Here is one of two things thta can happen. The mortgage company will take your three scores and then divide by 3 to get the average. Then they will do the same thing with your spouse. Then take the two averages and divide by 2. or they will take your middle score and your spouses middle score and divide it by 2. Or the worst case scenerio is that they would use the lower of the two. WHY DON'T YOU & YOUR SPOUSE BOTH PULL ALL THREE CREDIT REPROTS AND SCORES TO SEE WER YOU STAND. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY LATE PAYMENTS, PUBLIC RECORDS, ETC. THAT IS BEING REPORTED BY CHANCE? IF YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR CREDIT SCORE ARE THERE ANY BLANCES OVER 9% USEAGE OF THE LINE OF CREDIT ON CREDIT CARDS. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE A $ 1,000.00 LINE OF CREDIT ON A VISA CREDIT CARD, HAVE YOUR BALANCES BETWEEN $ 5.00 (FIVE DOLLARS) AND NO MORE THAN $ 20.00 DO THIS FOR ONLY AND ALL REVOLVING ACCOUNTS. ON INSTALLMENT LOANS, IF YOU HAVE ONE, GET THE BLANCE DOWN TO 30 %. IF YOU HAVE AN AUTO LOAN TRY TO GET IT BELOW 50% BUT PREFERRED AT 30% OR LOWER. YOU WANT TO LOWER YOUR DEBT TO RATIO. THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY IS NOT ONLY REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF 5% down but they look at what bills that you have and they do not want you to get into a situation of foreclosure.
husband score 800 wife's score 700 700+800=1500 divided by 2=750 average
I'm new to all of this. We're finally ready to buy a house. How do FICO scores work for the married couple? Do they simply take an average when getting approved for the mortgage?
