About Your Credit Score

Before lenders make the decision to give you a loan, they have to know if you're willing and able to repay that mortgage. To assess your ability to repay, they assess your debt-to-income ratio. To assess how willing you are to repay, they use your credit score.

Fair Isaac and Company calculated the original FICO score to help lenders assess creditworthines. You can find out more about FICO here.

Your credit score comes from your repayment history. They don't consider income or personal characteristics. These scores were invented specifically for this reason. "Profiling" was as dirty a word when these scores were first invented as it is today. Credit scoring was envisioned as a way to assess a borrower's willingness to pay without considering other personal factors.

Deliquencies, derogatory payment behavior, debt level, length of credit history, types of credit and the number of inquiries are all considered in credit scores. Your score comes from the good and the bad of your credit report. Late payments will lower your score, but consistently making future payments on time will improve your score.

To get a credit score, you must have an active credit account with a payment history of six months. This history ensures that there is sufficient information in your credit to generate an accurate score. Some borrowers don't have a long enough credit history to get a credit score. They should build up a credit history before they apply.

Milestone Mortgage, Inc. NMLS#136714 can answer questions about credit reports and many others. Give us a call at 3175959600.