Posts Tagged ‘credit score range’

What is an excellent credit score range?

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

When you apply for a loan, the lender will first check your credit worthiness on your FICO credit score. Before understanding an excellent credit score, it is inevitable to know what a credit score range is. A credit score range mentions your financial history in the forms of three digit numbers. It helps employers, creditors, […]

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The highest possible credit score

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

What is the highest possible credit score?  Well, if you look at the traditional credit score models you usually see that 850 is agreed to be the highest possible credit score. Now, there are credit score models that do allow for scores higher that 850.  The VantageScore goes to 990, but it starts higher.  The […]

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Credit Score Models

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

If you were aware you have more than one credit score.  If you really look there are over 1000 different credit score models.  A bit strange and confusing, but here is a quick guide to explain which credit score model you should care about. You might think the phrase credit score means a specific number […]

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How to dispute a credit report error

Friday, June 5th, 2009

One of the best ways to improve your credit score or get on a path to an excellent credit score is to clean up your credit report. Your credit score is completely based on the information found on it and having incorrect info could be hurting your score. The first step on how to dispute […]

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The Good Credit Score Range

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Getting a loan could be the toughest in years.  The credit crunch has really made the lending restrictions tight and only those individuals that fall in the good credit score range will get approved. What is a Credit Score Range? Consumers that have scores which are close to one another often get put into pools […]

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Credit Score Range – Where do you fall?

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

The credit score range depends on the scoring model you are using.  For example the credit score range with the FICO score is 350 to 850.  It is different with the VantageScore which has a credit score range from 501 to 990. With both scales the higher the number the better the score you have.  […]

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