# Home Buyers Chime In.

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-buyers-chime-in/46436
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**Created:** [April 8, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-buyers-chime-in/46436 "2008-04-08T11:43:04Z")
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### Author: ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/home-buyers-chime-in/46436/24 "2008-04-08T16:28:28Z")

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> [@StrokedZ28"](#):
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> Well my wife and I will be looking into a house soon and I was wondering from those who recently got mortgages how your credit score affected it.
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> My wife and I both have scores in the upper 700’s. I have been told that that type of score is very good and average if not below.
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> From those of you who recently bought a house, where would an upper 700 score leave me when trying to buy a home? With the mortgage crisis I’m afraid of being turned down or getting an awful rate.

I have a friend with a \>720 score, who makes over $140k/yr repeatedly get rejected for a $3XX,XXX loan recently.

Scores are good, loans are tough these days.

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