The number of tenants in severe arrears fell by 15.6% in the final quarter of 2012, according to the latest Tenant Arrears Tracker by Templeton LPA.
It was the first time the figure had fallen in over a year on a quarterly basis, with the previous four quarters seeing a rise of 10.8% each on average.
Q4 saw the amount of tenants in severe arrears fall by 16,000 to 86,000 - the lowest level since the final quarter of 2011.
The drop slowed 2012's growth in the number of tenants in severe arrears to 0....
