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Can I get a mortgage with a score of 847
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Ignore the score - dont pay any attention to it.
Go down to the last page(s) and it will hopefully have a load of green markers and very few amber/red marks - thats the bit you need to be looking at.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
helpplease772013 wrote: »Am I foccussing (incorrectly) too much on the score I see from Experian?
yes most certainly are.
the lenders are not in the least interested in the 'Experian Score'I am a Mortgage Broker
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
helpplease772013 wrote: »Am I foccussing (incorrectly) too much on the score I see from Experian?
Yes, are has already been stated above.0 -
Thanks all, I got past the credit piece and accepted (subject to proving income etc)
what a relief..........0 -
Must have been the 847I am a Mortgage Broker
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0
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