Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Secrets to getting a mortgage with so-so credit

Get a mortgage despite strict underwriting

Secrets to getting a mortgage with so-so credit

July 5, 2011: 2:40 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Getting a mortgage can be tough these days -- even people with near-perfect credit have been rejected for loans. But for some lucky borrowers, things aren't as bad as the doom-and-gloom crowd says.
At a recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said lending standards for mortgages have tightened so considerably that "the bottom third of people who might have qualified for a prime mortgage in terms of, say, FICO scores a few years ago -- cannot qualify today." Read more

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