During the holiday season last year,
I really damaged my credit — I saw my FICO credit score drop almost 40 points from October to January!
Not exact matches
However, other kinds of debt, like the kind from
credit cards, can be some of the most expensive and
damaging debt we accrue in life because interest rates are generally extremely high and many people get used to spending on things they can't
really afford.
However, if you're not aware of their potential traps, they can cost you a huge amount of interest,
damage your
credit, and
really hurt your personal finances.
We decided to take a look at a sample of 5,000 anonymous
Credit Sesame members who have these types of debts to find out how
damaging they
really are.
Both are notorious for the
damage they could do to your
credit score and so consumers avoid them when they
really have no other choice.
A late payment can
really hurt your
credit, and the earned
credit card rewards aren't worth the
damage.
This myth grew up because when some people check your
credit score, it
really does
damage your score — even if you don't end up being approved for your loan.
«There's
really never a good reason to close a
credit card account because of the possible
damage you can cause to your scores,» Ulzheimer said.
It can be
really easy to overextend yourself financially during the holidays resulting in missed payments that can
damage good
credit scores in a hurry.
If you were to max out any of your
credit cards, new or old, it can
really disrupt your
credit utilization ratios and
damage your
credit score.
Even though EIIB's
credit losses were ultimately limited — for example, a near - miss on an Aston Martin loan, but a painful 73 % cumulative write - down on a $ 30 mio Arcapita facility — you have to wonder how much more
damage might have been inflicted if they'd
really managed to scale up their leverage?
It will take about three to five years to
really shake off that
damage and restore your good
credit.
I
really dislike these practices of
damaging your
credit score to potentially negotiate years later.
Also abusing your
credit cards, missing payments, paying late or maxing them out will only
damage your
credit score, which you'll
really feel later in life.
Missing minimum payments
damages your
credit score and could lead to expensive penalties so you
really need to make these payments on - time.
I think you may be optimistic on how long it takes to repair
damaged credit... I guess it
really depends what you mean by «in the tank».