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Bob Betel
Allstar Home Mortgage, Inc. - Sweetwater, TN
President, Allstar Home Mortgage, Inc

On every loan we pull a Tri-Merged Credit Report which is from Trans Union, Equifax and Experian, combined into one report. We throw out the highest score and the lowest score and use the middle score. Not all creditors report to all three bureaus, so therefore you get different scores. One is not more important than the other.

Jun 01, 2016 02:34 AM
Rainmaker
989,652
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Not sure as I'm not a lender - but I believe all of them - also, just as important is the debt to income ratio!

May 31, 2016 09:29 PM
Rainmaker
1,543,823
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Experian.

May 31, 2016 01:49 PM
Rainmaker
108,016
Scott Lawson
America's Home loans - Santa Rosa, Petaluma Mortgage Broker - Santa Rosa, CA
Mortgage Broker FHA, VA, refinance or purchase

Like grading on a curve, we only take the middle score and throw out the highest and lowest.

 

If there are multilple borrowers, we then use the lowest of all middle scores...

 

This is not true for some lenders, but for ALL lenders/creditors...

May 31, 2016 11:41 PM
Rainmaker
2,220,654
Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

Teniqueka Green that's a great question for a lender.

May 31, 2016 11:32 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Ask your lenders. I don't get involved in credit reports as a broker.

May 31, 2016 10:17 PM
Rainmaker
5,216,409
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

They all count. The lowest one counts most!

May 31, 2016 10:01 PM
Rainmaker
7,836,139
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

All of them matter.

May 31, 2016 09:40 PM
Rainmaker
1,844,301
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

I thought it was called a blended report from all 3. Depending on your part of the country, there is a major for your area. Ours here is Experian. 

Yes, all 3 will be different scores.

 

May 31, 2016 09:27 PM
Rainmaker
1,090,772
Diana Zaccaro Broker Associate
ZOOM Realty Group - Cocoa Beach, FL
"The Accidental Blogger" Cocoa Beach, Florida

Lenders pull reports from all three bureaus and use the mid-score. Not all creditors report to all three bureaus so the scores are different. And the bureaus have each have different algorithms which also causes the scores to be different. That is why lenders pull from all three bureaus and take the mid-score.

 

May 31, 2016 03:49 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Teniqueka Green - I think all of them. Most lenders check all three.

May 31, 2016 03:23 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Looks like Bob Betel offers a good assessment.

Jul 09, 2017 09:05 PM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

All 3 take the midscore is the process

Jun 16, 2017 07:36 AM
Ambassador
5,230,113
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

As Bob said, the middle score of the 3 is what my lenders in Charlotte use.

Jun 04, 2017 09:48 PM
Rainmaker
2,362,977
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

good question - one I don't know the answer to

Jun 04, 2016 12:35 AM
Rainmaker
1,153,794
Kevin J. May
Florida Supreme Realty - Hobe Sound, FL
Serving the Treasure & Paradise Coasts of Florida

A lender could use one, two or all three and sometimes none. Once you know which source(s) they look at then that becomes what matters most.

Jun 01, 2016 04:39 AM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Teniqueka Green I believe all three of them are taken into consideration when evaluation credit.

Jun 01, 2016 03:35 AM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

In my experience, the lenders I've worked with have run my reports from all bureaus.

Jun 01, 2016 03:30 AM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

My lender looks at them all

Jun 01, 2016 02:53 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,278
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I'll check all of the answers here.....I would assume all of them would be important....

Jun 01, 2016 01:49 AM
Rainmaker
1,725,996
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

You need at least two credit reports and preferrable all three. If two, the lowest score is used. If three, the middle score. You cannot succeed with just one credit report.

Jun 01, 2016 12:31 AM
Rainmaker
900,128
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

I believe the lenders take an average.

May 31, 2016 11:59 PM
Rainmaker
2,781,173
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Anyone of them wields a big stick

May 31, 2016 11:27 PM
Rainmaker
4,572,183
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I leave this to a trusted lender since I am not involved in making loans.  

May 31, 2016 11:05 PM
Rainmaker
823,579
Susan Laxson CRS
Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA
Realtor in San Diego, CA & Naples, FL

All three count to many lenders.

May 31, 2016 10:43 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

It depends on the lender.

May 31, 2016 10:21 PM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

TriMerged

May 31, 2016 10:00 PM
Rainmaker
2,817,671
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

I always thought they averaged them or took middle score.  Ask a lender, though.

May 31, 2016 07:48 PM
Rainer
375,087
Libby Cousins
Extraordinary Processing - Spokane, WA
Contract Mortgage Processor, licensed in WA

Typically yes, all 3 scores are different but I'd say 15% of the time, 2 of them have the same score. In that case, the lowest score is used. If all 3 scores are different, the middle score is used. No one bureau outwieghs another. 

May 31, 2016 05:19 PM
Rainmaker
679,404
Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

I believe they are the BIG 3 ...  the lenders look at all three and then they use the middle score.

May 31, 2016 03:27 PM
Rainmaker
1,239,901
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Middle score one.

May 31, 2016 02:31 PM
Rainmaker
655,940
Jeffrey Jones
AZ Home Seekers - San Tan Valley, AZ
AZ Home Seekers, azhomeseekers.com

generally the lenders pull all three and use the middle score. Therefore they all carry equal weight.

May 31, 2016 02:27 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

in my experience all three have been pulled and the middle FICO score has been used.

May 31, 2016 02:21 PM
Rainer
321,564
Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

Experian seems to hold the best information.  This may not be better for clients. I don't know if one outweighs the other.

May 31, 2016 01:28 PM
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Teniqueka Green
Lafayette, LA

I ask this because all of them may have a different number.

May 31, 2016 01:17 PM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I didn't think they were weighted.

May 31, 2016 01:11 PM