Mortgage Basics
What Can Affect My Score?
- High outstanding debt - Keep balances low on credit cards and
other "revolving credit."
- Delinquent payments - Be aware that paying off a collection account
will not remove it from your credit report. It will stay on for seven
years unless you get a letter of deletion from the collector.
- New accounts - If you have been managing credit for a short time, don't open a lot of new accounts too rapidly


