It depends on the loan and your current credit. Remember that by co-signing a loan, you're taking liability for the contract. The bank looks at each one of these as a credit risk, and therefore will limit your purchasing power based on the amount of collateral you have in contrast to the amount of the loan, and your risk potential (or credit score). For instance, if you co-sign on a sibling's $30K loan, but only have a yearly income of $40K and have no house, you're likely to NOT be able to qualify for a decent mortgage rate. To them, it's YOUR liability!
Yes since it will show up on your credit record as your debt. You are fully responsible for any loan that you co-sign.
Yes, it will affect your debt to income ratio.
Yes, I have regretted cosigning a loan for my ex.
Yes, I have regretted cosigning a car loan for my ex.
No.
Yes since it will show up on your credit record as your debt. You are fully responsible for any loan that you co-sign.
Yes, it will affect your debt to income ratio.
Yes, I have regretted cosigning a loan for my ex.
Yes, I have regretted cosigning a car loan for my ex.
No.
Yes.
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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Cosigning a loan can increase your debt-to-income ratio because the loan amount will be included in your total debt, even if you are not the primary borrower. This can make it harder for you to qualify for other loans or credit in the future.
Cosigning a loan can increase your debt-to-income ratio because the loan amount is added to your total debt, even if you are not the primary borrower. This can make it harder to qualify for other loans or credit in the future.
only if your cosigning
It depends on what kind of loan. Generally, the answer is no, it does not, but the divorce may have an adverse effect on the separate credit scores, and it would be the lowering of the credit score that might make one ineligible for cosigning.