If you co-sign a loan, be aware that the loan will be on your credit bureau record. You will be responsible for paying the loan if the primary borrower fails to pay. Any defaults will be reported under your name. It will reduce your credit score. If the primary borrower or the co-signer does not pay the loan on time it will drop your score more dramatically. It will reduce the amount you can borrow yourself since it will count as your debt.
No.
only if your cosigning
Never cosign a loan. While I agree that one should NOT cosign. cosigning can hurt or help. Remember that if they do not pay you have to. Cosigning will affect your credit and count towards your debt to income ratio and show as an open joint auto loan. You might be turned down to get your own auto loan without a cosigner if you cosign.
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Yes since it will show up on your credit record as your debt. You are fully responsible for any loan that you co-sign.
No.
only if your cosigning
Never cosign a loan. While I agree that one should NOT cosign. cosigning can hurt or help. Remember that if they do not pay you have to. Cosigning will affect your credit and count towards your debt to income ratio and show as an open joint auto loan. You might be turned down to get your own auto loan without a cosigner if you cosign.
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Because you have taken on the risk of a deadbeat.
Yes since it will show up on your credit record as your debt. You are fully responsible for any loan that you co-sign.
Hi-Cosigning a loan will not lower your credit score unless payments are late, or if the borrower defaults and you cannot make the payments yourself. A cosigner is equally liable for the loan, so if you cannot make the payments, you should not sign.The way that cosigning will affect your credit report is in your debt-to-income ratio. The loan you cosign will show up as part of your debt, so a lender may not want to loan you more money if it looks like your debts are too high.Something that people often overlook though, is that cosigning a loan can actually improve your credit rating if the borrower makes his payments on time. You will get credit for making payments and paying off this debt as if it were your own.
Yes.
Yes you can, if approved it will show positive on both reports.
There is not a strict set of requirements for cosigning. You will need to be over 18 and the lender will need to believe you are a good credit risk. This is based on your credit score. You should be concerned with the obligations cosigning a car loan will create for you. See the Related Link for "Experian: Advice on Cosigning a Loan" for info on this.
There is not a strict set of requirements for cosigning. You will need to be over 18 and the lender will need to believe you are a good credit risk. This is based on your credit score. You should be concerned with the obligations cosigning a car loan will create for you. See the Related Link for "Experian: Advice on Cosigning a Loan" for info on this.
Yes, it will affect your debt to income ratio.