The Fair Isaacs Corporation (FICO) pioneered a system of scoring your financial health, known as your FICO score. Your FICO score is a number ranging from 300 to 850 with 300 being the lowest credit score that you can have. The higher your FICO score - the better. Statistically only 1% of Americans have a credit score below 499. The median FICO score is 723. Any score around this range is considered a good FICO score whereas a credit score below 600 is considered a poor credit credit score - be it 450, 500, 550, 580 or 600.
If your credit score is below 600 or slightly above, most prime mortgage lenders will be hesitant to extend you a mortgage refinance loan after they pull your credit report. Chances are your credit report shows a history of Chapter 7, Chapter 13 bankruptcy, chargeoffs, 60 day late payments, 30 day payments, etc. These negative records on your credit report will lead the mortgage lender to assume that there is good chance you will not pay your monthly mortgage payments on time or in full.
So can you get a mortgage refinance loan with poor credit$%: The answer is YES. You will need to research reliable and trustworthy subprime mortgage loan lenders. These lenders also offer bad credit home equity loans, HELOC, second mortgage refinance loans and debt consolidation loans. The interest rate on your loan will be slightly higher than the interest rate that a person with a higher FICO score would get but don't let this deter you from taking advantage of the equity in your home.
Remember that your FICO score is a snapshot of your financial situation at a specific point in time. It will increase, if you pay your bills on time.
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