number of inquiries question

[Anonymous]

what do you all think of my overall amount of inquiries? normal? too many? im heading into the garden until next year possibly 18 mos with no more app spree, looking to buy a house by then. current score is eq 644, tu 583, exp fako 610. im not looking for anymore credits for atleast another year or so. additionally, all of those mortgage lenders pulls were from my ignorance before i found myfico forums. friend of mine is a mortgage brker and he woild pull them for free for me, but he never explained that it could hurt at obtaining credit for me. in addition to these, i also went on an mini app spree last few weeks, there should be a GEMB/banana republic that hasnt been posted when i bought these reports. any opinion is appreciated! will it improve my score a year to 18 mos from now or if they fall off? i have many (most) baddies that will fall off next year during june.

EQ inquiries

March 26, 2012	Discover
March 26, 2012	Hsbc Bank
February 02, 2012	Credco
January 26, 2012	Caponeauto
January 25, 2012	Beacon Fcu
January 25, 2012	Beacon Fcu
August 23, 2011	Hsbc/Bsbuy
August 20, 2011	Star Furn
June 06, 2011	Cr Techinc
June 04, 2011	Settlement

TU inquiries

February 02, 2012	Sterlingmccall/Credcoims
January 26, 2012	Capital One Auto Finance
June 06, 2011	Americahomeke/Credittech
June 04, 2011	Mortgagesfir/Settlemento

Exp inquiries

AMEX
	Inquiry Date	3/25/2012
CREDCO
	Inquiry Date	2/2/2012
CAPITAL ONE AUTO FIN
	Inquiry Date	1/26/2012

NELSON WATSON & ASSOCI
	Inquiry Date	11/8/2011
KROLL FACTUAL DATA/060
	Inquiry Date	8/3/2011
KROLL FACTUAL DATA/060
	Inquiry Date	7/26/2011
CREDIT TECHNOLOGIES IN
	Inquiry Date	6/6/2011
SETTLEMENTONE
	Inquiry Date	6/4/2011
WORLD WIDE FINANCIAL S
	Inquiry Date	4/19/2011
SARMA
	Inquiry Date	1/7/2011
CAPITAL ONE AUTO FIN
	Inquiry Date	11/24/2010
CAP ONE
	Inquiry Date	9/30/2010
WELLS FARGO BANK
	Inquiry Date	3/19/2010
BANK OF AMERICA
	Inquiry Date	3/18/2010

[Guava]

My opinion? That looks too many to me, but I'm sure some one out there has more  Your plan of 18 month gardening period will surely fix this problem for you! Besides I don' think they hurt your score as much as you think they do; FICO scores any inquiries incurred for mortgage/auto loan purpose within 2 weeks of each other as 1 inquiry, plus inquiries is only a small part of it, so don't sweat it too much