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Does carrying a balance on a 0 percent card hurt your credit score?
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Amounts of debt in relation to available credit (the credit limit) is one of the factors used in establishing credit scores.
Scoring software does not factor in the interest rates on the accounts.
Here is an interesting website with general information about credit scores.
http://www.moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/Yourcreditrating/P38053.asp
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Does carrying a balance on a credit card effect a credit score?
Yes but not significantly, unless it is a large amount, close to the maximum limit.
How can a repossession with a zero balance affect a credit score and can it be removed?
A repossession will significantly lower your credit score, regardless of the balance. It will take around 7 years before the repossession is removed from the credit report.
Once you pay off a high balance on a credit card how soon will that affect your credit score?
Once you have paid the credit card balance off it will affect your score the following month. This is because the credit agencies only update your credit once a month. So the month following the payment would reflect the new balance of $0 and the score would be raised at that time.
Does paying off high balance credit card help your credit?
Yes. Amounts owed accounts for about 30% of your credit score. Ideally your utilization rate should be 20% or less. Paying your credit card balance to 20% or less will improve your credit score.
What factors would make your credit score change?
Your payment history makes up 35 percent of your 3 digit fico score. Your debt to income ratio makes up 30 percent of your fico score. 15 percent is based on length of credit history. 10 percent is based on new credit and the other 10 percent is based on the types of credit used.
Does carrying a balance on a credit card effect a credit score?
Yes but not significantly, unless it is a large amount, close to the maximum limit.
How can a repossession with a zero balance affect a credit score and can it be removed?
A repossession will significantly lower your credit score, regardless of the balance. It will take around 7 years before the repossession is removed from the credit report.
Once you pay off a high balance on a credit card how soon will that affect your credit score?
Once you have paid the credit card balance off it will affect your score the following month. This is because the credit agencies only update your credit once a month. So the month following the payment would reflect the new balance of $0 and the score would be raised at that time.
Does paying off high balance credit card help your credit?
Yes. Amounts owed accounts for about 30% of your credit score. Ideally your utilization rate should be 20% or less. Paying your credit card balance to 20% or less will improve your credit score.
What factors would make your credit score change?
Your payment history makes up 35 percent of your 3 digit fico score. Your debt to income ratio makes up 30 percent of your fico score. 15 percent is based on length of credit history. 10 percent is based on new credit and the other 10 percent is based on the types of credit used.
What is the credit score impact of transferring your entire balance from a credit card to a new lower rate card account while keeping your old accound open with zero balance?
I've heard that if you keep your old account open (even with zero balance) can actually improve your credit score. The longer you keep credit card accounts open with out generating massive debt the more likely you'll get a better credit score. Depending on how large your balance is will really determine rather your credit score will get hurt or not (some will argue that it will not change your credit score but the answer varies from one opinion to the other) . You will be charged a fee by your previous credit card company though. Do not close your previous credit card account if you wish to improve your credit score, for some credit score companies may use it as a penalty against you (e.g. FICO).
400 dollar limit on credit card go over credit score?
It should be reported effecting your score, also balance on it can either improve or reduce your score.
Do you keep or cancel old credit cards with no balance on them Why?
Keep them. This will raise your credit score. Having an active account that you do not use is an excellent way to raise your credit score.
With a 728 credit score will paying off 3800 - on a card with 27000 limit 14 percent ratio - actually improve the credit score at all?
This is actually a great question with a strange answer. Its actually a catch 22 if you think about it. Most credit analysts agree that having a balance to limit ratio of 30% is the "golden" number as far as improving your score. yours at a 14% ratio and adding a higher balance will most likely improve your score and paying off your balance might marginally decrease your score. However we all know that its not a good idea to get yourself into debt. So to answer your question i'd say No it will not increase your score. Adding a higher balance(30% credit to limit) usually will raise your score however I wouldn't recommend charging a higher balance on your card either. I'm sure this didn't help, but hopefully it educated you a little bit on credit scores.
If your credit card balance is close to your credit limit does that hurt your credit score?
ANSWER Paying your debts in a timely manner doesn't give your credit score best results !!!! Crazy isn't it ! This is called your balance-to-limit-ratio and counts for 30% of your credit score. In order to get best result you have to keep your balances at least 70% away from your limits.
Can a car loan help your credit score?
Yes it can if you keep the payments up, on time. Your bills for rent, electricity, phone and so on are also a big part of your credit score. Your credit score can be a little complicated but, for the most part, if you pay your bills on time your credit score will be a good one. Probably the most complicated part for average people is a credit card. If you have a credit card and your balance always runs pretty close to your credit limit, your credit score will be lower. On the other hand if you owe 10 to 15 percent of your limit it shows that you know how to manage your credit.
How many points will your credit score go up if you reduce your credit card balance to twenty percent of the available credit line?
There are too many factors in your credit score to get an easy answer. Payment history, past delinquency, debt ratio, number of open accounts, etc., all factor into it. Ratio of debt to available credit is just one component.
