In addition to providing a listing of your past and current use of credit, your credit profile also provides the information needed to calculate your credit rating. The credit rating – much more so than the various accounts contained in the credit file – is the initial impression a potential creditor looks at before deciding whether or not to offer you credit, and – if so – how much the credit will cost you. The lower your credit score, the less likely you are to be offered credit at a competitive rate. Conversely, the higher your credit rating, the more likely you are to not only be offered a competitively priced loan product, but you can also qualify to receive preferential treatment and access to loan products that are reserved only for customers with the highest credit ratings.
It is obvious that protecting your credit is a crucial endeavor that should be on the forefront of any credit user’s mind. To ensure that you understand the demarcation of the various ratings, here is a listing of the most commonly used labels. A person who does not have a credit history is considered to have no credit rating. A very bad credit is below 600 points. Slightly above – between 600 and 650 – there is the bad credit. Fair credit is found between 650 and 700 points, while a good credit rating is considered to range between 700 and 750. Very good credit is considered to be between 750 and 800 points, while anything above 800 is excellent. The latter credit score is a great rarity and requires years, sometimes even decades, establishing.
The credit rating is affected by the number of derogatory notations on the credit profile. Such derogatory notations include late payments, missed payments, and also renegotiated balances on loans. This is especially true for consumers who underwent debt settlement negotiations in an effort to get rid of debt within shortened periods of time. Other derogatory comments are repossessions, foreclosures, evictions, and also the voluntary surrender of property to pay off secured debts. Bankruptcies also reduce the credit score. The more of such derogatory comments are found on the credit profile, the lower the overall credit will go.
Protect your credit also by keeping a close eye on the number of open accounts. Credit cards you may have had for a long time add to the credit, but if you have a lot of credit accounts currently open, the sheer volume of available credit may actually decrease your credit. In the same vein, having too many open credit accounts could severely reduce your credit as well. Consider that in addition to the length the credit record has been in existence, the debt to income ratio is also of vital importance to the creditor. Just because you have been granted credit in the past, does not mean that you are still considered a good credit risk at the current time, even if you have been conscientiously paying off your debts.
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