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What is the impact of multiple foreclosures on your credit?
I have 3 properties and 4 mortgages. All three are "upside down" and one has no hope of a successful short sale and will go to foreclosure. I've listed the other 2 for short sale and even have an offer on one.
Due to major changes in our financial situation (wife lost job, one renter lost job, etc.) I am behind on all three. I'm thinking of just letting them all go to foreclosure. I know that one foreclosure hits your credit score by -200 points. Short sales and "Dead in Lieu of Foreclosure" also have a negative impact but not quite as much.
My question is, will each foreclosure or negative action impact my credit score "cumulatively?" That is, with one foreclosure droping my score from 725 to 525, the next 2 foreclosures can't drop my score from 525 to 325 and then to 325 to 125 since the lowest score possible is 300.
It seems to me that if I have one or three foreclosures, it doesn't really matter.
5 AnswersCredit1 decade ago