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Subject: Minimum FICO
 
 Posted on Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:22 am  
What is the minimum FICO score that's generally required to get a decent mortgage?
 
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 Posted on Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:49 am  
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If you're looknig for zero-down financing, the middle of your three scores need to be @ 580. There are some lenders out there that will go zero down with a 560 mid score, but the terms are horrible. You may also try FHA(Federal Housing Administration) financing, which has the possibility of zero down, and there is no credit score requirement, but you need to be clean on your pay history for the past year, and your collections other than medical need to be cleaned up as well.
I've seen lenders that will do 90% financing (you have to put 10% down) with a 500 mid score.
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Subject: credit score
 
 Posted on Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:34 pm  
Ok..I've seen people talking about a FICO score. I've HEARD of it, but..what does this score consist of?? From my experience, everyone has 1 credit score. But...does the Credit Bureau 'calculate' different things, to get a FICO score? Please let me know. Thanks
 
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 Posted on Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:19 pm  
A FICO score comes from the Fair Issac Corportation. They've developed a complex mathmatical equation that assignes a value to every entry on your credit report. In order to sell more services, the credit bureaus have developed their own scoring and rating system.

For the FICO score:

Payment History (35%)
Amounts You Owe (30%)
Length of Your Credit History (15%)
Types of Credit Used (10%)
New Credit (10%)
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Subject: FICO
 
 Posted on Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:48 pm  
Thanks.I never knew this. SOO, they get a score from all of these %'s??Wow!! Never knew.
 
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 Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:31 am  
That is why you have to equally take care of all these.

Payment History
Amounts You Owe
Length of Your Credit History
Types of Credit Used
New Credit

Things have to be in place...its not so easy but its definitely not rocket science.
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 Posted on Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:06 am  
This forum has such helpful information. Thanks.

Most of what I need to know I find out from reading the existing threads.
 
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Subject: minimum fico score
 
 Posted on Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:53 pm  
In brithish columbia canada, you need a fico score of 680 to 100% financing on a mortgage. I know this because my mortgage broker just told me last week that there is no lending institution here that would touch me at 627.
 
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 Posted on Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:28 pm  
what is the lowest fico that any one has seen?
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 Posted on Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:44 pm  
The lowest score I ever saw was my husbands 380 something score after a nasty period in our lives when $$ was tight, we were both in school and his Student loan and CCs all went into default. I checked his FICO this morining and his lowest score is now 714 Smile I rehabbed the student loan and DV'd the rest of the CR until it was spotless!

IN regard to the min FICO for a house I will point out that I dont think in this market a score below 680 would get a decent loan.
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Subject: credit
 
 Posted on Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:35 am  
I'll tell ya.....in this 'day and age' seems like all 'we' equal up to is a Credit Score..ya know? Others 'perceive' us on our credit? Gosh......We can be the most responsible people in the world and having some credit problems........and that's ALL some people see, is our credit score. Doesn't seem fair. Just thought I would 'add my 2 cents'.
 
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 Posted on Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:13 pm  
Yup, the bigger the world gets the less time we have to 'judge' each other.
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