Credit Scoring

Before lenders make the decision to lend you money, they must know if you're willing and able to repay that loan. To figure out your ability to pay back the loan, lenders assess your debt-to-income ratio. To assess your willingness to pay back the mortgage loan, they look at your credit score.

Fair Isaac and Company calculated the first FICO score to assess creditworthines. For details on FICO, read more here.

Credit scores only consider the info in your credit reports. They don't consider income or personal characteristics. These scores were invented specifically for this reason. Credit scoring was envisioned as a way to consider solely what was relevant to a borrower's willingness to pay back the lender.

Your current debt load, past late payments, length of your credit history, and a few other factors are considered. Your score considers positive and negative items in your credit report. Late payments lower your score, but establishing or reestablishing a good track record of making payments on time will raise your score.

For the agencies to calculate a credit score, borrowers must have an active credit account with a payment history of six months. This payment history ensures that there is sufficient information in your credit to assign a score. Some people don't have a long enough credit history to get a credit score. They may need to build up credit history before they apply.

CHASE MORTGAGE, Inc. #317430 can answer your questions about credit reporting. Give us a call: 4357556622.