Mortgage lenders 'should consider rent payment record'

27th October 2017

Mortgage lenders should look more favourably on people who pay their rent on time, Treasury minister Stephen Barclay has said, responding to a petition calling for rent payments to be taken as proof people can meet mortgage payments. Petition organiser Jamie Pogson, who attracted 147,307 signatures, said he had paid £70,000 in rent on time but was still struggling to get a mortgage.

BBC News (25/10/2017