Mortgage underwriters normally want documentation attached to the letter of explanation. For example, a letter of explanation may be required if a mortgage loan borrower had a substantial low income one year from the previous year and had a late payment history for three months.
Wage garnishment by itself will not damage your credit...and the fact that your wages are being garnishment will not be noted on your credit report....However, the judgment that led to the garnishment (if they report it) will affect your credit rating...and the original default of your credit card will also still damage your credit rating.
Whether itâs a late car payment, credit card payment, or mortgage payment, a recent late payment can cause as much as a 90-110 point drop on your FICO score. As time goes on, the late payment will affect your credit score less and less until it drops off. However, potential creditors can still see that history as long as itâs listed on your report. Late payments appear on your credit report as either being 30, 60, 90, or 120-plus days late. Each of these degrees of delinquency affects your credit score differently. The later you are, the more damage it does to your credit score.