tarting a home buying personal credit -- payment habits
process means answering a (including late payments),
lot of questions: How much bankruptcy and other issues.
of a mortgage can you afford? How
are your cash reserves? How's Your credit score is based on the
your credit? What size house do information in your credit
you need? reports, which come from the
three aforementioned agencies.
The more questions you ask in Three agencies, three reports,
advance, the smoother the process three credit scores ... all about
will be later on. So let's look, you!
then, at one of the key questions
from this list: Get copies of your credit reports
from all three agencies and
How's your credit? review your scores. Fair Isaac's
-- the organization that actually
As part of the home buying converts your credit reports into
process, you need to take a good, credit scores -- has a website
hard look at your credit where you can order all three
situation. Try to do this a few credit reports at once:
months before beginning your home www.MyFICO.com. Here's a quote
search to prevent delays later from the home page of that
on. Start by ordering copies of website:
your credit report.
"FICO scores are your credit
Credit reports are maintained by rating. Most lenders base
three credit agencies: Experian, approval on them. You have three
Equifax and TransUnion. These FICO scores, one for each credit
agencies maintain any and all bureau, and you can only get all
information pertaining to your three from myFICO."
contact the reporting agency
The MyFICO website also explains directly. And don't delay -- it
how to interpret your credit may take several months to
score, what the score means to completely correct the error and
lenders, and what you can do to remove it from your report.
improve your score.
* Copyright 2006, Brandon
Don't be surprised if you find an Cornett.
error. It happens from time to
time. To correct an error,
About the Author:
Brandon Cornett is the editor of http://HomeBuyingInstitute.com, one of the Internet's largest and most respected libraries of home buying information -- more than 100 expert articles in 12 different home buying categories! Put this knowledge to use by visiting http://www.HomeBuyingInstitute.com.
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