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Timeline for Hard Inquiries

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ZiggyMRA
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Timeline for Hard Inquiries

I know that it takes 2 years for an inquiry to fully drop off of your report, but does anyone have a timeline for when it stops impacting your credit score?  I've read in a few places that they stop impacting your credit after a year?  I have 4-5 on my TransUnion report from January 2020 when I shopped for a car loan.  Wondering if my score will go up now or in a year when they actually drop off.

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SouthJamaica
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Re: Timeline for Hard Inquiries


@ZiggyMRA wrote:

I know that it takes 2 years for an inquiry to fully drop off of your report, but does anyone have a timeline for when it stops impacting your credit score?  I've read in a few places that they stop impacting your credit after a year?  I have 4-5 on my TransUnion report from January 2020 when I shopped for a car loan.  Wondering if my score will go up now or in a year when they actually drop off.


That's correct. 1 year. January 2020 inquiries haven't been counted by the algorithm for a year. 

 

BTW car shopping inquiries usually get aggregated by the algorithm.


Total revolving limits 569520 (505320 reporting) FICO 8: EQ 696 TU 689 EX 676




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donkort
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Re: Timeline for Hard Inquiries

In my experience, inquiries have little or no effect on my credit score when they are more than a year old.

FICO 8: EQ 810; TU 816; EX 822 as of 7/5/2022
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FireMedic1
Community Leader
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Re: Timeline for Hard Inquiries


@donkort wrote:

In my experience, inquiries have little or no effect on my credit score when they are more than a year old.


Inq's wont even show up on your FICO report after 1 yr. Vantage is the full 2 yrs.


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