Some brokers do a "preapproval" without running your credit. They base their answer on how you deem your credit is. It is very irresponsible of a lender to do.
In most cases the lender runs your credit early in the loan process. As a convenience to you, they do not charge you upfront. If they did, they would also have to collect upfront for the appraisal, title work, automated underwriting findings, processing, underwriting, etc. Rather than charge you as each of these costs are incurred, the lender will normally collect most of these fees at closing.
The original AMEX the you were denied for will affect your credit negatively. You will have two separate inquiries with only one open account within a period of six months.
Closing an account will affect your credit score and decrease your score.
No, they already gave you the credit when they charge you for the month. You can use your credit, and then cancel. You will still have access to all of your books, even after you cancel.
You can't close a credit card unless the balance is zero.
Preselected pretty much means nothing. It's a marketing phrase to make you feel special and means that your name appeared on the mailing list they bought. Preapproved can mean that your intitial criteria matches the lender's requirements for issuing credit. However, you'll see at the bottom of any mailer you receive that the company reserves the right to reject you if fail to meet all their criteria.
Yes, if the charge was made prior to closing your account.
The original AMEX the you were denied for will affect your credit negatively. You will have two separate inquiries with only one open account within a period of six months.
Whether or not you can get a loan at a good interest rate is going to depend on your credit and the value of what you are financing. The best thing to do is call your local credit union and get preapproved.
Yes.
Closing an account will affect your credit score and decrease your score.
No, they already gave you the credit when they charge you for the month. You can use your credit, and then cancel. You will still have access to all of your books, even after you cancel.
You can obtain a free credit report from Experian once per year for free. If you try to obtain a credit report and they charge you, you may have inquired about one already.
You can obtain a free credit report from Experian once per year for free. If you try to obtain a credit report and they charge you, you may have inquired about one already.
Preselected pretty much means nothing. It's a marketing phrase to make you feel special and means that your name appeared on the mailing list they bought. Preapproved can mean that your intitial criteria matches the lender's requirements for issuing credit. However, you'll see at the bottom of any mailer you receive that the company reserves the right to reject you if fail to meet all their criteria.
You can't close a credit card unless the balance is zero.
Yes closing a credit card can damage your credit score. But as long as everything else is good it should not affect you credit rating to much. Look for tips to keep a good credit card rating.
You can obtain a free credit report from Experian once per year for free. If you try to obtain a credit report and they charge you, you may have inquired about one already.