Your Updated Credit Report and Mortgages

Summary

Your credit report is affected by a wide range of factors. It includes information from all of your creditors about how you manage your credit.

If your credit information is not up to date then you may have problems in getting approved for a mortgage.

Basics

Your credit report is updated to include:

• maximum available credit
• outstanding balance
• status of credit line
• total credit lines

Maximum Available Credit

Your maximum available credit should be updated to reflect the amount of credit your are being extended by each individual creditor.

This can help you, especially if you are building up your credit.

Outstanding Balance

Your outstanding balance on each credit line should be listed on your credit report. If you have made a recent payment on a credit line that is not reflected on your credit report you may choose to document this with your mortgage lender.

Status of Credit Lines

You may have a line of credit that has been paid off, such as a car loan. Make sure your credit report is up to date to reflect items such as this.

You may also have a line of credit that erroneously lists a late payment. Work with the creditor to get documentation from them proving that you were not late. This written documentation can then be forwarded to credit bureaus to update your credit report, and to a mortgage lender as part of your loan application.

Total Credit Lines

This is a listing of all your creditors. If you are just building your credit you need to make sure that all of your creditors are reflected on your credit report. It shows a mortgage lender that you are able to manage more lines of debt.