topic Re: Deferrment affect on score? in Student Loans

Deferrment affect on score?

huntsmama — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:25:45 GMT

Hi everyone! I just had one of my student loans deferred cause I'm back in school, one was inelligible for whatever silly reason. No big deal, I can afford to pay them, but I was wondering what, if any, affect the deferrment would have on my credit score?

Re: Deferrment affect on score?

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:26:47 GMT

Looking at it from a linear prespective, deferments do not affect your score as long as you pay when payments are due. On the other hand, since your FICO score is the sum of a number of components like your total debt balance and the number of balances on your accounts, your score might take a small hit.

Re: Deferrment affect on score?

iDShaDoW — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:39:33 GMT

Yup, while your student loans are deferred your monthly payment is basically set to $0 and your account should be updated "Paid as Agreed" or something like that each month.

I definitely did notice that after graduating my PSECU FICO went from the 805-815 range down to around 780 for no apparent reason where it's stayed since. I've had no new accounts, utilization increase or anything of the like either.