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My utilization is high (80%), I am in the process of paying down $400 per month (did it in January!) and am trying to increase my reported scores via:
* Lower utilization on all cards
* Increasing limits on some of the cards
* Opening one new Visa
Hope this helps.
I looked at your posts. First, you don't have enough revolving history ( you only have one retail card) and tell me you can pay. They don't trust you enough without enough unsecured tradelines.
Ron.
It's probably the high util% that's causing you a problem. That, plus your debt-to-income ratio might be bad if you have a bunch of balances to pay off on credit cards, plus an auto loan, plus a mortgage.
Not sure about the 'insufficient credit history' part, though. You should have a 2-3 year AAOA, so that would be one you could probably try to contest.
However, if your existing CCs are at 80% util already, you're probably going to have problems getting approved. After all, it looks to them, as a lender, that you're just grasping for more credit when your existing credit is already almost maxed out, so they'll be putting themselves in a higher risk of you defaulting if they approve you. So I'd say your best bet would be to work on getting your utilization down before you try to apply for any more credit.
Yeah, I agree that once you get your %util lowered you will be in much better shape for an approval....
Get that util under 50% and you will be golden.
@CS800 wrote:Get that util under 50% and you will be golden.
under 12%
@Anonymous wrote:
@CS800 wrote:Get that util under 50% and you will be golden.
under 12%
is that right?
I got some cards at 45% util on TU
not urs,, u silly nellie