Applying for a Mortgage Bad Credit and all
One of the most daunting tasks a person can face in his life is applying for a mortgage. Bad credit
doesn’t help the situation, either. Neither my husband nor I had great credit and this made us apprehensive about
applying for a mortgage.
We decided to do a little research and we found that a mortgage broker would be the
best way to go for our loan application. Part of the reason that we decided to look into using a mortgage
broker was because it was recommended to us by the person selling the home.
The woman who was selling her home had questionable credit but the mortgage broker found a decent
loan for her mortgage, bad credit and all. If it worked for her, it would work for us.
We didn’t have awful credit, but we did have a few rough times when we were single. Even though the
late payments were not current, they still stuck out on our credit report. When considering a mortgage bad credit
loomed over our heads, haunting us from years ago.
Mortgage bad credit can be a serious situation for a prospective borrower. We found that we were in
the same shape as most American couples... Need help with mortgage but bad credit ... We
didn’t have spotless credit, but it wasn’t ideal.
Our mortgage broker worked with us and gave us a list of information that he needed to get us the
best loan rate he possible could. We found a number of mistakes on our credit reports, which was extremely
irritating. Many of the balances showing on our credit reports had been paid off years ago.
One of the paid accounts was through Beneficial Finance and it took me literally weeks to
straighten the problem out. I made phone call after phone call and just wasn’t getting anywhere.
I just couldn’t get to talk to an actual person. I spent hours pressing one for this and three for
that… I thought that the company would probably want to talk to someone who was going to send money, so I finally
decided to select the option for paying on an account. All of a sudden, I was speaking to a person.
I explained that we were applying for a mortgage. Bad credit was standing in our way and part of
the bad credit was a debt that had been settles a decade ago.
Yes, the balance on the previously delinquent account had been paid in full over ten years ago and
it was still showing a balance on my husband’s credit report. Fortunately, the company quickly rectified the
situation.
I also found an account that I thought I had paid in full that was still showing a balance. The
balance was very small and I immediately paid it.
I was glad that we had an opportunity to clear everything up on our credit reports. Our broker
found a great loan with a reasonable rate and we got our mortgage bad credit and all.
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