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Please Help! Need to raise 10 points for Conventional Loan

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Alexjq
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Please Help! Need to raise 10 points for Conventional Loan

My wife and I just built our first home. Our construction loan closed last year. Now that our house is complete, our lender is refinancing our loan into a permanent mortgage. We need to raise both our scores up roughly 10 points each in order to qualify for a conventional loan instead of going FHA.

 

What can we do to raise our scores fast? We have $6k to pay down on cc's. Should we pay 2 cc balances in full or spread the $6k around each account?

 

We've had no late payments since 2004. Our revolving cc balances are what is hurting us the most Smiley Sad

 

Scores I've pulled 

My TU FICO = 670

Wife's TU FICO = 678 

 

Scores Lender pulled

Mine = 674

Wife's = 672

 

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Creditfox
Established Member

Re: Please Help! Need to raise 10 points for Conventional Loan

Getting the CC utilization below 9% worked for me.
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WannaHouse
Valued Contributor

Re: Please Help! Need to raise 10 points for Conventional Loan

I think paying off two cards completely will benefit you the most. Can you list your cards, balances, and limits so we can see what will work the best?

Kathy


We are finally homeowners!!

Closed May 5th-30 yr fixed at 5.25%.

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