Taking out payday loans 'may hurt prospects of securing a mortgage'

Scottish estate agents have warned that people who use payday loans could dent their prospects of getting a mortgage.

After the announcement this month by lender GE Money it would regard any history of payday borrowing as toxic to a mortgage application, several big lenders have said they do not regard it as grounds for automatic exclusion.

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