As John Ulzheimer, a credit specialist and former
manager at credit score provider Experian, said, «Just because the lien or judgment information has been removed and someone's score has improved doesn't mean they'll magically become a better credit risk.»
Not exact matches
Make a $ 450,000 home loan with 3 % down to a couple making $ 35,000 a year working
at Starbucks; already burdened with $ 90,000 in student loans, $ 20,000 in
credit card debt and FICO
scores of 610, after they tell the loan officer they make $ 120,000 as senior
managers of a large multi national corporation When they default on the home loan, file bankruptcy to discharge student and
credit card debt and start living in section 8 housing, you now have a new brother and sister.
If you want a FICO
score of 800 or above, you should aim for a «debt - to - limit ratio» of no more than 10 %, says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education
at CreditSesame.com, a
credit - management site, and a former FICO
manager.
To more accurately gauge your risk of nonpayment, the widely used FICO
scoring model not only looks
at overall debt in comparison to total
credit limits, «the
scoring formula also looks
at utilization on the individual cards that make up the overall utilization percentage,» says Barry Paperno, consumer operations
manager at myFICO.com.
Credit checks are pretty standard these days for landlords and whether you're renting from a property
manager or directly from the owner, they're likely to take a peek
at your
score.
The standard for
scoring is 300 being the worst
score that puts you
at the highest risk because you are not able to
manager credit.
The new
score will likely be adopted by
credit - card and auto lenders first, says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education
at CreditSesame.com and a former Fair Isaac
manager.
More than 45 FICO
scores are available to lenders, says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education
at SmartCredit.com, a
credit monitoring site, and a former
manager at FICO.
Even if they have a stellar generic
score, their auto
score can be lower if they missed a car loan payment or never had a car loan, which could leave them with a higher interest rate than expected, says Barry Paperno, a
credit expert
at Credit.com, which tracks consumer
credit issues, and a former
manager at FICO.