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My utilization was just at 79% a month ago and because of a large payment it's now at about 40-41%, I was thinking it would make me look good in their eyes for an potential automatic increase.
It could stimulate an auto-CLI, that's definitely not out of the question. If not now, the chances would increase again once you get down into the 20's IMO.
A common confusion here is that people will often use the term DTI when they mean Total Revolving Utilization. If we replace those two terms in our OP's original question, it instantly makes a lot of sense.
OP, are you planning to buy a house in the next couple months? That's where DTI comes in most often. As others have explained, FICO scores are based solely on what is in your credit report, and since the report does not contain income, DTI is not a part of FICO.
If you are sure that DTI is what you are asking about, then I suggest you do some more research out on the internet. Lots of good articles that will walk you through that. As the other have explained, DTI has nothing to do with size of CC limits, and only with the amounts you are required each month to pay on cards, loans, and a few other obligations (e.g. rent or mortgage). Those obligations are totalled up and compared with your monthly income (I believe it is gross). The ratio becomes your DTI. Mortgage lenders are very interested in both your FICO mortgage scores and your DTI.
I mentioned DTI purposely because I thought that was one of the considering factors on whether an increase is granted or not. Not sure what criteria is used for an automatic increase but I went in and updated my employmenrt status as much as requested for both USAA and NFCU.
@babbles wrote:I mentioned DTI purposely because I thought that was one of the considering factors on whether an increase is granted or not. Not sure what criteria is used for an automatic increase but I went in and updated my employmenrt status as much as requested for both USAA and NFCU.
Nope, they can only go off of your CR data and their internal data (your monthly spend/payments, etc) which does not include DTI. Automatic increases usually come when someone is using and paying off a significant portion of their limit. What constitutes significant can vary from lender to lender.
ok, I sacrificed and paid my balance down with NFCU from $18 -19k down to $9512, to now today $1512 and a high of 24k, what is the average utilization now days? 6 or 7% or so? I think that gives me a util of 6% if I am correct?
CL / balance = utilization
25K / 2500 = 10%
so my card balance is $-163.75 credit, will the lender report it as such or just zero?