Get The Facts: Will Pre-Approval Hurt My Credit?

A happy family—father, mother, and child—playing in the snow, representing financial planning and the impact of mortgage pre-approval on credit.

Getting mortgage pre-approval is one of the first steps toward buying your dream home. Pre-approval boosts the likelihood that the seller will accept your offer and gives you a detailed quote for your homebuying budget.  But homebuyers often hesitate because they think that pre-approval hurts their credit score. Will it?  The truth is that it will […]