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How bad does a late rent payment look when you apply for a mortgage?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It won't affect your mortgage application at all. When you are applying for credit, a mortgage company will do a credit check. This will let them see a lot of your current credit commitments and how often you pay them.
When I say "a lot of" - the only ones that they can see are the ones that other lenders report. Your rent will not be on the report, so unless you get so late that you attract a County Court Judgement, it will not affect your credit score at all.
When I say "a lot of" - the only ones that they can see are the ones that other lenders report. Your rent will not be on the report, so unless you get so late that you attract a County Court Judgement, it will not affect your credit score at all.