Support for Mortgage Interest statistics: background and methodology

The information in the document about when loan payments start has been updated. The latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics has been published today (21 January 2025).

Revised the background and methodology note. The table about the interest rate used to calculate the amount of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) paid has been updated. The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today (24 September 2024).

Minor changes made to the background and methodology note. The latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics has been published today (25 June 2024).

Minor changes made to the background and methodology note. The latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics has been published today 26 March 2024.

Updated the interest rate information in section 2 of the document and updated the information about the status of the statistics in section 8. The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today (9 January 2023).

Added a new section (5. Known issues) to the background and methodology document. The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today (26 September 2023).

Added information about changes to SMI eligibility rules for Universal Credit claimants to section 2 (Background information) and updated the information about interest rates in the same section. Updated the information about Households in section 6 (Interpretation of the statistics). The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today, 27 June 2023.

Updated the interest rate information in section 2 of the document. The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today (28 March 2023).

Geography information been added to section 3 of the document. The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today, 10 January 2023.

Updated to support the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics, this has also been published today (27 September 2022). Minor changes have been made to the document, and the name and contact details of the responsible analyst have been updated in section 10 (Feedback).

Added information about the average Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) payment from April 2021 to section 2 (Background information). The latest release of SMI statistics has been published today, 11 January 2022.

Updated to support the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics, also published today 28 September 2021.

Updated to support the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics, also published today 29 June 2021. The main change is to part 5 (about revisions) - updated the section 'Revision of SMI loans in payment statistics' and added a new section 'Change to methodology for backdated payments'.

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