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Uncle_Money
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Length of accounts established

Hi Guys,

 

I keep seeing this message:

 

"On average, many of your accounts have been open less than 3 years. Having long term credit accounts that you consistently pay on time is an important indicator of stability to lenders."

 

Should I close accounts that are less than 1 year old? Would this help or hurt? I have Macy's that I opened six months ago and maybe another card of two that I don't need. My oldest CC has a 7 year history.

 

- UM

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tengtengvn
Frequent Contributor

Re: Length of accounts established

AAoA includes all closed accounts on your CR.

What's in your wallet?
-Not Capital One.
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smc733
Valued Contributor

Re: Length of accounts established

You're stuck at this point.  Closing the accounts will still leave them on the report, and after 10 years it will end up making a difference.

 

Just leave them, AAoA is important, but this is not a critical problem.

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