Posts Tagged ‘Credit history’

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Soon will come the day in the lives of most readers when purchasing a new home will be a desire realized or a necessity placed on them by the demands of life. Even those who already own a home may be faced with the decision or necessity to refinance a current home loan. Sadly most home buyers and owners plan more for their next vacation or even a family picnic than they do an upcoming mortgage.

Mortgage planning really is a science because it is based on numbers instead of emotions. While the buying process itself may be driven by more than numbers the actual financing of that property, or even the decision to purchase with cash, is primarily a series of numeric calculations. As such there are ways for anyone to plan for their next mortgage in order to receive the best possible rate and terms available.

The four sins

Negative impacts on the applicant’s ability to borrow loans are not always of their own doing yet some are. Clearing one’s history of these three sins, if they exist, will greatly improve their likelihood of not only being approved for a home mortgage but getting the best rate and terms. Read the rest of this entry »

Community Outreach Leader and Licensed Loan Officer NMLS ID 208452 - office address 2300 Windy Ridge, Atlanta GA, 30339

— Ken Cook NMLS ID 208452

Factors contributing to someone's credit score...
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“Anyone can qualify regardless of credit”. “No application refused”. “No minimum credit score required”. The ads are still out there and mostly on Craigslist. Generally those ads are not from mortgage lenders or banks but from mortgage lead generation companies. Unlike mortgage companies lead generators are not required to be licensed, don’t offer home loan services and are not held to the strict standards of mortgage companies in advertising so they make a lot of outrageous claims hoping to get as many people to give them their information as possible.

The truth is there just aren’t any conventional home loans for people with “bad credit”. Not even FHA as is often misconstrued. FHA home loans, just like conventional home loans, actually require a relatively clean credit history although they do allow some negative reporting – even that is limited to scope and history. Read the rest of this entry »

Community Outreach Leader and Licensed Loan Officer NMLS ID 208452 - office address 2300 Windy Ridge, Atlanta GA, 30339

— Ken Cook NMLS ID 208452