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It dependes on how "bad" your bad credit it. Unfortunately that is part of the mortgage debacle that exists right now: loose lending standards to people with less than perfect credit. You can hear/read/see the tailspin this has put the mortgage and housing industry into. If your credit is truly bad, i.e. credit score below 700, then you may have to have a co-signer, a larger downpayment, reserves in the bank for bank assurance you will pay, PMI insurance, etc. It has totally reverted back to a serious, stricter lending world for now. Those with bad credit are being shut out for the time being. It has always been the lending policy to charge more for bad, less for good. Makes sense. It is just stricter right now. You may just have to wait until things settle down more.
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