Sep 24: 10Oct 24: 14Nov 24: 11Dec 24: 11Jan 25: 13Feb 25: 11Mar 25: 14Apr 25: 14May 25: 22Jun 25: 23Jul 25: 19Aug 25: 19Sep 25: 19Oct 25: 20Nov 25: 20Dec 25: 18Jan 26: 18Feb 26: 21Mar 26: 23Apr 26: 22May 26: 21Jun 26: 21Jul 26: 15Aug 26: 13Sep 26: 16Oct 26: 20Jun 24Aug 25Oct 26
Month Homes to rent Within the LHA 2-bed gap 3-bed gap For sale Work at 7%
October 20268471.3%£275£37560020
September 20267941%£250£37559116
August 20267750.9%£250£37559213
July 20268351.1%£250£37562115
June 20267841.4%£250£37565621
May 20267411.3%£250£37563021
April 20267351.4%£250£37061122
March 20267341.5%£250£32553623
February 20267631.6%£250£32547821
January 20267441.5%£250£27532318
December 20257351.6%£250£32532218
November 20257781.7%£250£32532820
October 20257641.7%£250£32533920
September 20257442.3%£250£34336319
August 20257062.4%£225£36033419
July 20256842.2%£225£35433919
June 20256432%£225£32538323
May 20255852.1%£200£27540322
April 20256102%£200£32525414
March 20256191.5%£200£27525814
February 20256461.2%£200£27527111
January 20256431.2%£200£27526313
December 20246701.6%£195£27527511
November 20246981.7%£200£32532711
October 20246822.6%£195£32556514
September 20246622.7%£195£29554610
August 20246323.6%£195£2755069
July 20246585.5%£195£2755009
June 20246735.8%£175£2734568
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 Worcester 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: Worcester, October 2026, www.viiyoo.com/lha/worcester. If Worcester holds achieved rents and would like them shown beside these figures, labelled as the council's, write to us.

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Worcester's figures, once a month

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Behind the counts

The 20 homes themselves

The index counts the homes for sale in Worcester 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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