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Auto loan question

Hi, y'all been lurking for awhile and decided to start to contribute. Two years ago I had a low 500 fico. Started off with secured wells card. Kept my ut. Low and always payed on time and graduated in about 9 months. Have been asking for CLI every six months and been getting 300. Anyways, I applied for a cap1 quicksilver (was advertised on CK) and recorded a platinum. Shortly after decided to ask cap1 for an auto loan. Got approved and have been on time with that. Now i hear there there is another big jump supposed to happen and was wondering when. To be honest I'm not a big fan of car payments and would like to sell the vehicle after this "so-called jump" would there be any repercussions to that?
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Re: Auto loan question

Big jump? No. Gradual increase as you pay down the loan? Yes. However, if you sell the car and pay off the loan you'll lose the points you gained while you were paying it down. Part of the Fico score is credit mix. Credit mix includes open installment accounts. When an installment account is paid off, it is no longer open so it isn't included in that mix. Thus the score drops. It seems silly that we get penalized for paying off an account, but that's just the way it works.

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