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Any lenders in here?

I'm getting a migraine.  I just talked to a mortgage broker. Apparently my score went from 715 to 669 in the span of a month.  A collection from 2006 was updated and pinged my report and Target reported that I was more than 30 days late on my payment... and I wasn't.  I also had about $7k more on my credit card than I usually do because of business expenses (paid off today.. I pay my cards in full every month).  Any ideas as to what might have impacted my score the most and how to handle?

I'm going to XP on Money matters.

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Re: Any lenders in here?

  • I'm thinking it's the collections and the Target error. Have you already filed a dispute online? If not, google "free annual credit report" and you should find something on how to do it.

    The $7K shouldn't be too big of a deal since supposedly stuff doesn't hit your report for 60 - 90 days. 

  • No.. the $7k is on there.  Regardless, I'm calling Target in the morning.
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    Goblin Gallup 5k 10/30/11 - 36:46
    Turkey Trot 5k 11/24/11 - 35:14
    Festival of Lights 5k 12/31/11 - 33:13
    Love the Run You're With 5k 2/13/12 - 31:58
    Backyard Burn 5 miler 3/11/12 - 1:08:42
    Cherry Blossom 10 Miler 4/1/12 - 1:58:22
    Wine Country HF 6/2/12 - TBD
    Spartan Race 8/25/12 - TBD
  • Whatever you do, do not put a dispute on your credit report for this account. That will lower and/or skew your score, and the underwriter will have you remove this anyway.

    Keep in mind that a lender is going to take the middle score from the three credit bureaus. If its a joint application, they will take the lowest of the middle scores between you and the co-borrower. So your credit score may not affect the rate on your loan as much as you think.

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