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Figure Your Credit Score Article
How to figure your credit score
Figure Your Credit Score
You may want to know how to figure
your credit score. The
steps are long and each of the three major credit bureaus in the United
States will participate in reporting credit scores and histories with a
different process. This is why your credit score is going to
be a little different from one to the other. There
are many factors that you can take into account if you want to estimate
your credit score yourself.
Credit history is going to count for about 35% of your total credit
score. The bills that are un-paid or if you have debts that have
defaulted, will hamper your credit score for 7 to 10 years.
You need to think about this and all of the bad choices that you make
today can hurt your credit score in the future. If you are
repaying these debts now, chances are they will still show up on your
credit report now as bills that were not paid on time.. There
is 15% that is going to be the length of your credit history.
It is a good idea to start building credit as soon as possible. Your
credit score will improve as time goes on, as long
as you are maintaining a bank account. The information like
length of employment or residence or also very important credit score
factors, so if you have a regular and stable life, you will
have a better score than someone else that moves around a lot.
Then 30% of your score will depend on what you currently owe to
creditors. Even if you are not late on paying your bills, if
you have many loans out at one time, it may be possible that you may be
denied for new credit. Therefore it is important to only take
out the loans you need and to repay them on time or
early. If you pay off your loans early, you will
not only see your credit score rise, you will also save money on paying
interest. This will show up on your credit history.
You will also want to try and keep your money in one place if
possible. 10% of your credit score is going to be based on
new accounts. They will look at how many different types of
loans you have applied for and how many you have open now.
When you are opening and closing accounts too fast is not a
recommendation.
You need to use your common sense. Know your credit score and
how to figure
your credit score will help you find mistakes on your
credit report. This may help you and your credit score in the
future. You are able to see a free copy of your credit report
annually for free so you should review this as well as get your credit
score to be sure that you are being treated fairly.
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