But ultimately, your income and
the more important factors in your credit score, namely payment history and utilization, will have a far greater effect in whether or not you get approved for a given card.
Not exact matches
The minimum
credit score required for a specific mortgage interest rate is a
more important factor in an approval.
The
credit mix usually won't be a key
factor in determining your FICO ®
Score — but it will be more important if your credit report does not have a lot of other information on which to base a s
Score — but it will be
more important if your
credit report does not have a lot of other information on which to base a
scorescore.
«Because paying bills on time is the most
important factor in a
credit score, going from paying one or
more bills late each month to paying all on time could show an improvement
in one to two months,» says Kevin Gallegos, vice president of Phoenix operations for Freedom Financial Network.
(For
more information on
credit utilization read The 5 Most
Important Factors In A FICO
Score)
10 % of a FICO
score is calculated on new credit, (for more on this read: The 5 Most Important Factors In A FICO Score) which means every time you apply for new credit your score will go down by a few po
score is calculated on new
credit, (for
more on this read: The 5 Most
Important Factors In A FICO
Score) which means every time you apply for new credit your score will go down by a few po
Score) which means every time you apply for new
credit your
score will go down by a few po
score will go down by a few points.