Ways To Lower Your Credit Score
It can sometimes be helpful to know ways you lower your credit score to avoid doing them. For example, if you ignore your bills this will lower your score. Missing payments for consecutive months can reduce your score dramatically.
Late payments hurt your score. Your credit report shows the history of late payments. Those late payments are calculated in to your credit score.
Deep debt can also harm your score. Credit bureaus use the ratio between your available credit and the balance in your account. If it is 50% or higher your score will start to lower. Try to keep your debt 40% or lower before your credit bill is generated.
Declaring bankruptcy is the worst thing you can do for your credit. It brings your score down to the lowest possible ranking it can get. If you are considering bankruptcy be sure to contact a credit repair company to see what other solutions are available first.
Closing old accounts shorten the history of your credit. The longer history you have, the higher your credit rating will be. Choose to close more recent credit accounts instead of older ones if you have the need to close one.
Attention should be paid to available credit accounts as well. If you close credit accounts that still have available credit on the, your available credit will lower. The amount of debt you have, however, will remain the same which will make your utilization ratio higher.
If you have one type of credit line you use for everything this can keep your credit score from increasing. If you have different credit accounts, however, this will help your credit score get higher. For example you can use your credit card, retail accounts and installment loans.
Having a collection agency sent after you is also harmful for your credit. If you do not pay your bills that are due to you, a third-party collection agency may be hired to collect the payment directly from you. Not only will your lack of payments show up on your credit report and credit history, but so will the collection agency’s information. Collection agencies stand out on credit reports, especially to lenders.
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