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company (“search yahoo.com for credit repair”) to try and remove some derogatory items on your credit
which will raise your credit score OR you can try to acquire some credit to help re-establish your credit
worthiness. The easiest way to re-establish your credit is by either getting a car loan or credit card
designed to help re-establish your credit. Again search yahoo.com for “credit cards to re-establish
credit”
4.Do you have a bankruptcy or foreclosure in your past? Has it been 2 years since it was discharged? If
yes, move on to
next step! If not, unfortunately in most cases your bankruptcy or foreclosure will
need to be discharged at least 2 years or you will need to have at least 5% down payment.
5.You will need to document 24 months of recent mortgage or rental history. If you rent from a property
management company we will need a Verification Of Rent completed. The form will be supplied by your
mortgage lender or broker. If you rent from a private landlord, you will need 24 months cancelled checks/
or money order receipts with no payments over 30 days late. Sorry, you cannot prove your rental history if
you pay your landlord cash every month, unless they are a property management company. If you are unable
to document your rental history there is a way around it. Get your credit report and look for
following: Do you have an active credit line on your credit report that has been open for at least 24
months? Has this credit line had any activity in
last 6 months? If so, move to
next step.
6.Look at your credit report. Do you have a credit line that has a 12 month history reporting? If so and
as long as you have no more that 2x30 day late payments then move on to
next step.
7.Look at your credit report again. Do any of your credit lines have a high limit of at least $3,000. If
so, move to
next step.
8.Now take one more look at your credit report. You will need 1 more additional open credit line reporting
on your credit report. (It does not matter how long it has been open or how much
credit line is for).
Well, congrats! You made it this far which means that your credit might qualify for a Zero Down Payment
Loan. The loan program you qualified for is subject to change and is subject to additional conditions.
This article should not be construed as an advertisement to lend. These are
steps that I go through
when trying to pre-qualify a client that has credit problems. There are many more factors to determine so
please discuss this with a qualified mortgage professional.
You are probably asking yourself what you are supposed to do with
information that was given to you in
this article. The first thing is to contact a few mortgage companies. Ask them if they have any zero down
loan programs that will go down to a 575 credit score, or whatever your credit score is. Remember, you
will need at least a 575 credit score to qualify for this particular loan program. Also, in order to
minimize your out of pocket expense, ask your mortgage professional if
property seller is allowed to
pay 6% of
purchase price towards closing costs. If so, you will need to remember to negotiate that
into your purchase contract when you make an offer on a house.

Gateway Mortgage Group