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Mortgage:
Your First Mortgage
Credit Rating and the Fair Credit
Reporting Act/ FCRA
The
FCRA and Credit Rating: What They Can Do
for Mortgages
Let’s
explore the importance of your credit
rating further.
A home
mortgage (usually involving a bank but
not limited to it) is simply a pledge or
commitment in which a homeowner offers
the title of his property as a form of
security for a loan – you place your
home as the collateral. When you get
your loan, you are required to pay a
certain amount at different intervals,
depending on what is agreed upon, and if
you don’t, you could potentially lose
your home.
However, not everyone can easily get a
loan, especially from big banks and
financial centers. Think about it – you
yourself would be hesitant if a complete
and total stranger came to you and asked
to borrow some money, right? That is
right about the same case when it comes
to borrowing money from a bank or
lender.
How do
you go about securing a loan? You have
to apply for it, which is no guarantee
that it will be granted. Banks,
financial companies, and other lenders
will have to consider carefully your
profile, particularly something called a
credit rating.
Credit
rating
A
credit rating is something that is drawn
up from credit reports, which details
your credit activities such as
borrowing, debt, payments, etc.
Basically, the credit rating details the
amount of credit that can be lent to a
person without unwarranted risk. This
essentially means that the higher your
credit rating, the higher the loan
amount you can get.
To get
a good credit rating, which entails that
the chances for you getting a loan
(including the amount you need) are much
higher than normal, you simply need to
pay your bills and loans on time, as
well as other financial obligations. A
good credit rating is obviously much
better than a lower one, since your
financial opportunities are much wider
than when compared to having a low
rating, which severely limits what you
can do financially.
Credit
reports
It was
mentioned that the credit rating comes
from credit reports, so you might be
asking, what are credit reports? They
are actually the ones where your credit
activities are recorded – including
loans, balances, unpaid debts, along
with a little bit of background
information. These credit reports are
gathered by credit bureaus, also known
as a consumer-reporting agency.
You
might be wondering why such agencies
exist – basically they are there to
stabilize the financial market. Also,
there is no need for you to worry, as
they exist legally, with the knowledge
of the government, including what they
do. In fact, there is a law called the
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Fair
Credit Reporting Act
This is
a federal law which regulates consumer
credit information. By regulating this
consumer credit information, credit
ratings can then be properly given out
with most, if not all, of the
information at hand. There are certain
rules and regulations that the consumer
reporting agencies have to follow, which
are found in this particular federal
law.
This
law is actually beneficial to the
consumers, the consumer reporting
agency, and the lenders. This law makes
clear some of the potential problems
that may arise between consumers and
their credit rating, and tries to
prevent that from occurring. Consumers
themselves are entitled to one free
credit report per year, thanks in part
to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
In summary, you may
probably want or need to get a loan via
a home mortgage. If that were the case,
it would be in your best interest to
have a good credit rating that is
reflected on a very positive credit
report. Since the credit rating and
credit report are taken into great
consideration when applying for a loan,
the amount of credit rating you have
proves to the lender how good you are
when it comes to dealing in finances.
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