A Score that Really Matters: Your Credit Score

Before lenders make the decision to give you a loan, they need to know that you are willing and able to repay that mortgage loan. To assess whether you can pay back the loan, they assess your income and debt ratio. To assess your willingness to repay, they use your credit score.

Fair Isaac and Company calculated the first FICO score to help lenders assess creditworthines. For details on FICO, read more here.

Your credit score comes from your repayment history. They don't take into account income, savings, down payment amount, or personal factors like sex ethnicity, nationality or marital status. These scores were invented specifically for this reason. Credit scoring was envisioned as a way to assess willingness to pay without considering other personal factors.

Your current debt level, past late payments, length of your credit history, and a few other factors are considered. Your score is based on both the good and the bad in your credit report. Late payments will lower your score, but establishing or reestablishing a good track record of making payments on time will raise your score.

Your credit report must have at least one account which has been open for six months or more, and at least one account that has been updated in the past six months for you to get a credit score. This payment history ensures that there is enough information in your credit to calculate a score. Some borrowers don't have a long enough credit history to get a credit score. They should spend a little time building up credit history before they apply.

Custom Lending Group can answer your questions about credit reporting. Give us a call: 7072522700.