Approval confidence
Lenders review your credit history alongside income, deposit, property, and affordability. Knowing what is on file helps you apply with fewer surprises.
Credit reports and scores
Know what is on your credit report before you apply.
Your credit report can affect mortgage approval, lender choice, rate options, and the evidence needed for an application. Check it early so you can fix errors and prepare clear next steps.
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Example report view
718
Good
Weak
May need specialist lender review
Fair
Possible, but criteria matter
Good
More mainstream options may open
Strong
Can support smoother underwriting
Experian
703
Equifax
716
TransUnion
729
Importance of credit reports for mortgages
Your credit report affects more than a score.
A mortgage lender builds a picture from your income, deposit, property, outgoings, and credit conduct. Reviewing your report early helps SRC place the application with the right lenders and explain anything unusual.
Rate and lender choice
A cleaner credit profile can widen lender options. A more complex profile may still be possible, but it needs the right route.
Errors and old markers
Address mismatches, missed-payment markers, searches, or old financial links can slow an application if they are found late.
Understanding your credit file
What lenders may see when they check your file.
Mortgage underwriting can look at account conduct, dates, addresses, searches, and public-record information.
Lenders do not use the score you see
There is no single mortgage score. Each lender applies its own criteria and its own internal scoring system, so the same credit report can lead to different decisions at different lenders.
That is why the information contained within your credit report — your payment history, balances, searches, addresses and any public records — can matter more than the consumer-facing score itself.
Payment history, including late or missed payments
Outstanding debts and available credit limits
Recent credit applications and hard searches
Electoral roll and address history
County Court Judgments, defaults, IVAs, or bankruptcy markers
Financial associations, joint accounts, and linked people
Identity, fraud, and incorrect account information
Overall conduct across cards, loans, and utilities
What to review
The parts of a report worth checking carefully.
Check My File Credit Report
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Score summary
Understand your current score and the factors that may be influencing it.
Payments and borrowing
Review credit accounts, balances, payment history, and borrowing patterns.
Addresses and electoral roll
Check address history and whether electoral roll information is showing correctly.
Associations and aliases
See financial links, joint accounts, and names connected with your file.
Court information
Look for CCJs or other court data that may affect lender criteria.
Searches and fraud alerts
See which companies have searched your report and whether fraud markers need attention.
Application readiness
Make the report useful before you apply.
Checking the report is only step one. The next move is turning the detail into a cleaner mortgage plan.
Check before you apply
Review your report before a decision in principle or full application. It gives time to correct errors or explain older issues.
Keep addresses aligned
Make sure banks, cards, utilities, and electoral roll details are consistent with your current and previous addresses.
Avoid fresh borrowing
New credit applications near a mortgage can create hard searches and new commitments for lenders to assess.
Prepare the story
If there are missed payments or defaults, your adviser can help position the application with suitable lenders.
Next steps
Ready to check your credit position?
Use the Check My File Credit Report link, then speak to SRC if anything on the report needs explaining before a mortgage enquiry.
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Before you submit
Check the report, save useful notes, and tell your adviser about anything that may need context.
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