The U.S.-Iran war is coming for your credit score and mortgage application

Pedestrians walk along Wall Street outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, April 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused a worldwide economic ripple effect, hiking prices of everything from gas to pharmaceuticals and causing shortages of everything from jet fuel to helium. That is impacting big companies in the market in a variety of ways, from the oil majors to the airlines . …