randysoby asked:


To make a long story short I applied for a home equity loan and was declined by B of A. My credit scores are a 790, 812 and a 680. The 680 was so low b/c of an AT&T charge off that was never mine (the SS# was one digit off from mine). I had that removed already but after B of A declined me. I even sent a letter that the AT&T charge off was removed but it still didn’t help. I owe 93,000 on my house and it is valued at 189,000. My area didn’t get hit bad by the foreclosure issue. The lady at B of A told me that they will do 85 ltv. The only other bad thing that I had were 3 late Searscard payments mid last year. They were 15 dollar payments that I forgot to pay. I owe nothing on credit cards, 1 joint car payment for 200/month with my wife and my mortgage of 950/month. My house is only in my name (not joint with my wife’s). I make 55k/year. I thought that my situation sounded like a banks dream. Any opinions? Are loans really that tough to get with the real estate situations or does B of A suck that bad? Oh, did I mention that I have 46k in a savings account with B of A? What do you think? Am I better off going to a bank or a credit union? I don’t want to run my credit again unless I am sure that I will be approved. I value your professional opinion but please dont waste your time trying to get my business.
I cant use my wife because her name is not on the house.

Willie