Mortgage Credit Impact
How your credit score affects your mortgage rate. See the monthly payment and lifetime interest at every FICO tier, and what you save by moving up a tier.
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Your details
Credit score
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Loan term
Enter your details and select See Rate Impact to compare the payment and lifetime interest at every FICO score tier.
How this is calculated
We map your credit score to a typical mortgage rate tier and show how much a higher score saves on the monthly payment and total interest.
The steps
- Match your score to a FICO rate tier (illustrative national averages).
- Compute the monthly payment and total interest at that rate via the amortization formula.
- Compare against higher tiers to show the dollar value of improving your score.
Assumptions
- Illustrative FICO→rate table updated periodically; the loan amount/term you enter.
Good to know
- Real quotes depend on the lender, product, and the day’s market.
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