Your credit standing alone won't affect your spouse's credit. The only way your spouse's credit would be affected along with yours is if you jointly hold accounts and then fail to pay them.
as long as your credit file contains negative information it will always impact your credit score
If a spouse has a credit card in their own name & the other spouse isn't listed on it, bad credit won't affect the second spouse. But, if you both apply for a loan or other credit - the credit bureau will check both parties credit reports.
Yes. If you are married and your spouse has bad credit, you inherit that bad credit and depending on the state, you can inherit half the debt if you divorce. * No, debts incurred before marriage do not affect a new spouse's credit report even in CP states. Problems could arise however, if the couple apply for a joint line of credit such as a mortgage.
425 is a bad credit score.
Credit scores are individual and your marriage to someone with a lower credit score than yours will not affect your credit score. Credit scores are based on how much debt you owe versus how much credit you have available, how you make your monthly payments, etc. It has nothing to do with your spouse's credit. That said, their poor credit may affect your ability, as a couple, to get the best rates on credit that you seek together, e.g. if you attempt to buy a house together. It wouldn't impact your personal credit, but it would impact the loan offer you receive.
as long as your credit file contains negative information it will always impact your credit score
If a spouse has a credit card in their own name & the other spouse isn't listed on it, bad credit won't affect the second spouse. But, if you both apply for a loan or other credit - the credit bureau will check both parties credit reports.
Yes. If you are married and your spouse has bad credit, you inherit that bad credit and depending on the state, you can inherit half the debt if you divorce. * No, debts incurred before marriage do not affect a new spouse's credit report even in CP states. Problems could arise however, if the couple apply for a joint line of credit such as a mortgage.
425 is a bad credit score.
Credit scores are individual and your marriage to someone with a lower credit score than yours will not affect your credit score. Credit scores are based on how much debt you owe versus how much credit you have available, how you make your monthly payments, etc. It has nothing to do with your spouse's credit. That said, their poor credit may affect your ability, as a couple, to get the best rates on credit that you seek together, e.g. if you attempt to buy a house together. It wouldn't impact your personal credit, but it would impact the loan offer you receive.
A credit score rating is not hereditary. If your parents have bad scores, it doesn't affect you, unless they are deadbeats and applied for a loan under your social. You build your own credit score, which under 650 is generally considered poor.
The credit score 650 is really not that bad. With a 650 credit score you can finance a home or car.
It depends on how bad the credit of the other spouse is. If their credit isn't at least decent, getting a joint loan will be based upon the FICO scores of both parties. You won't get to choose the higher score in order to get a good rate. So, it would be best to get separate financing until the spouse with the poor score improves their credit.
To answer your question: No, the credit of one spouse will not effect the credit of the other in any way. The only time the credit of one spouse will effect that of the other is when both open a joint loan, or joint credit account, in which case those specific accounts will be reported to both of your credit histories. That's it! :o) Hope this answers your question. the last answer is correct. I would just like to add that as a stay at home mother with a husband with bad credit, I am severly affected. His bad credit is 6-10 years old, my credit is immaculate. We can not get a car or a house on credit, we have to pay cash for everything. we can not use my "perfect" credit because I do not work. We can not get approved jointly, and he can not get approved alone because of his horrible credit(even though he makes more than 100,000 a year). If you marry into bad credit it does not affect your score, but it may affect your life.
This is a fair credit score.
Absolutely it does! Your credit score is used by credit agencies to determine the amount of risk they are taking on. If your credit score is bad or low then you auto loan rate will be higher. However, if your credit score is good or high then your auto loan rate will be lower.
583-619 is bad credit score in credit score range