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Recently I did a mortgage preapproval and my Experian score came out to be 836, here's my credit history:
3 open credit cards
1 student loan
1 car loan
Oldest account: 11 years (a CC opened in college)
Average age of accounts: 6 years
hard inquiry : 1
Accounts opened in past year: 1
Never had a mortgage, never had a late payment. You don't need to be old to have a high credit score
Sorry for the brag, but I am super excited to have hit 850 today. Here's a screenshot that I just took http://i.imgur.com/9jY6DYw.jpg
When I signed up for MyFICO back in June 2006, my score was 636.
@Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the brag, but I am super excited to have hit 850 today. Here's a screenshot that I just took http://i.imgur.com/9jY6DYw.jpg
When I signed up for MyFICO back in June 2006, my score was 636.
Grin, no apologies necessary! Is nice to see more people max the scorecard: for analysis purposes would you mind sharing what's basically in your credit report in terms of number and type of tradelines?
Seriously, congrats!
I see that no one has been on this forum for years.. I had no clue what a very good FICO score was and not sure how I accomplished this but as of yesterday my FICO score is 834. I am looking for a house so my realitor suggested getting my score, when I told her she said it must be wrong.. no one has a FICO score that high. Last time I checked was about 6 years ago and it was 799. Thought it would be helpful to share the stats with those trying to improve their score.. I used the same format as previous folks.
FICO score: 834
Total accounts: 41
___14 open credit cards
___1 open mortgage
___23 closed credit cards
___3 closed mortgages
Oldest account: 26 years
Average age of accounts: 9 years
Total late payments: 0
Total credit line of open accounts: $61,400
Total current balance: $2,853
Utilization: 5%
Accounts with current balance: 4
Inquiries in past year: 1
Collections: 0
Public records: 0
Welcome!
There is a FICO score for each of the three main credit agencies: Equifax (EQ), Transunion (TU) and Experian (EX), and there is a FICO score for each of the main generations: FICO 08 (2008), FICO 04 (2004) and FICO 98 (1998). These are just the classic scores; there are also specialty versions such as FICO auto-enhanced scores. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a score showing how risky you may appear to your mother-in-law. Aren’t you happy you asked?
You get the three FICO 08 scores here at myFICO. The mortgage scores are FICO 04 for EQ and TU and FICO 98 for EX; two of these three and some enhances scores are included in the 3-bureau package.
It’s possible to get 850 for each of the three FICO 08s. Contrary to public opinion and general announcements, it’s not possible to get 850 for any of the FICO 04s or FICO 98s; as an example, 817 is the high that you will see for EQ 04.
Wow, I was happy seeing my TU score hit 804 yesterday per free Barclay Fico score. I guess I need to work on my scores...lol to keep up with you heavy weights.
@Anonymous wrote:
At my job, I've seen a few people with 850 credit scores, I work at a CU.
Would you happen to know which type of FICO score your CU uses?
My scores were pulled last October. I doubt they would remain at that level if I pulled today because scores constantly go up and down.
I know of at least two more members here who have reported all 850 scores.
@Anonymous-own-fico wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
At my job, I've seen a few people with 850 credit scores, I work at a CU.
Would you happen to know which type of FICO score your CU uses?
I know we pull EQ almost all the time but I've never seen documentation on the more specific EQ type.