No — disputing items does not hurt your score. The "dispute remark" that used to cause issues is no longer factored into FICO 8/9/10 or VantageScore 3/4 models for mortgage purposes. In rare cases, lenders manually pulling reports may pause approvals while a dispute is open. Credisure Fix is here to help.
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