Credit
Issues
If you're thinking about buying
a home, you should also be thinking about your credit. The first
step in the homebuying process is understanding your credit.
When you apply for a mortgage,
lenders will review your credit report. Your credit report is
a history of how you've managed your finances: it's a record
of money you've borrowed and your history of paying it back.
Your credit report is a record
of all your credit transactions whenever and wherever you've
used credit to purchase goods and services. Your credit will
have a big influence on whether or not you can get a mortgage,
the terms of that loan, and the interest rate. If you have good
credit, you may have a much wider range of mortgage offers with
lower rates.
So how do you better understand
credit? |