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Understanding Credit Scores And The Affect On Your Interest Rate

 

In the mortgage banking world, credit scores make or break a loan.  This is a mortgage scoring system developed by the credit reporting agencies that predict your ability to repay the mortgage you are applying for based on your past payment patterns.  Other factors that make up your "score" are the amount of credit inquiries in the past 6 months, the amount of outstanding debt as a percentage of the total credit line and the total amount of available credit.  Listed below is a brief discussion of each of these.

There are lenders that do not use the scoring system to the degree that most do.  If your credir report contains errors, you may have to find a lender that does not use scoring that heavily.  In addition, since many credit reports DO contain errors, it is in your best interest to periodically review your report and have errors corrected.

To give you a general idea, we have included the scoring portion of a generic credit report.  You will not only notice the scores, but also the factors which lowered the score.  We have also included the items that can bring your score down or up.
 
 

           *****   Borrower:  Public, John Q.  ***** 

TU Score:  (627)           Reason:  (22) (16) (28) (4) 
 
EXP Score:  (641)           Reason:  (22) (16) (28) (32) 

EQX Score:  (620)          Reason:  (22) (16) (28) (32) 
 

 
 
 
Reason
EXP
TU
EQX
Amount Owed on accounts is too high
1
1
1
Delinquency on Accounts
2
2
2
Too few bank revolving accounts
3
N/A
3
Too many bank revolving accounts
4
N/A
4
Too many accounts with balances
5
5
5
Consumer Finance accounts
6
6
6
Account payment history too new to rate
7
7
7
Too many recent inquiries in last 12 months
8
8
8
Too many accounts opened in last 12 months
9
9
9
Portion of balances to credit limit too high
10
10
10
Amount owed on revolving accounts is too high
11
11
11
Length of revolving credit history is too short
12
12
12
Time since delinquent iss too recent of unknown
13
13
13
Length of credit history is too short
14
14
14
Lack of recent bank revolving information
15
15
15
Lack of recent revolving account information
16
16
16
No recent non-mortgage balance information
17
17
17
Number of accounts with delinquency
18
18
18
Too few account currently paid as agreed
19
27
19
Time since derogatory public record or collection
20
20
20
Amount past due on accounts
21
21
21
Serious delinquincy, collection or public record
22
22
22
Too many bank or accounts with balances
N/A
N/A
23
No recent revolving balances
24
24
24
Proportion of loan balance to loan amout is too high
33
3
33
Lack of recnt installment loan information
32
4
32
Date of last inquiry is too recent
N/A
19
N/A
Time since last account opening too short
30
30
30
Number of revolving accounts
26
N/A
26
Number of bank revolving accounts
N/A
26
N/A 
Number of established accounts
28
28
28
No recent bankcard balances
N/A
29
N/A
Too few accounts with recent payment information
31
N/A
31
 
By cross-referencing the numbers shown on the credit report with the items in the table, you can see what caused Mr. Public's scores to go down. With that information, you can perform your own credit repair without having to pay someone to do it for you.

Remember, if you believe there is an error in your credit report, contact the credit bureau and dispute the information.  It is wise to obtain a copy of your credit report every year to make sure the information is correct.


 

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