Estimated 700,000 households ‘missed rent or mortgage payments in April’

Which? is encouraging anyone who is struggling to seek free debt advice and reach out to their mortgage provider or landlord for help.

An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to Which? (Joe Giddens/PA) (PA Archive)

An estimated 700,000 households across the UK missed rent or mortgage payments in April, according to Which?

The consumer group based the calculation on a survey of 2,000 people by Yonder, which indicated that around 2.5% of households had missed or defaulted on a housing payment in the previous month.

Missed housing payments were particularly high among renters – with around one in 20 (5.2%) renters surveyed missing a payment in the past month.