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The best advice if you are thinking of buying a house with a poor credit score would be to hold off for a bit. It is far to easy to jump in at the deep end and take the first deal that comes along that will allow you to buy a new house. By holding off though you could be able to save thousands over the usual 30 year term for a mortgage.

An example would be if you had a credit score of 580. You would only be 40 points away from the preferred 620 mark which would get you a more favorable interest rate.

There are many ways to improve your credit score to get it to the desired 620 mark. One way is simply to do this yourself which is the cheapest by far, although it will take some work on your part as you will be contacting different credit bureaus. There are products available that can help with this process.

You credit report can be obtained for free and to start to repair a poor credit score you will need a copy of your report.

Another option would be to use a credit repair consultant. This will be more expensive and you will still have to do a bit of work. Mainly to research which company to use for this as well as research on the company you are considering using. Since using a specialist can cost upwards of $50 per month it would be silly to go in blindly not knowing what the service will provide and what results to expect.