creditworthy

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In general, a higher credit score lowers the borrower’s mortgage rate, because it signals to the lender that the borrower is creditworthy and will pay back their loan.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Likewise, recent headlines have highlighted trouble for some less creditworthy “subprime” borrowers on their car loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

This change, in theory, will allow lenders to apply criteria that are the best fit for their communities and expand the pool of creditworthy borrowers.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

But much of the controversy focused on the winners and the losers of the pricing updates — and not the fact that the most creditworthy borrowers with large down payments would still pay much less.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

That is, the lenders were making loans to people who were less creditworthy than 71 percent of the population.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis