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I'm wondering if the line is at other than 12 months for 5-4-2, as I didn't get anything:
Awards:
Penalties:
Thoughts?
Hello MFers! I decided to go with a monthly update for FICO2, particularly this month since so much was going on and I didn't want to keep bumping the thread for every change (I like to think I went with quality over quantity)
Starting negative codes (12/6): 1. Short History 2. Seeking Credit 3. Many New Accounts 4. Accounts w/ Balances
I've trimmed the reason codes off, but the changes with dates were:
12/6 - No change after apping - BOTH FIs pulled EX, so it got hit twice. F8 didn't like it (-4), F2 didn't care.
12/18 - My CSP reported (~840/17k or 4% for those that want raw data), so I was at AZE2 - 10 pt loss on F2 (no change F8)
12/22 - My SDFCU card reported (0 balance), so AOYA went to 0m. 9pt loss on F2 (no change F8)
12/23 - My Freedom reported (40% - 480/1200), so I'm at AZE3. F2 got big mad and dropped 21, F8 dropped 6, and reason codes changed -
1. Short History 2. Seeking Credit 3. High credit usage 4. Accounts w/ Balances
12/26 - This is muddy - I paid off my Freedom because the high utilization was bugging me, but the same time my AU Chase reported so I was still at AZE3, but I went to 0/1200 on my Chase, and ~3k/15.8k, and my AU kicked back in for my EX F8 bump. +2 on F2 (probably because I dropped my high from 40% to 20%. I think my F2 is clean, it's the F8 that's muddy re: the data).
No change to negative reason code (no surprises there, since the raw amount is higher, even if the util percentage is lower)
12/31 - Comenity reported with a balance, so I'm at AZE4. -1 on F2 (no change F8)
January should see everything else naturally reporting, and then I should be done with the higher volume of data and will settle into the long haul of seeing how things shake out. I should also get <69% on my installment loans (currently at 56 & 86 individual and 71% aggregate) in Jan, so I'm curious to see if that will impact anything. The reporting on the loan that will drop me is not entirely consistent, but I think I can isolate it. I have no plans to app for anything and hope to be able to watch any aging effects.
Let me know if anyone has any questions or if I'm missing something!
Holy crap. This has been an amazing resource. Thanks @calyx. I need to do a bit of optimizing in the next week or so after my preapproval for mortgage. I am currently at a 740 middle score, but playing with my EX account to see if I can juice it up near 760 to remove any doubt that I won't see decent rates. Seeing your progress with 6/8 vs 2/8, and so on makes me have hope I can do some quick building on my F2.
Hoping a 2.5 AAOA threshold on Aug 1 while also gaining a scored INQ back can also boost me. Thanks for this---so good.
Glad it could help you @Anonymous !
My FICO 4 (TU) dropped 20 points with AU reporting at $13 vs $0.
My FICO 2 (EX) dropped 7 points. 730-723
FICO 5 does not have the AU reporting, so no change there.
Conversely, my FICO 8 moves upward with AU reporting with a $13 balance.