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Question: What impact does a short sale have on FICO® Scores? How about a foreclosure?

by Steve Connell on May 3, 2011

in Hot Topics,Questions & Answers,Short Sales

Question:
What impact does a short sale have on FICO® Scores? How about a foreclosure?

Answer:
Take a look at the link below.  It is the FICO site with a chart that shows the impact on the score for each stage of delinquency.  The second chart shows how long it takes the score to fully “recover” after the fact.

http://bankinganalyticsblog.fico.com/2011/03/research-looks-at-how-mortgage-delinquencies-affect-scores.html

Thanks to Julia Iden for providing this information.

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