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@ptilda wrote:Can anyone at/near/around 720 tell me what your profile looks like, including:
Age of credit 8 years
AAoA 4.8 years
Util 10%
Number of accounts (CC, charge, car/personal/other installments, student loans, mortgage, other) 21
Pmt history (any lates?) 2 30s 4+ years ago not including below charge off
Baddies? 1 C/O from Cap 1 I cant get removed
Inquiries? 1 on TU
Anything else relevant? 719 According to Barclay a week ago
@ptilda wrote:So I'm getting that age helps, but it's mostly having 0 lates. And inqs seem to matter less in the grand scheme of things...?
Yes, AAoA of about 6 years seems to be the trend here. Also util less than 20%, and no derogs in the past 4-5 years.
Just some back of the envelope analysis of the postings.
@DrMac wrote:Can anyone at/near/around 720 tell me what your profile looks like, including:
Age of credit - 21 years
AAoA - 15 years
Util - <9%
Number of accounts (CC - 1 student loans - 18 )
Pmt history - one 90 day late from 2007
Baddies - 1 judgement from 2007, 1 medical collection from 2009
Inquiries - 0 on all three CRA
@irrational wrote:
@ptilda wrote:So I'm getting that age helps, but it's mostly having 0 lates. And inqs seem to matter less in the grand scheme of things...?
Yes, AAoA of about 6 years seems to be the trend here. Also util less than 20%, and no derogs in the past 4-5 years.
Just some back of the envelope analysis of the postings.
So I'll be there in about 3 years!
Mine fluctuate between just over 700 to 731 depending on my utilization. Here is a snapshot as of today, and if you go back a few pages in my log you can see where I was when I first hit that.
Utilization - 17%
AAOA - 5.00 yr
Oldest Account - 10.35 yr
0 Scored Inquiries
6 Unscored inquiries
1 Mortgage 4+ yrs perfect history
2 Open installment accounts (car loans)
4 Active revolvers
3 Active AU revolvers
1 Active Charge Account
8 Closed in good standing accounts
Derogs:
0 Collection accounts (yeaaah)
Lates-
Experian:
1x60, 1x30, 6.5 years old
Equifax:
1x60, 1x30, 6.5 years old
12x180+, 5.9 years old
Transunion:
1x60, 1x30, 6.5 years old
12x180+, 5.9 years old
Age of credit: 10 years
AAoA: 2 years
Util: 11%
Number of accounts: 10 total / 4 closed credit accounts
1 closed auto loan / 1 open auto loan
Pmt history (any lates?): 0 lates. 100% on time payments
Baddies: No baddies
Inquiries: several within the last year
742 TU FICO