Poor Credit Assistance

Firstratefinancing.com is one of a very few companies that have a full service "in-house" credit assitance center. While you loan is being submitted or credit center will review your file and give you ways to immediately improve your score.

There are allot of scams out there but our center is directly tied to us. If they don't help you raise your score during the process we don't get to do a deal so its imperative that we found a system that works.

5 steps to better credit

Correct blatant mistakes. Your credit score is only as good as what shows up in your credit report. Review your reports from all three credit bureaus for accuracy once a year as well as several months before applying for a loan. Changing a mistake on your report - such as a payment that is wrongly labeled as late -- can take 30 days to three months, sometimes longer.

Pay your bills on time. This is always a good practice, and it's especially critical that you make prompt payments close to the time you need a loan. That's because a late or missed payment in the last few months is likely to lower your score much more than an isolated late payment five years ago.

Reduce your credit card balances. A heavily weighted factor in your FICO score is how much money you owe on your credit cards relative to your total credit limit. Generally, it's good to keep your balances at or below 25 percent of your credit card limit.

Pay off debt rather than moving it around. Since the ratio of your credit card balance to your credit limit is key, closing out an account and transferring the balance simply means you increase that ratio, which is likely to lower your score. In other words, say you owe a total of $2,000 on four credit cards, each of which has a $2,000 limit. Your total credit limit is $8,000, of which your total balance ($2,000) accounts for 25 percent. If you transfer all your balances to two cards and cancel the other two, your total credit limit is reduced to $4,000, and your $2,000 balance now accounts for 50 percent of that limit.

Don't close unused credit card accounts near loan time. If you have several credit card accounts but are only using a few of them, you'll only raise your balance-to-limit ratio if you close the unused ones. You also shouldn't open new accounts when applying for a loan if possible. If you have a short credit history or very few accounts, opening a new credit line may lower your score since you don't have a proven track record, said an executive at TransUnion. What's more, a new account will lower the average age of your accounts, another factor in your FICO score.

Home Loans For People With Not So Perfect Credit

Credit Not So Great?
Poor Credit?
Bad Credit?

No Problem for First Rate Financing, We Can Help! Why let past credit problems or uncontrolled debt prevent you from getting the home loan you really want? Have you been continually turned away from banks and lenders because you have made previous credit mistakes? We can help find anyone, regardless of their past credit history, or lack of credit history, own a home of their own, get a home equity loan, or refinance their existing home. Don't worry if you haven't had the best luck in keeping your credit clean. Our network of lenders understand that things happen. We will still get you the loan you want the most with rock bottom rates.

The following are five things you can do to boost your creditworthiness, plus more information on obtaining your personal score.

Where can I get my score?

To find out specifically what you must do to raise your score, you can order your score report from all three national credit bureaus. In addition to your score, you'll get your credit report, an indication of how your score ranks nationally and an explanation of how you can boost your standing.

There are two reasons to get your score from all three bureaus: First, each bureau may have slightly different information about you depending on which companies have reported to them on your accounts -- reporting is not mandatory and many companies will report more regularly to the bureau based in their region. Second, mortgage lenders often look at all three of the bureaus' FICO scores and take the middle score - not the average -- to assess your eligibility. So it's in your interest to know what that middle score is and make it the best it can be.

You may obtain you FREE Credit Report and score by by using our easy online form and clicking 'FREE Credit Report' on our main pages. This is an excellent place and way to begin.

If you were denied credit, you're entitled to a FREE Credit Report from the bureau supplying the information that was the basis for denial. Some states also entitle residents to a FREE Credit Report at least once a year. There is, however, no requirement that credit scores be offered free, although with TransUnion your score is automatically included in your report, whether you get it free or not.

Additionally, please use our link to 'Personal Debt Consolidation' on our main pages if you need credit card help or debt consolidation.