topic Re: fico score drought in General Credit Topics

fico score drought

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:26:19 GMT

i finally got my fico score back to a respectle 693 after hitting a 590 just over a year ago,my score has not changed for 4 mnths,everything continues to be paid on time..and its been over 2 yrs w/not a single 30 daylate on my mortgage,i would like to do a refi in the future soo im watching my scores closely,has anyone experienced this sort of lag time in score movement?and is this any indication of a jump up or down next score change??

tyia.......murph

Re: fico score drought

sl — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:49:25 GMT

My fico score remained the same from January to mid May and I was beginning to wondering what was going on as well. As my balances were going down and 30 days late were at four years old. Then one week, it jumped 7 points and the next it jumped 6 points. Who knows what gives with the way they raise your score.

Re: fico score drought

Tuscani — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:58:01 GMT

What is your util?

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Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:43:47 GMT

im sorry,what is util?

Re: fico score drought

Tuscani — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:15:21 GMT

To figure utilization: Balance (divided) by Credit Limit = percentage. Lower then 30% recommended per account, this is one of the fastest means for increasing the over all credit score.

Re: fico score drought

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:36:04 GMT

well i think im in pretty good shape w/my cards....here are my balances

amex blue 10k limit 1900 balance

chase freedom 10k limit 500 balance

sears gold 5k limit 0 balance

Re: fico score drought

MM1234 — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:48:11 GMT

This month ( actually yesterday ) i noticed my True Credit Account had all 3 Current CRA updates. I hadnt got Score Watch email from MyFICO so today I got my new FICO Scores and they were all up a few points and updated.

Normally I get monthly emails about my score but I think that FICO just hasnt sent them out yet and this month I may have ordered new scores before they went out.

About Point movement: All my Accounts are PIF but my reports are still showing a balance on some. I think it will take 2 months to update all to current Zero. However - they have been registering about $2500 per month decreases and my scores only go up like 4-5 points. Gone are the days of 20-30 point jumps I guess.

Re: fico score drought

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:23:48 GMT

yeah,i wish i knew the criteria for point score,seems like you get whatever they decide to give ya because doesnt seem to make any sense

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MM1234 — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:55:05 GMT

I agree. I dont know if anyone can be certain about the amount of points you get for any certain action. Im just going by my reports and its looking like I got 4-5 points INCREASE for every $2500 paid Off - AND - with no new CCard uses/activity.

I think the most I saw was like a 25 point jump in ONE month but that was cause I paid off like $12-15K at one shot and also got some CL increases. All other months were like 10-15 point jumps but again - I was only paying off.....and never used any cards. So if you are using them your score jumps may be smaller but still jumping.

I never kept track of it and the FICO simulator is good for approx but not really accurate. I think I found it to be a kinda accurate once or twice but more on the lower end of the scores it offers

Re: fico score drought

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:49:18 GMT

Pay AMEX Blue $800. BT another $300 from AMEX Blue to Chase. This will give you 8% util on both CCs. Between 1 and 9 % is ideal, so getting AMEX down from 19% will give you some additional FICO points.

Try to GW away the lates.

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/fico/board/message?board.id=generalcredit&message.id=5933

Any negatives on your report besides old lates?