A low credit score can signify that you're less
reliable as a borrower, so you might get a higher interest rate to make up for the risk.
If you have a lot of money sitting in outstanding debt, then you don't look very
reliable as a borrower, which results in less attractive terms for you.
Having bad credit means that you are less
reliable as a borrower and therefore you will either receive few loan offers, high interest rates, or low principle borrowing amounts.
Not exact matches
Your credit score reflects how
reliable you are
as a
borrower, and is determined by your track record of borrowing and repaying banks, credit card companies and other lenders.
And even a small improvement in your credit score can get you a better rate if you're on the cusp of being classified
as a more
reliable borrower.
Meanwhile, the agent will review your credit report, get any inaccuracies corrected, and try to help you secure lower interest rates and open accounts such
as secured credit cards to show that you are a
reliable borrower.
Just don't do it on the existing loans or that will come across
as changing your initial «contract» again, and perhaps once they've proven themselves to be
reliable borrowers they can once again earn the privilege to have an interest free loan.
Developed by Fair Isaac & Company in the late 1950s, the FICO score has become almost universally accepted by lenders
as a
reliable means of evaluating a
borrower's credit worthiness.
If you've never had a credit card, car loan, mortgage or any other type of loan or any credit history, then you'll likely be deemed
as having no credit and could be denied by lenders
as being high risk, simply because they have no data to show whether you're a
reliable borrower.
Child support can be counted
as stable and
reliable income for prospective
borrowers, but it needs to meet certain criteria.
And on the contrary people who are treated
as reliable borrowers by lenders may get even lower interest rate than they have on their credit cards.
The number of conventional to FHA refinances has almost doubled in the last year, and
as long
as borrowers meet a few simple requirements, they will qualify for a more
reliable FHA refinance.
If needed by the
borrower, a
reliable hard money lender can fund a loan in
as few
as 3 - 5 days.