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Home Buyers - Estimate Your Credit Score!

credit score meter I came across this while reading an article today about financing and the state of the real estate market. I thought I would check it out (since it's free, right?) and see how accurate it could guess my credit score.

Well, I have to say, it was pretty accurate! Obviously this isn't a substitute for the real thing, but if you are a Buyer, you could use this to give a pretty close to accurate estimate to an agent or a lender when they ask you how your credit is.

If you know your score, click through, give it a shot and tell me if you think this thing is pretty close or not.

It takes about 2-3 minutes total to get an estimated credit score.

One caveat: This will only be as accurate as the data you put into it, so be completely honest.

Here's the link:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/creditreport/main.asp

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Posted by Benjamin Clark - Exclusive BUYER'S AGENT - Salt Lake City, Utah on 03/27/2008 12:03 AM

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4 Comments on Home Buyers - Estimate Your Credit Score!

By the way, the estimated result comes from experian...

03/27/2008 12:04 AM

by Benjamin Clark - Exclusive BUYER'S AGENT - Salt Lake City, Utah (Homebuyer Representation, Inc.)

wow! Great link! It is very accurate. However, the range it gave was a 70 point range. Depending where someone actually falls, the 70 point range can make or break somebody.

As you know, credit scores of 679 or 700 can make a big difference for a borrower.

03/28/2008 05:36 AM

by Rick Tourgee - Provincetown and Cape Cod (Century 21 Shoreland)

Rick - You are right about the range. This isn't a substitute for the real thing. But it can give first time buyers an idea of what their scores might be. Often people mistakenly believe that if they haven't had a lot of credit in the past, their score won't be very high. This just isn't true. No credit is certainly better than very bad credit. Most people also don't realize that they have built up a credit history with cell phone bills and other monthly services they may have been using.

03/28/2008 03:24 PM

by Benjamin Clark - Exclusive BUYER'S AGENT - Salt Lake City, Utah (Homebuyer Representation, Inc.)

Ben, I'm adding this as a link to send my clients. Especially the ones that want to know but don't want to pay.

04/02/2008 03:41 PM

by Paul Howard, Broker, NJHomeBuyer.com Realty

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