Maverick's Mortgage Map

Of a home mortgage applicant, the following pillars are all major factors for being qualified, approved, and getting the best deal possible.                                                   Pillar 1     Credit      Some people fear having to talk about their below average credit, others don’t even think about every debt payment being reported to the bureaus and pay every debt on time! Where ever you lie along this spectrum, your credit history is going to affect your home mortgage. Each mortgage product has its own minimum allowable credit score. When your credit is higher, your interest late will be lower, and visa-versa. Need more on credit, click here for a good place to start . Browse my ...

As one of the three pillars of your mortgage application, it is essential to know your credit situation if you plan on buying a home. Anybody can benefit from taking a look at their credit report and seeing what can be improved. I'll let you know how you can get a credit score report from the same credit agencies which most home lenders pull credit from. For more information on why getting a credit report from the right company is important, check out my post Which Credit Report is Used when Applying for a Mortgage . It's important to read the details in my line of work, and the details are often where the buried treasure lies. At the very end of a credit report, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau tells us how anybody can get free credit report each year. It’s one of those, can’t get a free credit report because I don’t know how, because I can’t get a free credit report… Here it is: In text: “Under ...