Should I try to remove "Disputed" remark?

Anonymous · ‎04-22-2017

Hi,

I have came a long way from having 17 collections to now only two. Even though I have already obtained a mortgage last year with some of these collections still showing, I am under the impression that if I went to apply for another mortgage it would look better if these remarks were removed . Is this true? Should I try to dispute the remark in someway? Lastly, with this have any impact on trying the HIPPA process?

Fleuriste · ‎04-22-2017

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi,

I have came a long way from having 17 collections to now only two. Even though I have already obtained a mortgage last year with some of these collections still showing, I am under the impression that if I went to apply for another mortgage it would look better if these remarks were removed . Is this true? Should I try to dispute the remark in someway? Lastly, with this have any impact on trying the HIPPA process?

I've been working on a jumbo refi, so I've had a manual underwriter and they have been nitpicking on lots of things. This lender did condition the loan on a dispute remark being removed from my credit reports. In my case, it was with Wells Fargo. The first person I called said they couldn't removed it. I called another department and they were happy to remove it and did so quickly since I was in the middle of trying to get a loan. I didn't "dispute" the remark. I simply asked that they remove the language about the dispute, which they agreed to do.

I can't comment on your second question.

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airplane_al · ‎04-25-2017

i have the feeling you could probally have it removed from transunion and equafax with no problem. But experian will probally tell you something like the

remarks cant be removed without a presidental pardon. Will the negative accounts age off soon? If they do i would say just let them fall off on there own then.

Anonymous · ‎04-25-2017

Two report to TU, one to EQ and EX is clean.
Should I try with the CRA to do this first?

Anonymous · ‎04-25-2017

This thread has everything you could every want to know about removing dispute comments

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Mortgage-Loans/Best-Way-to-Remove-quot-Account-In-Dispute-quot-for-M...

Anonymous · ‎04-25-2017

My experience is not getting the Credit Agencies to say they will take them off. They are very pleasant and helpful. The problem is that they then are never taken off, or they come right back on. I have had to call multiple times, and I'm not even sure if they will be off when I do apply for a mortgage.