Not exact matches
FICO reached a similar conclusion in a 2017
report, citing that consumers with tax liens are «very likely to have additional derogatory information on their
credit file
and therefore
tend to
score relatively low, even after the public record data in question has been removed.»
The free
credit monitoring companies
tend to be more superficial, allowing you to check your
credit score,
and a limited list of items on your
report.
As such, there's no way to know for sure if having added six cards to your
credit report has hurt or helped your
score, though the highly informative «FICO high achievers» study tells us that people with
scores of 785
and higher
tend to have fewer cards than you, with seven cards (including open
and closed) on average
and only four cards or loans that carry balances.
These days landlords
and realtors
tend to ask for a recent
credit reports and scores in order to rent from them.
One of the great benefits of the peer - to - peer lending process is lenders
tend to have more information available beyond the traditional
credit score and credit report — borrowers can self -
report income, length of employment, home ownership (own, mortgage or rent), purpose of the loan
and a loan description.
The Banana Republic Card
tends to have higher
credit requirements than other store cards, preferring applicants with
scores in the mid-600s
and higher, which is likely unsurprising given the high
credit limits
reported by many cardholders.