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Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?

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myjourney
Super Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?

Key differences can be found here 

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Understanding-FICO-Scoring/Announcing-FICO-Score-9-in-FICO-Score-pro...

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CYBERSAM
Senior Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?

For me EQ and TU went up by 20+ but my EX came down 14 points. Note that I have most inq on EX, looks like FICO 9 dose not like inq. I also have 3 paid collection that is showing, so that could be the reason for increase.

So if I go by FICO 9 I'm over 700 Smiley Happy but no point in using it yet till lenders start to recognize it!







                
Message 12 of 38
Anonymous
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Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?

I also saw a 20-30 drop in my FICO 9 scores vs. the FICO 8 scores.  I seriously hate credit.  Mine isn't bad, but it just feels like such a game.  If you sneeze in the wrong direction your score will drop, at least that's what it feels like to me!  I believe that anything that has such a huge impact on your life, and contains your personal information should be free to access whenever you want and how much you want!  (After all, you can't tell these companies who track and moniter you to stop, so it's essentially a forced matter upon you!)It's your life in those scores, after all!!  From renting an apt., to getting your water turned on, to getting a car, or even car ins. that's required by law (!), that doggone number should be free to view!!!  Just my 2cents, rant over.  Smiley Happy

Message 13 of 38
SouthJamaica
Mega Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?


@galahad15 wrote:

Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?  (I also tried doing a search for "FICO Score 9" on the forum, but was unable to find any meaningful search results.)  I recently ordered my 3 CRA scores and reports on MyFico, and they are apparently now listing FICO Score 9 values.  What I found interesting was that my Score 9 values were significantly lower than my Score 8 values, for reasons I'm not quite sure of?


My FICO 9 scores are 30 to 40 points HIGHER than my FICO 8 scores, across all 3 bureaus & all 3 FICO 9 scoring models

 

FICO has publicized these 3 differences:

 

    • Unpaid medical debt is now treated differently than other types of unpaid debt. Unpaid medical debt has less of a negative impact on a FICO Score 9
    • Third party collections that have been paid off no longer have a negative impact
    • Rental history, when it’s reported, factors into the score—this may be especially beneficial for people with a limited credit history
  • Thomas_Thumb is of the view that the following are also differences:between Fico 8 & 9:

  -Fico 9 gives less negative weight to recent inquiries and lack of age of accounts

 -Fico  9 gives more positive weight to smaller number of accounts reporting balances


Total revolving limits 569520 (505320 reporting) FICO 8: EQ 689 TU 684 EX 682




Message 14 of 38
Thomas_Thumb
Senior Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?


@SouthJamaica wrote:

My FICO 9 scores are 30 to 40 points HIGHER than my FICO 8 scores, across all 3 bureaus & all 3 FICO 9 scoring models

 

FICO has publicized these 3 differences:

    • Unpaid medical debt is now treated differently than other types of unpaid debt. Unpaid medical debt has less of a negative impact on a FICO Score 9
    • Third party collections that have been paid off no longer have a negative impact
    • Rental history, when it’s reported, factors into the score—this may be especially beneficial for people with a limited credit history
  • Thomas_Thumb is of the view that the following are also differences:between Fico 8 & 9:

  -Fico 9 gives less negative weight to recent inquiries and lack of age of accounts

 -Fico  9 gives more positive weight to smaller number of accounts reporting balances


SJ -

 

Fico 09 certainly does appear to be more forgiving to inquiries and opening new accounts (age of youngest account). It also does appear to ding score more if you report balances on more than (1, 2, 3 or 4 cards - profile dependent). I suspect a 40 point difference undoubtedly encompasses some other factor being weighed differently as well.

 

One thing that comes to mind relative to your profile is installment loans. Although Fico 08 is supposed to factor in closed installment loans in mix, most people report getting dinged id they don't have an open loan. Perhaps the ding relates to missing a scoring component in the "amount of debt" category. Regardless, you recently paid off and closed your only open installment loan [unless you opened a new one already]. Side note - assuming Fico 09 weighs # open accounts showing a balance more heavily, I wonder if amount of debt category points associated with installment loan/balance have been re-allocated to other category factors in Fico 09.

 

Limited poster data suggests: Fico 09 may give more weight (points) to closed installment loans on file than does Fico 08. If so, you don't need an open loan in Fico 09 to maximize score. That makes sense since a solid payment history on a closed loan SHOULD demonstrate creditworthiness as much as if not more so than an open loan.

Fico 9: .......EQ 850 TU 850 EX 850
Fico 8: .......EQ 850 TU 850 EX 850
Fico 4 .....:. EQ 809 TU 823 EX 830 EX Fico 98: 842
Fico 8 BC:. EQ 892 TU 900 EX 900
Fico 8 AU:. EQ 887 TU 897 EX 899
Fico 4 BC:. EQ 826 TU 858, EX Fico 98 BC: 870
Fico 4 AU:. EQ 831 TU 872, EX Fico 98 AU: 861
VS 3.0:...... EQ 835 TU 835 EX 835
CBIS: ........EQ LN Auto 940 EQ LN Home 870 TU Auto 902 TU Home 950
Message 15 of 38
SouthJamaica
Mega Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?


@Thomas_Thumb wrote:

@SouthJamaica wrote:

My FICO 9 scores are 30 to 40 points HIGHER than my FICO 8 scores, across all 3 bureaus & all 3 FICO 9 scoring models

 

FICO has publicized these 3 differences:

    • Unpaid medical debt is now treated differently than other types of unpaid debt. Unpaid medical debt has less of a negative impact on a FICO Score 9
    • Third party collections that have been paid off no longer have a negative impact
    • Rental history, when it’s reported, factors into the score—this may be especially beneficial for people with a limited credit history
  • Thomas_Thumb is of the view that the following are also differences:between Fico 8 & 9:

  -Fico 9 gives less negative weight to recent inquiries and lack of age of accounts

 -Fico  9 gives more positive weight to smaller number of accounts reporting balances


SJ -

 

Fico 09 certainly does appear to be more forgiving to inquiries and opening new accounts (age of youngest account). It also does appear to ding score more if you report balances on more than (1, 2, 3 or 4 cards - profile dependent). I suspect a 40 point difference undoubtedly encompasses some other factor being weighed differently as well.

 

One thing that comes to mind relative to your profile is installment loans. Although Fico 08 is supposed to factor in closed installment loans in mix, most people report getting dinged id they don't have an open loan. Perhaps the ding relates to missing a scoring component in the "amount of debt" category. Regardless, you recently paid off and closed your only open installment loan [unless you opened a new one already]. Side note - assuming Fico 09 weighs # open accounts showing a balance more heavily, I wonder if amount of debt category points associated with installment loan/balance have been re-allocated to other category factors in Fico 09.

 

Limited poster data suggests: Fico 09 may give more weight (points) to closed installment loans on file than does Fico 08. If so, you don't need an open loan in Fico 09 to maximize score. That makes sense since a solid payment history on a closed loan SHOULD demonstrate creditworthiness as much as if not more so than an open loan.


Thomas, my profile data may provide perfect support for your hypothesis that the distinction between open and closed installment loans is of reduced importance in FICO 9, because the new little loan I just opened hasn't reported yet; it will not report until around March 5th.

 

Unfortunately, when that happens, I won't know immediately how it affects the FICO 8/FICO 9 relationship, as it appears that FICO 9 scores don't update until I get another 3 bureau report from MyFICO. I'll try to remember to update this post in late March, when I get my next 3 bureau report.

 

As you know, I totally agree with you that "a solid payment history on a closed loan SHOULD demonstrate creditworthiness as much as if not more so than an open loan".

 

I cannot fathom FICO's treatment of paying off a loan as a bad thing Smiley Happy


Total revolving limits 569520 (505320 reporting) FICO 8: EQ 689 TU 684 EX 682




Message 16 of 38
iv
Valued Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?


@Anonymous wrote:

I also saw a 20-30 drop in my FICO 9 scores vs. the FICO 8 scores.  I seriously hate credit.  Mine isn't bad, but it just feels like such a game.  If you sneeze in the wrong direction your score will drop, at least that's what it feels like to me!  I believe that anything that has such a huge impact on your life, and contains your personal information should be free to access whenever you want and how much you want!  (After all, you can't tell these companies who track and moniter you to stop, so it's essentially a forced matter upon you!)It's your life in those scores, after all!!  From renting an apt., to getting your water turned on, to getting a car, or even car ins. that's required by law (!), that doggone number should be free to view!!!  Just my 2cents, rant over.  Smiley Happy


Indeed.

 

While the annual FCRA free-report (and various state-level additional ones), sites like CK/CS/etc, and the FICO Open Access program are helpful...  I do believe that at-will access to one's own report and scoring is something consumers need to demand.

 

Saying more on that topic might trip the "no-politics" rule here, though... so I'll just leave it with "be an involved citizen".

EQ8:850 TU8:850 EX8:850
EQ9:847 TU9:847 EX9:839
EQ5:797 TU4:807 EX2:813 - 2021-06-06
Message 17 of 38
Thomas_Thumb
Senior Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?


@iv wrote:
Indeed.

While the annual FCRA free-report (and various state-level additional ones), sites like CK/CS/etc, and the FICO Open Access program are helpful...  I do believe that at-will access to one's own report and scoring is something consumers need to demand.

 

Saying more on that topic might trip the "no-politics" rule here, though... so I'll just leave it with "be an involved citizen".


Don't want that!

 

Last October/November I wrote a couple non political posts discussing Fico 09 and more specifically what prompted Fico XD relative to VS 3.0 - on the same thread. I checked the thread the next day after the 1st post and it wasn't there anymore - it just had vanished. So I re-wrote and re-posted. An hour later "poof" the new post vanished. No private communication from MyFICO explaining why the posts were removed. Smiley Sad

 

Oh well

 

http://blogs.creditcards.com/2015/10/new-fico-score-xd-promises-to-score-the-unscorable.php

http://www.pymnts.com/in-depth/2015/the-fall-of-the-fico-standard/

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/04/454237651/could-your-social-media-footprint-step-o...

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/10/08/new-fico-score-may-have-wider-impact-than-first-thought/

 

Add: One more link on Fico XD and Fico 9

 

https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.ncher.us/resource/collection/B7F5AAC0-F2A0-476D-A292-718BFF28EA3E/THUR...

 

Fico 9: .......EQ 850 TU 850 EX 850
Fico 8: .......EQ 850 TU 850 EX 850
Fico 4 .....:. EQ 809 TU 823 EX 830 EX Fico 98: 842
Fico 8 BC:. EQ 892 TU 900 EX 900
Fico 8 AU:. EQ 887 TU 897 EX 899
Fico 4 BC:. EQ 826 TU 858, EX Fico 98 BC: 870
Fico 4 AU:. EQ 831 TU 872, EX Fico 98 AU: 861
VS 3.0:...... EQ 835 TU 835 EX 835
CBIS: ........EQ LN Auto 940 EQ LN Home 870 TU Auto 902 TU Home 950
Message 18 of 38
Anonymous
Not applicable

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?

Absolutely!  I forgot to add credit reports also!!  But then again, MyFico.com would lose too much money from those of us concerned about our credit Smiley Wink  It would be amazing if our wonderful people in power would demand that this start to be a free public service for the people!! 

Message 19 of 38
CreditDunce
Valued Contributor

Re: Does anyone know more about how FICO Score 9 differs from Score 8 model?

When I first read about FICO 9, my first thought was if Medical and paid Baddies are weighed less, then all other baddies are weighed more. 

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