Mortgage Loans

[MARA4U1]

I have been a borderline applicant for an FHA Home Loan. MyFico scores my transunion score higher than the lenders requirements, however, when he pulled my report, that score differed drastically than what MyFico shows. Experian was much higher than expected and Equifax was an exact match between the lender and MyFico. What I am trying to understand is why the drastic difference with just the Transunion score? It differed by 62 points. Because of the point difference, there is a big difference in the loan status for purchasing a home. Any clarification would be appreciated.

I apologize if I am asking a duplicate question. Its my first day visiting the forums.

[gagum129]

The Transunion report you receive from myFICO is called a TU98 report( Basically uses a 1998 version of score calculation. The report you received from your lender was most likely what they call a TU04 report (a 2004 version of score calculation). From my understanding the TU04 is what most lenders use nowadays. I have seen post where some say their scores have been similar and some say they differed quite a bit.

[bruiseviolet]

We had the same thing happen to us when we were trying to get pre-approved.  One said one of our credit scores was 570 and when the LO pulled the score it showed him 495!  A real shocker- and obviously meant we weren't qualifying for anything =(

[mauve]

Bruise, if I remember right from another thread, you had FAKOs.  I believe OP is talking about a difference between a TU98 FICO and a TU04 FICO.