Couple forced to stick together - or at least live together- by recession
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Couples who are breaking up may be forced to live together
for longer as the tough economic climate continues to bite.
More than one in four couples who split up have no choice but to
continue living together, says a survey by house and flatshare
website EasyRoommate. Of those who continued to live together 74
per cent found the experience stressful - although two per cent
said they enjoyed it.
Of those who had to share after their break-up, 65 per cent said
they'd rather they or their partner had moved out sooner.
For most, financial pressures prevent a clean break. Around
two-thirds of couples who end up having to living together after a
break-up can't afford to live separately. Negative equity is also
trapping a significant number of those forced to stay under the
same roof (both divorcing and unmarried co-habiting couples
splitting up).
Around one in 40 couples have to live together because of
negative equity. On average, those homeowners are in negative
equity to the tune of £12,000, and they might have to wait for
months to recover that sum through property price rises.
Says Jonathan Moore at EasyRoommate: "Recession is preventing
even more couples from making a clean break when they split up.
Some couples take a lodger to generate added income during a
split.
"Where one partner moves out, over a third of those remaining in
the house have decided to take in a lodger."
Wednesday, February 03 2010
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