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How Foreclosure Affects Your Credit

How Foreclosure Affects Your Credit in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Foreclosure Lawyer

The effect that foreclosure will have on your credit rating is a key issue to consider if you have fallen behind on your mortgage payments and are at risk of losing your home through foreclosure. This is one of many negative consequences that foreclosure may have, and it is crucial that you get accurate information in order to make the right choices about potentially fighting foreclosure and saving your home.

As a Philadelphia foreclosure defense lawyer with more than 35 years of legal experience, I have always been driven by the desire to help people. Foreclosure defense is one of the ways that I have dedicated my legal career to helping those in need. Get started on your case today.

Fight Foreclosure in Pennsylvania

The specific impact foreclosure may have on your credit will vary, and credit bureaus have been unsurprisingly tight-lipped about just how much of an impact mortgage delinquency and foreclosure may have. Last year, Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) released some helpful information regarding this topic.

Some of the average hits that your credit may take are as follows:

  • 30 days late on mortgage payment - 40 to 110 points
  • 90 days late - 70 to 135 points
  • Foreclosure, short sale or deed in lieu - 85 to 160 points

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