Effect Of Late Payments

The effect of late payments will always show on your credit report and will almost always drop your credit score if you are more then 30 days late. The main effect of late payments is the effect it has on your ability to refinance your mortgage. If you have a 30 day late payment you will no longer qualify for a conforming mortgage and you will have to refinance through a sub prime or Alt-A lender.

If you are close to being 30 days late on your mortgage (or any other debt reporting to credit), it's a good idea to pay by phone directly with the lender to ensure your payment is posted immediately.

Otherwise, overnight your check to confirm receipt by the lender prior to being 30 or more days late. Be sure to confirm the overnight address. It may be different than the regular payment address.

One 30 day late can impact your credit for several years so any extra cost or inconvenience is well worth avoiding a late payment reported to credit.

When you have a late payment on your mortgage it will effect the interest rate you are offered when you refinance. Lenders look poorly upon late mortgage payments because it indicates the possibility that they will not be repaid, and they will charge the borrower a higher interest rate to compensate them for this risk.

The primary negative effect of late payments on one's mortgage is to limit or eliminate one's ability to refinance the mortgage.

The most important debt to keep up to date is without a doubt your mortgage payment. Before you pay any other debt each month, make it a priority to pay your mortgage payment. Contact your loan servicer immediately if you feel you cannot make your mortgage ppayment for the month.

Late payments on certain types of accounts have more of a negative effect on you than others. In regards to applying for a mortgage refinance, late payments on your existing mortgage accounts are worse than late payments on credit cards or installment notes.

If you have late payments reporting to your credit report that are not accurate, then you need to dispute these immediately. The effect of these late payments on your credit report can be devastating and can cause you to have to obtain a higher interest rate than what you should be qualifying for due to the lower credit score. To dispute these late payments you will need to order a copy of your credit report and you can dispute this online. You can also dispute the late payments by mail to the credit bureaus. Lastly, you can simply contact the creditor reporting the late payments and make them have the inaccurate information corrected themselves.

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