This is the portion of your score where
recently opened credit lines and inquiries come into play.
Not exact matches
Although
recently booted from the country, the bank is leaving an
open line of
credit for its customers.
The number of new accounts you've
recently opened and whether you've been rate shopping for a single loan or applying for new
credit lines are considered with your new
credit.
Only
recently (first in May with two cards from BoA) I left the cards
open after shifting all but a couple of hundred dollars of
credit line because I want to preserve the
credit history of the old cards.
My bank
recently approached me with
opening a $ 250,000 Home Equity
Line of
Credit (HELOC) on my primary residence.
Here's why: Only a small part of your
credit score is derived from «new
credit» — which looks at whether you've
opened up a few new
credit lines recently — so
opening this single new
credit line shouldn't do much to change your
credit score.
Conversely from closing accounts, if you've
recently tried to
open multiple new
lines of
credit this can also make your
credit score drop.