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Bad Credit Remortgage
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Bad credit remortgage loans can help lower your monthly payment
but it is still based on your credit report. As usual it depends
on your circumstances, what your interest rate is, your current
credit score, and even the value of your house.
The first thing you should is do it take a look at your options.
There is a new government program called Making Home Affordable
(MHA) plan that might be a good solution if you meet the
requirements. You can learn more about this program here: Loan
Modification
If you don't meet the requirements on the government plan you
still have a couple of options. One is to look for a new mortgage
that has better terms than your current home loan, the other is to
bear down on improving your credit and going to your current
mortgage holder to get a better interest rate.
If your credit score is 740 or above, you have a good chance of
securing a new mortgage. Of course the current appraisal amount of
home must be at least the amount you want to borrow. Given the
general weakness of the home market, the appraisal value may be
the biggest challenge since you have no control over the market
value.
Your credit score can be improved upon although depending on
your starting point and current income, it make take a few months.
This is a good idea regardless for any future credit applications.
You can go learn how to improve your credit score with our free
Credit Repair Kit here: Credit
Repair Guide.
Many times there is information that is incorrect or even from
another person with the same name that is correctable on your
credit report. The first step is to get a copy (you get one free
copy for each major credit bureau per year). You can find out how
in this article about credit reports: Yearly
Free Credit Report
The one good thing about your credit score is you can improve
it over time. That's what most people don't realize, no matter how
bad it is now, you can turn it around. In fact if you work on
raising your credit score it can save you thousands of dollars on
interest and cost of financing almost anything.
You can also buy down your interest rate in some situations.
This is paying points up front to reduce the long term interest
rate (usually in 1% increments). Always consider the net savings
when considering this type of arrangements and be sure to read the
fine print.
So to recap, here are your best options to get the best bad
credit remortgage deal.
- Check out the new government program to see if you qualify
to get your interest rate reduced.
- Check out new mortgage possibilities to get a better deal if
you house can appraise for the value you need to borrow.
- Start working on your credit score right now and when you
start seeing some improvement try and negotiate a new rate
with your current mortgage lender.
As of late June of 2009, the mortgage rate for a credit score
of 740 and above can be as low as 5.47%. Bad credit mortgage rates
can go as high as 12%.
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