Credit ScoreCredit scores are the
most important aspect that determines your financial future.
Carrying a good credit score is an asset and can pave your
future towards greener pastures. On the other hand a negative
marking on your credit report can be ruinous for your future
dreams. However, "There Isn’t Much anyone can do for those who
will not Do Something for themselves." The same is applicable
for credit scores. Your prime aim is to maintain a good credit
score and lead a planned life.
How to assist myself to have a good credit score
To have a clear knowledge about your credit score, it is a
good idea to get your credit report from the credit bureaus once
a year. This will ensure your credit is being reported
correctly. Usually the credit scores are within 400 to 850. If
your credit scores are higher, your eligibility to get approved
in a loan also gets higher in priority.
Credit scores consider 5 main categories for scoring
consideration and are rated according to importance:
Payment History -35%;
Length of History -15%;
Amounts Owed -30%;
New Credit -10%;
Types of Credit -10%.
Correlation between the Credit Score and Defaulters
Most lenders consider people having credit score above 650 to
be prime borrowers. This means they will most likely be approved
at favorable interest rates. According to credit report from
Equifax, 71% of the people with a credit score from 500-550 will
default on their credit. Another 51% of buyers with a credit
score from 550-600 will also default on their credit. Those
individuals having credit scores of 650 or more is considered to
have a decent credit score.
More than 2 million credit reports are issued each business
day in the United States, allowing millions of consumers to
purchase homes, cars and other durable goods and services on
credit.
In the only statistically valid study conducted to date,
Arthur Andersen concluded that in only two-tenths of one percent
of the over 15,000 cases studied, where consumers denied a
benefit based on an error in their credit report.
- Experian’s credit files contain records on approximately
205 million credit-active consumers.
- Each month, there are more than 4.5 billion updates to
credit report information throughout the U.S.
- The American credit databases are the most accurate and
secure in the world.
- There are over one billion credit reports issued annually.
- Credit reporting saves the average person from 200 basis
points on their mortgage loan.
In any part if the world it is very easy to stack up a large
debt. Private debts on homes, cars and credits have ballooned
through the sky. At such a juncture when people are undergoing
the syndrome of easy to pile up and difficult to clear like
dirty linens, one should be overtly conscious of their credit
score.
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