Most likely because your average
age of credit dropped when you closed your loan account.
Not exact matches
The average
age of all accounts could
drop after closing a
credit card.
Similarly, closing your oldest
credit account may also reduce your score a bit, both because your average account
age will
drop and your
credit utilization will also go up, unless you pay off a chunk
of your debt!
If the person suddenly opens numerous new accounts such as
credit cards, the average
age of accounts can
drop significantly.
Close your oldest line
of credit and the average
age of your account
drops to five.
Even with the
credit inquiries for the mortgage, he has a FICO around 800; however, we're afraid it will
drop a bunch because the average
age of credit will be decreased significantly with the new mortgage.
The loss
of the
credit history shortens the average
credit age leading to a
drop in the
credit scores.
I've read that a closed account stays on your
credit report for 10 years, and I've read mixed things that say for instance on FICO, a closed account will continue to
age and impact avg
age of account (presumably to the point until 10 years after its closed and then it
drops off your account)(ex, so an account thats closed at 6 months will continue to impact avg
age of account and there's nothing you can do, and then 10 years later that account will have an impact
of 10.5 year, but will suddenly
drop off).
The account that closes can eventually
drop off your
credit and take away the average
age of your
credit, if the account is an old account.
Opening new accounts — When you open a new
credit account you are making your average
age of credit younger, therefore your scores can
drop.
Opening new
credit reduces your average
age of credit which will
drop your
credit scores.
^ Creditors may consider your
age if you are: to young to sign contracts (generally under 18), you're over the
age of 62 and the creditor will favor you because
of your
age,
age is used to determine other factors important to creditworthiness (e.g if your income is about to
drop due to retirement), it's used in a valid
credit scoring system that favors applicants 62 and older.
Credit card debt down across the board — Regardless
of age, education or income, we
dropped debt... (See Debt down)
As the individual loans get rolled off when they get paid, it's been hurting my
credit score because my average
age of credit is
dropping.
For instance, if you have a card for 5 years, getting a second card will
drop the
age of your
credit history to 2.5 years.
It's almost like we — the twenty - and early thirty - somethings — are coming
of age at some weird potluck
of every social issue staring us in the face: food insecurity, epic natural disasters, stock market crashes, three wars, droughts worse than the Dust Bowl, banks getting away with robbery, extreme poverty, corporate - purchased elections, rising childhood obesity, rising deficit, salmon run extinctions, flocks
of birds
dropping out
of the sky, college debt surpassing
credit card debt, you name it.