Not exact matches
But if your cosigner has a low or
middling credit score, you may get stuck with a
higher interest rate on your loans.
An average
credit score means you are ranked in the
middle, with the same number of people having a
score that is both
higher and lower than yours.
In mortgages, some lenders explicitly take the «
middle score» of each application (take 3
credit scores, toss
highest and lowest), and then take the lowest
score of the two applicants - and that's the one they use.
I can not tell you how many times someone has said «I have excellent
credit,» (which is a 740
middle credit score or
higher), so I quote them based on that
score, only to actually review their
credit the next day to find out their
score is a 700.
Realistically, you need to have a
middle credit score of 620 or
higher.
This is basically looked at as having a
middle credit score of 620 or
higher.
Have a
middle credit score of at least 640 for a loan, but requirement can be
higher depending on underlaying loan type (FHA, VA, USDA, Conventional)
There's one other
credit score factor that's probably more important to
high income earners than it is to
middle - and lower - income earners.
Lincoln's income is one of the lowest on this list and its
credit score is in the
middle of the pack, but it's one of only three cities (Cambridge and Alexandria being the other two) to have a relative median income
higher than its relative cost of living as compared to national averages.
Middle credit score of 620 or
higher.
They'll throw out the low one and the
high one and they keep the
middle one or they'll just use FICO which distills all your
credit information into a different
score.
If you have low - to -
middling credit scores, a
high loan - to - value ratio, and / or other monkey wrenches like a manufactured home or condo, HARP may be better than traditional financing — there is a 2 % cap on fees, while normal refinances can have much
higher surcharges depending on the strength of your application.
She's in the
middle of a yearlong trip with her husband, Jeremy, who had bad
credit when they met, but has built his
score to the
high 600s.
But, he said, «I will not likely make a loan that doesn't adhere to the (Qualified Mortgage rule) for people who have a modest down payment, have not a lot of assets, have a
higher debt - to - income or maybe a
middling - to - poor
credit score.»
This can make it possible for lower - and
middle - income borrowers to buy a house when they don't qualify for a conventional loan — which has stricter requirements, including a
higher credit score and bigger downpayment.