Your credit score is important when shopping for mortgage rates, but is there a difference between a 740 FICO and the highest possible FICO of 850? I’ve literally pulled over a thousand credit reports for clients over the years and have seen the full range of scores. I’ve had some client’s who carry scores at 700+ say to me, “Oh darn, I thought my credit was better than that.” For the purposes of mortgage pricing the best possible FICO score is 740. It’s true that if your score is the best (2 comments)