A freeze doesn't prevent lenders you already have a relationship with from
pulling your credit report for account reviews, collections or fraud prevention.
Your adviser probably will not
pull a credit report on you and other family members, but the adviser almost certainly will assess your debt and paint an accurate personal financial picture for you.
Also, it's perfectly legal for employers and landlords to require an applicant's permission for
pulling a credit report as part of their consideration of whether to hire or rent.
Lenders
pull credit reports before the closing to make sure the borrower's financial situation has not changed since the loan was approved.
A hard inquiry, which can affect your credit score, occurs when a
company pulls your credit report after you apply for a product like a mortgage or a credit card.
Land Your Dream Job Although the practice is not that common — and even restricted in certain states — some
employers pull credit reports on prospective employees.
Banks pull credit reports to see if there's any negative information about how you manage credit — information that indicates you could cost them money if they take you on as a customer.
If you want to go a step further, consider freezing your credit report, which prevents any new lenders from
pulling your credit report during the application process.
Another benefit of using a loan broker is that they
typically pull your credit report once and then submit the same copy to select lenders, avoiding multiple inquiries on your credit.
If you know you're going to apply for a mortgage soon, it's a good idea to
pull your credit report now and work on correcting inaccurate information.
That may involve some level of underwriting — like
like pulling a credit report and running criminal background check — to check a tenant's creditworthiness.