- Yes. As long as her name is on the mortgage loan. That history will always be on her credit report. Just because you got her name taken off the credit cards, doesn’t mean that past history won’t be on her report.
- NO. If she signed the deed over to you and the house is given up during ED, then she can’t kick you out of the house. Once she LEAVES the house, she can’t come back and kick you out.
- You may be able to write a letter stating that your wife is no longer liable for the payments on the house. But until you refinance, she is seen as joint owner of the LOAN (ie: if you don’t pay, they can come after her for payments)
The mortgage will remain on her credit report as long as she is a co-signer on the mortgage. The only way to remove the loan from her name and her credit report is to refinance or assume the mortgage.
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My wife wants to leave me the house. She does not want any of our credit cards to still be on her credit report. Those were easy to get her taken off of, but I have not been able to find any information about if the house will still show up on her credit report after we get divorced. I refinanced a 20 percent loan in just my name, but I am not sure if I can afford to refinance the 80% loan in a way that I could afford. So, three questions. After the divorce, will our house that she signs over to me still be on her credit report? If I am unable to get the house off her credit report, can she change her mind and kick me out of the house in any way? Number three, if I cannot get the house off her credit report, can I at least say that it will not hurt her credit if she decides to buy another house down the road?
Thanks