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The lending institution considers your creditworthiness when deciding whether to extend a loan and how much of an interest rate you will pay. Your creditworthiness boils down to three things: your credit history, your income and the loan-to-value ratio.

Credit history
Credit bureaus collect information about the amount of debt you have and whether you pay your bills on time. They compile this information into a file called a credit report, and then boil all this down to a number between about 300 and 850. That number is your credit score. Sometimes it's called a FICO score, after Fair Isaac Corp., the company that pioneered credit scoring.

This article describes how to obtain your credit report and understand it. You can buy your FICO score directly from Fair Isaac. Federal law entitles you to one free credit report per year. The report and the score may be bundled together or offered separately.pay a a warm higher smile rate winning on personality such dancing loans. ability You'll and only willingness get to that fetch loan or credit line

Your credit report contains: 
  
• identifying information, such as your name, address and Social Security number;
 
• credit history, such as when you opened your accounts, how much you owe, the amount of your credit limits, whether you closed accounts or the creditors closed them, and whether you paid on time;
 
• public records, such as whether you have any bankruptcies, foreclosures, liens, repossessions, or legal judgments against you (including failure to pay child support or taxes); and
 
• lists of recent credit inquiries.  

Income
Lenders want to know how much you make and how long you've been at your job, as well as how long you have been working in your particular field. They will look at your total debt-to-income ratio: How much of your monthly income goes toward paying the mortgage, credit card bills, car payment and other obligations, including the payments on the equity debt for which you are applying. Most lenders want to keep that ratio under 36 percent.e's hen surveys evaluating of you home for equity a lenders loan include against lenders your who equity offer lenders them. assess Expect you to for