Therefore the numbers used for income / asset /
debt and credit calculation & analysis are not the same numbers that will be used to approve your loan.
Not exact matches
First, since your
credit utilization rate is an important factor in the
calculation of your
credit score, focus on paying down
and ultimately paying off your
debt by not adding any new
debt to your
credit cards.
Featured in the
calculations of the PLUS Score are the elements of a
credit report including the payment history data, the amount of
debt being utilized, new applications for
credit,
and credit check inquiries.
However, the following factors have been identified as playing key roles in the
calculation: past payment history,
debt owed, length of
credit history, any newly obtained
credit and types of
credit used.
Once I plugged in my own
credit card
debt and automobile
debt,
and ran the
calculations for various payment methods, I was off
and running.
Payments on
credit cards
and other unsecured
debts are left out of the
calculation because they will be paid at least partially once the plan is in place.
All outstanding
debts on the
credit history are included in this
calculation along with the mortgage payment
and property tax.
But the compound interest
calculation underscores the importance of letting your retirement savings grow
and finding another way to eliminate the bathtub full of
credit card
debt you're dragging along with you.
The most critical scoring distinction between cards
and loans tends to be within the amounts - owed category, where loan
debt carries far less scoring weight than
credit card
debt, which includes
credit utilization
and some other
debt - measuring
calculations.
While there are various vehicles of
debt consolidation —
credit cards, unsecured personal loans, home equity lines of
credit — all you really need to know about the effects of consolidation on
credit utilization, which comprises almost 30 percent of your score, is that revolving accounts (cards
and some home equity lines) are included in these
calculations while installment accounts (loans), for the most part, are not.
Credit card utilization — the second most important factor in credit scoring after making on - time payments — isn't just a single calculation made up of your total card debt and total credit card availab
Credit card utilization — the second most important factor in
credit scoring after making on - time payments — isn't just a single calculation made up of your total card debt and total credit card availab
credit scoring after making on - time payments — isn't just a single
calculation made up of your total card
debt and total
credit card availab
credit card availability.
Lenders often include
credit card payments, child support, car loans,
and other non-short-term obligations in their
calculations of the other monthly
debt obligations.
... but if it's high rate
debt, such as carrying a
credit card
debt,
and the current rate of returns on the 401k aren't that great at the time, it would be worth doing the
calculations to see if it's better to pay them down instead.
Scoring
calculations are based on payment record, frequency of payments, amount of
debts,
credit charge - offs
and number of
credit cards held.
And when medical
debt is reported, even with a balance, it doesn't carry the same negative weight in the
credit score
calculation that it used to.
The second
calculation requires your entire monthly
debt load (including housing costs
and other
debts such as car loans
and credit card payments) not exceed 40 % -44 % of your gross monthly income.
My husband
and I have been using the
debt snowball method for the last 6 months
and if our
calculations are correct we will have paid off all
credit card
debt by the end of 2008.
Charge card
and credit card scoring impacts One thing you may also be referring to with your comment about the role of previously reported
debt, is how past charge card balances were used in the early years of
credit scoring to include charge cards along with
credit cards in revolving utilization
calculations.
The importance of any one factor in this
calculation depends on the overall information in your
credit report - such as number of late pays, collections, a bankruptcy, a heavy
debt to income ratio,
and if you're just beginning to establish your
credit.
Residential mortgage underwriting is defined as the overall
credit and valuation analysis of a particular borrower or borrowers with regard to overall financial health as well as the evaluation of collateral that might be used to secure the mortgage
and as underwriters we relate this particular evaluation to
calculation of housing to income
and debt to income ratio's, the evaluation of a borrower's
credit history as well as the review of a property appraisal.