Just as creditors want to see that you can make on - time payments, and that you can keep from utilizing too much of your available credit, they also want to observe your ability to
handle different types of credit accounts.
Your FICO score considers
the different types of credit accounts you use or that are being reported including credit cards, retail accounts, installment loans and mortgage loans.
Having
a different type of credit account is ideal for consumers who only have credit card accounts on their credit report.
Although we sometimes consider most of our plastic to be credit cards, there are
different types of credit accounts.
Different types of credit accounts are weighted in the model that determines your credit score.
Types / Mix of Credit = 10 % — This includes
the different types of credit accounts you currently have (retail accounts, installment loans, credit cards, mortgage, etc.).
Some of the factors that are considered in this calculation include, the age of your newest and oldest accounts, the average age of all of your accounts, the length of time that
different types of credit accounts have been established and the length of time it's been since those different types of credit accounts have been used.
The last thing the FICO algorithm looks at is that you have
different types of credit accounts.
Under the FICO 8 score model, consumers who have
different types of credit accounts (such as a mortgage, auto loan, and credit cards) will be given a higher score than those who only have a couple types of accounts.
Types of Credit Used (10 %): The final component affecting your credit score is
the different types of credit accounts you have in your credit file.