Can a cosigner hurt your chances of getting a loan? This question is about Best Personal Loans With a Cosigner

Can a cosigner hurt your chances of getting a loan?

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This question is about Best Personal Loans With a Cosigner

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@gino_rodriguez • 02/10/23 This answer was first published on 02/10/23. For the most current information about a financial product, you should always check and confirm accuracy with the offering financial institution. Editorial and user-generated content is not provided, reviewed or endorsed by any company.

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A cosigner could hurt your chances of getting a loan if they have a lower credit score and less disposable income than you do, but that is unlikely. A cosigner is someone who agrees to take responsibility for the loan if you can’t pay it back, and they typically have a good or excellent score as well as plenty of income.

Having a well-qualified cosigner on your loan takes away some of the risk associated with lending you money, and it may even help you qualify for better loan terms. Just keep in mind that missing payments on a cosigned loan will hurt both of your credit scores and can potentially damage the relationship you have with the cosigner.

How Being a Cosigner Could Hurt Your Chances of Approval

Being the cosigner for a loan could potentially hurt your chances of getting a loan yourself. For one thing, cosigning could limit your borrowing power due to an increased debt-to-income ratio. Your chances of getting a loan could also be hurt if the primary borrower on the cosigned loan fails to make payments because that could result in damage to your credit score.

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Is it easier to get a loan with a cosigner?

Yes, it may be easier to get a loan with a cosigner than without one as long as the person cosigning has a higher credit score and income than you do. Applying with a cosigner increases your chances of getting approved since they are promising to repay the loan if you are unable to.

For example, if you have a credit score of 550 and limited income, you probably won’t qualify for any worthwhile...

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