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Credit Score: the brightest feather in your
financial cap
Janet Williams
Credit 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.
For better insight on the effect of credit scores please view:
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/credit-score.html
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/credit-counseling.html
Janet Williams is a contributing
writer to http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com
and is currently working on a special section in the site called do it yourself
where you can eliminate your debts and become debt free..
Email: sarah@debtconsolidationcare.com
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