I posted this over in the mortgage forum, but was suggested this might be a better fit. Any help/advice would be much apprecaited!
I have been lurking on this forum for some time now. It is an invaluable resource and I have been able to find most of my answers though the threads of other. Now it is time for me to join in the fun and contribute!
We are trying to start construction on a new house and have been delaying awaiting my middle score to get above 720. It is like watching a glacier melt – I think I might be dead before it gets there. Thanks to each of you, I understand a good bit of the basics such as optimally settling revolving credit. The below table captures my history regarding revolving credit. As you can see I am stuck at 703 and need 17 more points!!! (note that I am focusing on Transunion as Experian is high enough and Equifax has a long ways to go)
Credit Analyis Transunion
Date Revolving Credit Balance FICO 04 Score 8
6/11/2015 956 693 736
8/11/2015 15287 675 716
10/14/2015 14799 686
10/28/2015 17574 684
11/5/2015 24219 671 712
11/10/2015 24219 671
12/17/2015 31031 661
1/19/2016 27445 661 705
1/28/2016 25823 661 710
2/4/2016 13204 688 730
2/20/2016 11858 688 732
3/4/2016 121 703 749
Below are a few parameters based on my current Transunion credit report. What advice does anybody have on what action to take next?
- AAoA is 7 years 9 months - What benefit will I get when this reaches 8 years in June?
- I have two installment accounts less than one year old. Will these independently aging to one year help of will it just help once AAoA exceeds 8 years?
- I have two inquires total both that reach 12 months in May. How much will this help?
- My mortgage balance is at 90% LTV. Will paying this down to <89% help any?
- My total installment LTV is at 87%. It is not feasible to pay the total value down to <79%, but I can pay a few of the accounts down further. Would this help anything? I have two accounts that I could independently get below 80% LTV pretty easily.
For reference, the negatives on my report are listed below. No such luck with Goodwill letters on these. Each of these aging has not seemed to help very much at this point and they aren'y close enough to 7 years to ask for an early exclusion.
- Credit card #1: 30 day July 2012 & Sep 2010
- Credit card #2: 30 day Jul 2012
- Installment account: 30 day Oct 2010
- Installment account: Charge off, zero balance. DOFD November 2010, Last activity Feb 2014
I am at a loss for the next best step to take. Any advice will be VERY much appreciated. I desperately need to pull credit within the next 75 days and be at 720, but it just does not look good!!!
