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Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!

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Repo-ed
Senior Contributor

Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!

Got an alert from here that I had a change in my fico score...typically they go up/down by a couple of points every couple of weeks as I mess with my reporting balances.

 

Today I saw a solid increase of 75 points to 750 by way of an $158 balance increase.  

 

That's what I like to see!

 

EX is reporting 758....so I just need to get TU on board.

 

As far as I know, my last baddie (Vehicle Repo) is still reporting for another 4-6 months.

5/2012: 560 credit scores across the board
12/2014: 750+
3/2017: 780+
11/2019: 833
2/2023: Experian via Chase United Explorer CC pull - 891
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HiLine
Blogger

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!

That's it. Predicting the FICO score impact of a credit report change is completely futile.

 

j/k Smiley Happy

 

I bet your baddie has fallen off. Of course, there is no way to tell unless you pull your report ...

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Repo-ed
Senior Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!


@HiLine wrote:

That's it. Predicting the FICO score impact of a credit report change is completely futile.

 

j/k Smiley Happy

 

I bet your baddie has fallen off. Of course, there is no way to tell unless you pull your report ...


You know...I need to suck it up and pull all 3.

5/2012: 560 credit scores across the board
12/2014: 750+
3/2017: 780+
11/2019: 833
2/2023: Experian via Chase United Explorer CC pull - 891
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Repo-ed
Senior Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!

Yup! My last baddie has fallen-off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5/2012: 560 credit scores across the board
12/2014: 750+
3/2017: 780+
11/2019: 833
2/2023: Experian via Chase United Explorer CC pull - 891
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Anomalous
Senior Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!


@Repo-ed wrote:

Yup! My last baddie has fallen-off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Congratulations!

Keep both your credit and your body in top shape!

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NRB525
Super Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!


@Repo-ed wrote:

Yup! My last baddie has fallen-off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yeah, that would be the only reason for that big of a jump.

Congratulations!

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Lemmus
Established Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!

...the next time you get a score change alert that you don't understand, you don't have to pay to see your CR ...use the dispute button on the myFico alert ...the CRA will show you your current file and ask which item you are disputing ...once satisfied that no dispute is warranted you can simply cancel the process ...hth 


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taxi818
Super Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!


@Lemmus wrote:

...the next time you get a score change alert that you don't understand, you don't have to pay to see your CR ...use the dispute button on the myFico alert ...the CRA will show you your current file and ask which item you are disputing ...once satisfied that no dispute is warranted you can simply cancel the process ...hth 


Great info thanks. 

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Anonymous
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Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!


@Repo-ed wrote:

Yup! My last baddie has fallen-off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That is amazing, Repo-ed. Great work. Congratulations. I just paid my last repo deficiency balance after they agreed to a PFD. I got lucky. Still didn't fall off, but I can't wait.

 

Congrats, Once again!

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doc101
Regular Contributor

Re: Balance increase of $158 = 75pt EQ increase!!!

I have totally given up trying to figure out balance increase / decrease versus fico score . I recently paid down on 2 cards, both have a balance of $20 and my EQ score dropped 35pts. I thought it was supposed to work in reverse.........?


Starting Score:Equifax 543
Current Score:EQ659 TU 716 EXP677 updated 7/3/2016
Goal Score: 700


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