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Can You Get a Mortgage if Your Spouse Has Bad Credit?
With mortgage rates at an extremely low level, you and your spouse might be considering taking the plunge and buying a home. But what happens when you apply for a mortgage jointly and one credit score is much lower than the other? You’ll find out that you both need to have good credit to get an affordable mortgage rate, and