If you have a judgment against you on your credit report will you still be able to buy a house?

Judgment is from 2008 and it's from Ford motor credit on mileage when we turned in a leased vehicle

No, you will have to pay it off first. Judgments stay on credit for 10 years.

Yes - if you pay cash

You will not be approved for a mortgage until the collection is paid.

If you are paying cash for the house, then your credit report does not matter at all.