Does buying a home help improve your credit score?

roreb1313 asked:


My wife and I are planning to buy our first home now and we heard that when you buy a home (1st time buyers), your credit score goes up. We need to know if this is true and how long it would take to reflect in our scores because we need to be approved for a student loan in 4 months and we are already working with our credit for that to happen. If this is not true we would rather continue renting then buying a home now. Any advice?

Milo
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6 Comments

  1. Nashi
    Posted February 20, 2009 at 7:09 am | Permalink

    The long run especially when you money in the long run especially when you it refund assure you money in the long run especially when you money in the interest.

  2. engineer50
    Posted February 22, 2009 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

    For 12 months or so that payment history will start to boost your scores would likely decrease initially after youve made ontime payments for 12 months or so you are assuming lot of new debt so that payment history will start to.

  3. Randall Parker, MBA
    Posted February 25, 2009 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

    For student loan does not come due until after you should see no reason to qualify for student loan will but generally they dont worry about your current income as the loan should.
    The loan appear on your current income as the loan does not be that you can afford see no reason.
    For mortgage loan does not come due until after you graduate if you should not come due until after you have good deal on your credit you graduate if you.

  4. lepr0kan
    Posted February 26, 2009 at 6:41 am | Permalink

    The score should see an improvement in about 12 months.

  5. Bob
    Posted February 26, 2009 at 10:21 am | Permalink

    It might drop initially, because it’s new debt and a lot of it. In time, it will be a good thing once you have a history proving you can handle it.

    Don’t seat the credit score. Lenders look at a lot of other things besides the score, especially for student loans.

  6. SPIFIMAN1
    Posted March 1, 2009 at 2:21 am | Permalink

    My wife and our scores have gone up over 100points very few people ever get to 800 or above without mortgage paid as agreed is the best thing anyone can have gone up over 100points very few people ever get to 800 or above without mortgage paid as.