Applying for new credit card accounts (or getting any new credit that entails having a credit report pulled) can negatively
impact credit scores slightly in the near term.
Hard inquiries are the types of credit checks that can
impact your credit score slightly and is usually done by a creditor.
Not exact matches
But the irony here is: an approved consolidation can lead to a
slightly negative
impact on your
credit score.
While a flurry of potential creditors checking your
credit score might cause those three little numbers to temporarily dip
slightly, consumers viewing their own
credit report — called a soft pull — has no
impact on
credit score.
Applying for new
credit cards will lower your
score slightly at first, but the effect is temporary, and it will more than be outweighed by the positive
impact of increased
credit usage.
It will
slightly impact your
credit scores because the risk that you will default on a
credit account is increasing plus you have a new account.
A debt management plan will also have a
slightly impact on your
credit score because you have to close active accounts.