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Having the Credit You Need to Qualify for a Home Loan

Owning your own home has been a dream for several years. In order to get a loan for the home you want, your credit will be checked. If it is not up to par, your loan will be turned down or you will be offered a loan with an extremely high interest rate. Is your dream destined to remain a dream?

The explanation for this situation is that there's a problem with your credit score. Your bank will make a decision regarding your eligibility for a loan and the interest rate it will charge you based on its assessment of your past performance.

If you are planning to buy a home, work on improving your credit score before you apply for a loan. Give yourself at least a year to get your credit back on track and then visit your lender.

If you work on straightening your credit out and getting the scores up, the chances of getting a good interest rate are improved. Get copies of all three credit reports so you know what to work on to improve your scores.

Then check them carefully for any wrong information that will hinder your efforts to get a loan. If you find an error, contact the credit agency to try and fix it. If there are any negative issues that are correct, you need to address them by paying off your creditors, as quickly as you can.

If you make an effort to pay regularly on these debts, this shows you are making an effort. Creditors are more likely to report regular payments to the credit bureaus, thus your credit scores will go up.

Even if you have debts that you owe on your reports, you can dispute these as well. If the information on your report cannot be verified within a certain amount of time, they must remove this information.

This is completely legal, however if it is removed from your credit report, it could reappear later. If at a later date they prove the debt is yours, they can put it back on the credit report.

Take care you keep all of your bills and credit accounts current and in good standing. Late payments show up on your credit score and will lower your rating. You want lots of positive items on your report so potential lenders will look more favorably on your application.

Sad to say, certain items will be difficult to delete from your credit scores. But don't let that get in the way of your efforts to clear up the negative information. Be persistent and ask the credit agency to reinvestigate any debts that you are sure are not yours.

But if you're not successful at getting the negative item dropped, concentrate on rebuilding your score by making regular payments. Once you've done all you can to raise your credit score, start looking for a lender and put in your application for that dream home loan.

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Paul Cameron is editor of the Personal Finance Section at i-KnowHow | Information for Life, where you'll also find ideas and tips for hobbies, home and garden, technology basics, family and much more.

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