Over 1m use credit cards to pay mortgage or rent

The YouGov poll revealed the highest proportion of those who pay their rent or mortgage by credit card were from working class professions (8%). However, it revealed those from the middle and upper classes are also doing so, with 4% of respondents from the ABC1 social category reporting they use credit cards in this way. Those living in the capital were most liable to use plastic to pay their mortgage or rent; with 1 in 12 Londoners using credit cards to do so. Although the financially savvy might use credit cards to pay rent or mortgages to take advantage of air miles and other perks...