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My husband and I are looking to relocate to Delaware in late January to early February; We are currently living in Ohio. We would love to purchase a home rather than rent when we do move. We would be only putting the home in my husband's name due to my bad credit history. Now, his credit isn't where is should be either and that is where my main question lies. As of right now his highest credit score is 570. I have read that we would need at least a 640 to purchase a home. Can a loan officer help show us what we can do to help raise his score to get it where it needs to be or do we need to go to a credit agency? Also, are there loans that we can get with is low credit score? Any help on this would be great. Thanks

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http://www.examiner.com/residential-real-estate-in-national/lender-advice-for-first-time-homebuyers-about-credit-scores

Start with this article about how to fix a credit score. Not terribly hard, it can take some time though. We do have some time but the time to start is NOW. I can show you how but you have to be willing to work at it. Hope this helps and please fee free to contact me next week if you are still interested.

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