Mortgage companies will consistently choose the “middle score.” For instance, if Suzie Good-Credit has a score of 675, 690, and 725 (from TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax, respectively) and she applies for a loan, most lenders will select the score of 690, as it falls in between the other two. However, with some awareness and planning, Suzie can actually influence which score they select. We call this pattern “The Leapfrog Effect,” as it allows a growing score to “leap” over another.
[/rad_page_widget][/rad_page_container][rad_page_container id=’rpcN9GFATMGNE8VJWMU9MEG1Q1MDS5RIXTJ’ layout=’one_half’ first=’true’ classes=” visibility=’None’ float=’left’ background_opts=” background_color=” background_opacity=” background_image=” background_position=” background_cover=” background_repeat=” background_attachment=” background_gradient_dir=” start_gr=” end_gr=’#eeeeee’ border_top_width=’0′ border_top_color=” border_top_type=” border_bottom_width=’0′ border_bottom_color=” border_bottom_type=” ][rad_page_widget id=’rpwWAEL1ISUGC54PRWSAL8T5XPHIUCX9K19′ type=’rad_text_widget’ last=’true’ top=’true’ type=’rad_text_widget’ text_title=” text_subtitle=” rich_key=’text_data’ col_alignment=’left’ visibility=’none’ delay=” clear_float=’no’ icon=” icon_margin=’5′ icon_alignment=’left’ icon_animation=’none’ title_color=’#575252′ subtitle_color=’#575252′ text_color=’#575252′ title_size=” title_w=” subtitle_size=” subtitle_w=” text_size=” cb_margin=” ct_margin=” tt_margin=” st_margin=” tet_margin=” rich_key=’text_data’ type=’rad_text_widget’ id=’rpwWAEL1ISUGC54PRWSAL8T5XPHIUCX9K19′ ]Suzie Good-Credit only needs to worry about improving one of her lowest two scores–in our previous example, these were her Experian and TransUnion scores.If Suzie’s Experian score of 690 were to go up to 730, it would “leap” over her Equifax score of 725, making the Equifax score of 725 the new score of choice for Mortgage companies.
Alternately, Suzie could work on improving her TransUnion score of 675. If Suzie were to use Rental Kharma to report her past two years of rent to TransUnion, she could see major score growth on her TransUnion credit report. For the purposes of this example, let’s say Suzie’s TransUnion score grows from 675 to 720 – a jump of 45 points! This would make her TransUnion score of 720 her new “middle score.”
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As of right now, Rental Kharma works with TransUnion. When we add your rental history to your credit report and build your TransUnion score, this new and improved score can leap past another and give lenders a higher number to utilize for underwriting. And that’s good for you![/rad_page_widget][/rad_page_container][/rad_page_section]