Posted on: 26th Sep, 2007 05:01 pm
I would like to purchase a home that costs $300k. I have a $70 deposit. Our credit scores are in the 550 area, our combined income is about $95k, only monthly bill is a $560 car payment.
Anyone do this for a decent rate?
Anyone do this for a decent rate?
I don't see why this would be a problem except for the down payment. You lender will want a little more down than $70 but other than that you should be able to get the loan. With your credit score you might want to try to get a fha home loan.
Sorry meant $70k. Wasnt sure with the low credit score if this was doable and what type of interest rate to expect.
You canprobally expect 30 Yr FHA Fixed 6.23% and for a 15 Yr FHA Fixed 5.96%
70k down is a good amount. You don't want FHA. Why pay the upfront mip if you don't have to? It's 77% Loan to Value so you should be able to get approved and without mortgage insurance.
Is the car the only bill you have ever had? Did you just purchase it recently?
Do you have collections or judgements? These would need to be paid off before getting a loan.
If you have a long credit history and no collections or judgements you should be ok for a conforming loan. Anyone can do this and your rate would be anywhere from 5.5 - 7% depending on what you pay in closing costs.
Is the car the only bill you have ever had? Did you just purchase it recently?
Do you have collections or judgements? These would need to be paid off before getting a loan.
If you have a long credit history and no collections or judgements you should be ok for a conforming loan. Anyone can do this and your rate would be anywhere from 5.5 - 7% depending on what you pay in closing costs.
Hi Jon,
With this score, I think you should go for an FHA approved loan. Credit score is not an important qualifying criteria for this type of loan. Rather, your debt-to-income ratio will be considered as a criterion factor. So, if your debt-to-income ratio is within 41% of your gross monthly income, then you will surely qualify for such loan.
With this score, I think you should go for an FHA approved loan. Credit score is not an important qualifying criteria for this type of loan. Rather, your debt-to-income ratio will be considered as a criterion factor. So, if your debt-to-income ratio is within 41% of your gross monthly income, then you will surely qualify for such loan.
Hi Jon,
Welcome to our forums.
Your credit score isn't that fair enough I should say. But FHA and conforming loans can be your suitable options. Our community lenders do help people with such offers. If you are interested, you might feel like talking to some of them and findout out what exactly they have to offer. So, why not send us your request for mortgage quotes so that we can pass it on to them. Once the lenders can match their profiles with that of yours, they shall contact you asap and discuss your available options.
good luck
Welcome to our forums.
Your credit score isn't that fair enough I should say. But FHA and conforming loans can be your suitable options. Our community lenders do help people with such offers. If you are interested, you might feel like talking to some of them and findout out what exactly they have to offer. So, why not send us your request for mortgage quotes so that we can pass it on to them. Once the lenders can match their profiles with that of yours, they shall contact you asap and discuss your available options.
good luck
FHA is an option, and you will likely get the best rate that way and no MI if you put 20% down but you need to meet qulifications.
Yes it is possible but you need to submit a full app to your lender to get definite answers as collections/ jusdgements/lates on your credit can come into play
work on getting your credit score a little higher. I would say at least 580. When you do go for a mortgage dont make these mistakes below.
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Lisa with all due respect
While the information you posted is usefull it is very generic and is not a respoce to the question
And i have seen the same post in at least 10 more threads.
While the information you posted is usefull it is very generic and is not a respoce to the question
And i have seen the same post in at least 10 more threads.
lisa, please do not be "uninformative" - that would be less productive than posting your laundry list again.
at any rate...to get back to the borrower at hand...with 70K available on a $300K purchase, you are in good shape from that standpoint. however, credit scores are important in this market - very much so. most conforming loan products will not be very forgiving of a credit score as low as yours. consequently, your best bet for actually obtaining the mortgage you want is the fha products mentioned already.
waiting to improve your score from 550 to 580 might work, but you need to be intentional about paying off any collections, charge-offs or past-due amounts right away.
at any rate...to get back to the borrower at hand...with 70K available on a $300K purchase, you are in good shape from that standpoint. however, credit scores are important in this market - very much so. most conforming loan products will not be very forgiving of a credit score as low as yours. consequently, your best bet for actually obtaining the mortgage you want is the fha products mentioned already.
waiting to improve your score from 550 to 580 might work, but you need to be intentional about paying off any collections, charge-offs or past-due amounts right away.
and, oh by the way, any collections, past-dues and charge-offs would need to be paid according to fha guidelines anyway - you may as well do that right now and begin boosting the credit score today.