Tag Archives: Credit Score

Does buying a home help improve your credit score?

By Home Buying Wiz | February 18, 2009

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 [...]

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How do married couples buy a house with two credit scores?

By Home Buying Wiz | January 24, 2009

Kevin W asked: I have a near perfect credit score. My girlfriend has a dismal credit score. If we were to get married and buy a house, do they combine our scores and created an “average” score to calculate our rate? I would like to use just my score for the best [...]

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Can you buy a home with crappy credit?

By Home Buying Wiz | October 18, 2008

Mark C asked: I want to buy a home but my credit and wifes credit is bad my credit score is 550 and my wife’s is 580. Every place we have applied to turns us down. How do others with bad credit get home loans but we cannot. How can I get [...]

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How long I you have to wait to buy a home after a foreclose?

By Home Buying Wiz | October 13, 2008

MsO asked: I had a home foreclose in May of 2006. How long do I have to wait to get a new home? My credit score is 546, What do I need to get it up to so that I can buy a home?Make Money Fast And Easy

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