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Lenders using lower FICO score

I have a question.  My husband and I are in the beginning process of buying a home.  My husband makes about $5,000 more than me a year and his FICO is 748.  My FICO right now is 641 but we are trying to get a late payment report error corrected on my reports that should help raise my score since it is the only bad thing I have on there for the past 4 years.  So far the type of loans we are looking at use my FICO for establishing the mortgage rate.  I don't understand why this is so, since I thought they use the FICO from the person that makes the most $$$? 
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MidnightVoice
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Sweetbhunny wrote:
I have a question.  My husband and I are in the beginning process of buying a home.  My husband makes about $5,000 more than me a year and his FICO is 748.  My FICO right now is 641 but we are trying to get a late payment report error corrected on my reports that should help raise my score since it is the only bad thing I have on there for the past 4 years.  So far the type of loans we are looking at use my FICO for establishing the mortgage rate.  I don't understand why this is so, since I thought they use the FICO from the person that makes the most $$$? 


What are some of the loan programs that are using your score?   That situation would help me since my wife has the higher scores but less pay.
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OneMortgageGuy
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It sound like to me your a prime borrower and thats a great thing! Going prime lenders will use the lower mid fico of the two borrowers. $$$$ on comes in when its a subprime loan.
 
Hope this helps and good luck!

Sweetbhunny wrote:
I have a question.  My husband and I are in the beginning process of buying a home.  My husband makes about $5,000 more than me a year and his FICO is 748.  My FICO right now is 641 but we are trying to get a late payment report error corrected on my reports that should help raise my score since it is the only bad thing I have on there for the past 4 years.  So far the type of loans we are looking at use my FICO for establishing the mortgage rate.  I don't understand why this is so, since I thought they use the FICO from the person that makes the most $$$? 



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OneMortgageGuy
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MidnightVoice
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OneMortgageGuy wrote:
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Message Edited by MidnightVoice on 07-21-2007 02:24 PM
The slide from grace is really more like gliding
And I've found the trick is not to stop the sliding
But to find a graceful way of staying slid
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