A mortgage? Thanks.![]()





A mortgage? Thanks.![]()
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt




Maybe I missed your other posts with the specifics of your situation, but if you could provide even one detail it would help a lot. Has your FICO score gone up? Been at your job 2 years now? Have you paid down your debt?
Until then I'm gonna go with....279.5 days. Not counting Thursdays.





Oop, sorry, lack of info. I have paid down a couple cards.
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt
When was the last time you applied?





Maybe about 2 mo. ago. I think it was Eloan. Was planning to apply for an FHA. Mom & I took a required 3 1/2 course for it this past Dec.
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt
Paid down or paid off? How long ago? Sometimes it can take a few months for the credit reports to update.
Need more info.
You can, technically, apply for as many loans as you want. But, it impacts your score with too many inquiries. If it's been a few months and the credit is paid down (you can check your own report with no impact) you can always reapply. I know that shopping for a mortgage is a bit different than applying for credit. So, I think you get more "hits" on mortgage related stuff than they would give you on credit card/etc. Chances are, you are not getting 4 or 5 different mortgages, but you could get 4 or 5 different credit cards. I just do not remember the specifics of that.
^^^
When shopping around for mortgage or car loans CRAs will lump the inquiries together for 30 days so it only counts as one hard inquiry.
CCs are different. Each time you apply for a card you get a hard inq and they each count as one hard inq. No lumping![]()





Paid 2 cards (this week) 1 has 100.00 balance, the other 350.00 balance. My worst card has 1800.00 balance one it (4200 limit). I will definately be paying more on each card next month. I know I won't be applying for any CC's any time soon.
Yes, it's the inquires that cause me concern.
Thanks for the replies
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt





Yep. thanks, dear. They all are right now. Even the 1800 one, I have to wait til next month to work on it.
MANY MEN WANTED TO LAY ME DOWN, BUT FEW WANTED TO LIFT ME UP
-Eartha Kitt
Awesome. I just got mine under 30% but thats only because I just opened $5k worth of new creditlines... lol
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