Maintaining a great or even a good credit score is tough. Sometimes no matter how hard you try that pesky thing called life still manages to get in your way.
But if you want to buy a house in Spring Texas or any other place for that matter you are going to have to maintain a good credit score. As a good credit score will get you a home loan and a great credit score will get you a lower interest rate saving you thousands upon thousands of dollars.
So how do you maintain a good credit score? Probably the easiest way is to know what not to do. Spendonlife.com created this great chart (click on the chart to enlarge) that depicts how paying your bills late damages your credit scores. The later the payment the further down the drain your credit score goes.
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We entrusted Jill Wente with the sale of our current home and purchase of a new home. From the beginning... read moreWe entrusted Jill Wente with the sale of our current home and purchase of a new home. From the beginning she was extremely up front and honest about exactly what we would need to do to get our house sold. We had an incredibly tight timeline, that she explained would be difficult to make - but she helped us make it happen and our house was under contract in 2 days! She had recommendations for all our home repair needs and they were all professional and fairly priced. She worked hard to really sell our offer for our new home - she was able to pull off the tight timeline, securing a rent back from our old house so we had time to move out, and a contingency for our new home. Definitely exceeded our expectations. She was so helpful along the way - as first time home sellers we really relied on her and we feel lucky to have worked with her! You will not regret working with Jill! read less