FICO Score Projection

First wanted to say thank you to the people who post on these forums. About 2 years ago I started on my journey with a 589 and am well on my way to what I hope is north of 700. I would not have been able to get there without the adivce I found here. For the last year I have been working on an OIC and repayment of State taxes. From these 2 agencies I had 3 liens placed on my report.The liens were for $50k, $6k and $2k. All 3 of these liens should be cleared in the next 60-90 days and updated to my report as I am in the final stages of my OIC and only have a couple hundred remaining to pay in back state taxes that is tied to two liens. Beyond this, I opened up 6 credit cards and had a secured card recently converted to unsecured. By November, 5 of these cards will be over a year. But I did get into some debt as going into this month I had $13,500 on my balances but I never missed a payment and often paid 2x to 3x the minimum. Just this week cleared $12,500 of my credit debt. While be able to pay the full amount one of my cards has a 0.00% APR that expires in December of this year. I'll have that paid off in full well before the APR kicks in but right now used that money to pay off my tax stuff. That said, my current scores are:Equifax - 633TransUnion - 636Experian - 642 At various points over the last 2 years these scores got as high as 690 and I think most of the decline was due to my debt. The Fico similator suggested that if I paid down by balances on the card over 24 months my score would have gone to 727. If I cleared the balances it would go to 697. I am assuming this factored in my liens. So does anyone know how much movement clearing 3 liens off my record could have? When they are gone I will have no collections and no public records on my report. Is it realistic for me to think 720 is within reach by the end of the year if I keep on course?

NoTUScore wrote:
So does anyone know how much movement clearing 3 liens off my record could have? When they are gone I will have no collections and no public records on my report. Is it realistic for me to think 720 is within reach by the end of the year if I keep on course? Any other derogs at all? Charge offs? 30, 60, 90, 120 lates? will your file be completely clean?

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Beavakos wrote:
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I was approved for $1000 limits on both the Quicksliver One card and the Platinum. Those both should be sent to me in the next week or two. We will be starting to move the charges we currently use on the Target credit card (groceries), the Toys R Us card (dinner, activites, etc.) and the Wal-Mart Card (fuel) over to the AmEx card in order to take advantage of the cash back so there won’t be much of a balance (if any at all) on any of those 3 cards. I figured instead of paying some of our utility type bills such as cell phone, cable, internet, gas, electric, etc. I would put those on my Quicksilver One card and pay them off each month, just as I would normally do with the cash in our checking account. I don’t know what I will use the Platinum card for, but I’ll find a use for them. As for the first reply I received, yes, some of the balances are high on a few cards. Those aren’t charges of us just racking up debt for fun. Life happened (child custody case with my ex, vet bills, etc.). As I already stated, we have a payment schedule set up to pay off those high balances within the next year. Normally, we don’t carry that high of debt on our cards. And best of all, we don’t miss payments. EDIT: Is there no effect to my credit report (or is the effect not as substantial?) if I am an authorized user as opposed to the sole card owner?

How reliable is the FICO Scores Estimator & Calculator?

I just did the Estimator and according to it, my FICO Scores are estimated to be between: 555 & 605.
My husbands is estimated to be between 545 &-595.
Should I believe this? According to Credit Karma, my husbands is considerably less and mine is just about correct! LOL
Thanks

kennerchick wrote:
I just did the Estimator and according to it, my FICO Scores are estimated to be between: 555 & 605.
My husbands is estimated to be between 545 &-595.
Should I believe this? According to Credit Karma, my husbands is considerably less and mine is just about correct! LOL
ThanksIt's close but the only way to know for sure is to actually pull the reports. Also you can't compare the Fico scores here to what you see on CK. CK does not provide Fico scores at all so any closeness in scores is purely coincidental.

Have you had high cc usage for a planned expense that lowered your FICO scores?

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Musiclover wrote:
Have you had high cc usage for a planned expense that lowered your FICO scores?I don't recall but I have been up to 76% recently. However, the balance was immediately paid off. I don't recall if reported or not. The impact didn't really matter since it was going to be paid off immediately. Musiclover wrote:
Oh, and what is considered 100% usage?
Utilization is balance/limit. If the balance equals the limit it's 100%. Musiclover wrote:
How close to the limit can I go?Depending on the card you may be able to exceed the limit. However, such cards would require that you immediately pay any balance exceeding the limit. For scoring purposes it is recommended to not exceed 30%. However, short term high utilization generally isn't an issue. It's prolonged high utilization that can get you into trouble. Be aware that there is a double hit from having high utilization on a card and having itmaxed out (generally >90%). Musiclover wrote:
I know the charges to my cc will be way over the ideal limit until I pay it(them) down,How long will that take? What utilization would you be at initially? How long would it take to get it down to 50%? Under 30%?

Asked Chase How I See My FICO Score With Slate Card.....

an FYI for those with Slate already. I was planning to close mine out after the BT period at 0% ends since it will have served its purpose and will go towards resetting the clock for hte offer in the future if I need it..... Thank you for contacting Chase about the free monthly FICO
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Irish80 wrote:
Monoglot wrote:
signaturecardmember wrote:
an FYI for those with Slate already. I was planning to close mine out after the BT period at 0% ends since it will have served its purpose and will go towards resetting the clock for hte offer in the future if I need it..... Are you saying you can use the slate offer 0% offer again after you close it for a period of time...? Monoglot, this a 4 month old thread. It's very possible that the OP isn't monitoring it any longerAww thanks for pointing this out. Would you happen to know if offers reset if you app again?

FICO Score change

I recently learned of a drop in my FICO score from 820 to 808. I cannot think of any reason for this except I cancelled my AMEX Gold Card after 52 years because of the annual $55 renewal fee and lack of need. About the same date I received notice from Skype that my annual fee for subscriptions for two telephone numbers for use with their service had failed to be paid. I had no outstanding charges for service usage and simply wanted to let the telephone numbers expire. I think Skype had tried to charge the subcription renewal against my AMEX card just after cancellation. I am now getting daily reminders from Skype by email that my subscriptions have expired but offering extended dates for renewal. I am also notified that I will not be able to purchase other services or products until the subscriptions are paid. Would these circumstances warrant a 12 point drop in my credit score?

houndear wrote:
I recently learned of a drop in my FICO score from 820 to 808. I cannot think of any reason for this except I cancelled my AMEX Gold Card after 52 years because of the annual $55 renewal fee and lack of need. I am now getting daily reminders from Skype by email that my subscriptions have expired but offering extended dates for renewal. I am also notified that I will not be able to purchase other services or products until the subscriptions are paid. Would these circumstances warrant a 12 point drop in my credit score?Not enough info here to establish root cause. I would suggest getting a copy of a CRA credit report and score. Check for new inquiries. None of what you said should allow for a hard inquiry but who knows. Look for any new reason codes associated with your score as they can point you toward cause for a score change. Check to see that Skype has not reported a late payment associated with their attempt to charge your AMEX. Also, look to make sure your AMEX was not closed with a non zero balance. Closing a high CL credit card will drop your combined credit line which results in an increase in aggregate credit utilization %. If utilization crosses a threshold, say 10%, this can drop score. However, if your AMEX is a charge card then it does not have a CL and should not factor into your combined CL. P.S. The 52 year age of your card will still count toward your AAoA for as long as it is listed on your credit report (closed accounts drop off 10 years after date of closure).

Which Fico scores do lenders use for mortgage loans?

Is fico scores 2, 4 and 5 the scores lenders use for approving a mortgage loan?Also, I have the monthly fico monitoring, I see my scores change, but not the fico 2,4 and 5.Do I need to do a new report for the current scores?

LCD328 wrote:
Thanks. Is it typical that the mortgage scores are normally higher than the fico 8 scores?I think it depends on your profile. I've seen some on here that post their mortgage scores lower; however, my mortgage scores are significantly higher then my FICO8

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