Credit Score and Mortgage Situation..?

My husband and I were looking into buying our first home with the intentions of obtain a FHA loan. However, after doing some research a couple months back, I discovered that my husband had a ominous credit score of 547. The $11,170 student loan that his father was court ordered to wage during the divorce was more than 90 days late on 9 separate occasion. His father never told us that he wasn't paying this loan, and since he was in charge of it, the lone contact information they had was his father's and his mother's/his home address (with whom he doesn't collaborate to). After talking to a mortgage loan specialist, we realized at hand would be no one that would approve us for a mortgage even given the circumstance. So some friends of mine graciously said that they will contribute us a place to stay so we can financially focus our money on working off his student loans. So my first question is, if we put more than $2,000 a month down on his loans, how long would it embezzle before his credit score begin to rise? Also, my husband threatened to take him to court for violating the court lay down where his father then said that he would one and only be able to get a $5,000 loan out to cover the costs. My second interview is if we contacted the US Department of Education/Direct Loan (loan lender) and told them the situation, that we had $5,000 to put down on it, and that we could send a copy of the court direct, would they remove most of the bad credit with the loan?
If someone could please confer us some answers and insight into what we could do I would so very much appreciate it. This whole situation have put such a strain on our marriage and I don't know what to do at this point.
Answers:
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You should do every piece you can to improve your credit scores. Write parcels, make phone calls, retribution down debt.
I would certianly not be too proud to call the student loan and ask them to bring the account to current if you recompense the 5k.
The ball is in their court though. Since you can't failure to pay on a student loan, they might refuse your request.

You really need to check and monitor your credit reports.
You grasp one free from all three bureaus. If you need more than one per year, you can purchase them.
http://www.annualcreditreport.com
That's the gov't recommended site specifically scam free. Don't go anywhere else.

Just because there is a court lay down for someone else to pay a bill, the fact remains that the justification is in your husband's name, and the lender holds the depiction holder responsible. All the court can do is fine or jail the father for not paying. The court can not change the credit report.
Good luck beside everything.


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