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Do Credit Inquires Hurt Your Credit Score?
Mike Clover asked:
A credit inquiry is an item on your credit report that shows with permission a creditor requested your free credit score report.
Not all credit inquiries affect your credit score:
You may notice when you pull your credit report there are inquiries on there from a business you are not familiar with. The only inquiry that affects your credit score is the one where you are applying for credit. This is considered a hard pull on your report.
Inquiries that affect your credit score:
There is only one type of inquiry that affects your score. This type of inquiry is applications for a mortgage, auto loan and other credit, by you authorizing these creditors to access your credit report. This type of inquiry prompted by your own actions ends up on your personal credit report and affects your score.
An inquiry that does not affect your credit score: Checking your own personal credit report or any business that offers goods and services that requests your report. A business that you already have a account with that requests a check. A potential employer that does credit checks. Some of these types of inquiries might show up on your report but do not affect your credit score.
Checking your credit report does not affect your score:
Checking your credit report on a regular basis to ensure it is accurate and error free is recommended by Fair Isaac the inventor of the FICO Score. Maintaining a error free report is part of credit management which will improve your credit rating over time. Ordering your credit report at CreditScoreQuick.com does not hurt your credit score.
How credit inquiries are factored in your Credit Score:
There are five types of information used to calculate your credit score. Each category accounts towards a percentage of your score.
Payment History – 35%
Amounts Owed – 30%
Length of Credit History – 15%
Types of Credit in use – 10%
New Credit – 10%
Don’t let inquires scare you. There is nothing wrong with shopping for a better rate, or better terms on a loan. As you can see in the about chart, payment history is the biggest factor in calculation process of your credit score. The second biggest factor is how much of your approved credit limits are charged up. But of course you don’t want to go out and start applying for every credit offer out there either. Be responsible and have a good mix of credit, but stay away from too much credit as well You really on need 3 lines of credit reporting on your report.
Example:
1. credit card
2. car note
3. installment loan
This type of credit mix accounts for 10% of your score.
Alvin
A credit inquiry is an item on your credit report that shows with permission a creditor requested your free credit score report.
Not all credit inquiries affect your credit score:
You may notice when you pull your credit report there are inquiries on there from a business you are not familiar with. The only inquiry that affects your credit score is the one where you are applying for credit. This is considered a hard pull on your report.
Inquiries that affect your credit score:
There is only one type of inquiry that affects your score. This type of inquiry is applications for a mortgage, auto loan and other credit, by you authorizing these creditors to access your credit report. This type of inquiry prompted by your own actions ends up on your personal credit report and affects your score.
An inquiry that does not affect your credit score: Checking your own personal credit report or any business that offers goods and services that requests your report. A business that you already have a account with that requests a check. A potential employer that does credit checks. Some of these types of inquiries might show up on your report but do not affect your credit score.
Checking your credit report does not affect your score:
Checking your credit report on a regular basis to ensure it is accurate and error free is recommended by Fair Isaac the inventor of the FICO Score. Maintaining a error free report is part of credit management which will improve your credit rating over time. Ordering your credit report at CreditScoreQuick.com does not hurt your credit score.
How credit inquiries are factored in your Credit Score:
There are five types of information used to calculate your credit score. Each category accounts towards a percentage of your score.
Payment History – 35%
Amounts Owed – 30%
Length of Credit History – 15%
Types of Credit in use – 10%
New Credit – 10%
Don’t let inquires scare you. There is nothing wrong with shopping for a better rate, or better terms on a loan. As you can see in the about chart, payment history is the biggest factor in calculation process of your credit score. The second biggest factor is how much of your approved credit limits are charged up. But of course you don’t want to go out and start applying for every credit offer out there either. Be responsible and have a good mix of credit, but stay away from too much credit as well You really on need 3 lines of credit reporting on your report.
Example:
1. credit card
2. car note
3. installment loan
This type of credit mix accounts for 10% of your score.
Alvin
Credit Report Dispute: How Long Does it Take to Remove?
Mike Clover asked:
Credit Report Disputes can take up to 60 days to remove. The 3 credit Bureaus don’t make it easy to get items removed. Make sure after you have got your Free Credit Score Report and reviewed what is not correct you only dispute once. Every time you dispute an item the dispute gets put back into the 30 to 60 day window again. I am sure you have heard to send in your disputes via certified mail, but I personal have done it on-line for clients. We get the result done actually quicker, and no mail cost involved. Let’s assume you don’t have internet access for some reason then you must send your dispute to the bureaus via mail.
Here are addresses for disputing and phone numbers:
Equifax
P.O. Box 740256
Alanta, GA 30374
(800) 797-7033
Experian
NCAC
P.O. Box 9595
Allen, TX 75013
(800) 583-4080
Trans Union
P.O. Box 2000
Chester, PA 19022-2000
(800) 916-8800
Once you have pulled your Free Credit Score Report, determine which bureaus are reporting information about you that is incorrect. There are many cases where only one or two Bureaus are reporting something incorrectly. Then all you have to dispute is to those one or two Bureaus. Maybe you have filed Bankruptcy and it was a Chapter 13, well this particular bankruptcy should only report for 7 years from file date. Typically Equifax is the culprit that does not remove public records like this. A chapter 7 reports to the C.R.A.’s for 10 yrs. This bankruptcy typically is not removed like it should be either. This is just examples of how items may not drop off when they should. So make sure you stay on top of your Credit Report, because no one will manage your personal credit report like you will.
The conclusion to all of this, disputes usually take 30 to 60 days. Most of the Bureaus for some reason keep reporting after the expiration date. Or maybe you are a junior, and your Fathers bad credit is reporting on your report. What ever the case is, I do know recent studies show 1 in 4 reports have incorrect information on them. Since you are dealing with software that calculates your creditworthiness, I am sure it’s safe to say the software has flaws in it, just like Microsoft’s software has bugs in it as well.
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Credit Report Disputes can take up to 60 days to remove. The 3 credit Bureaus don’t make it easy to get items removed. Make sure after you have got your Free Credit Score Report and reviewed what is not correct you only dispute once. Every time you dispute an item the dispute gets put back into the 30 to 60 day window again. I am sure you have heard to send in your disputes via certified mail, but I personal have done it on-line for clients. We get the result done actually quicker, and no mail cost involved. Let’s assume you don’t have internet access for some reason then you must send your dispute to the bureaus via mail.
Here are addresses for disputing and phone numbers:
Equifax
P.O. Box 740256
Alanta, GA 30374
(800) 797-7033
Experian
NCAC
P.O. Box 9595
Allen, TX 75013
(800) 583-4080
Trans Union
P.O. Box 2000
Chester, PA 19022-2000
(800) 916-8800
Once you have pulled your Free Credit Score Report, determine which bureaus are reporting information about you that is incorrect. There are many cases where only one or two Bureaus are reporting something incorrectly. Then all you have to dispute is to those one or two Bureaus. Maybe you have filed Bankruptcy and it was a Chapter 13, well this particular bankruptcy should only report for 7 years from file date. Typically Equifax is the culprit that does not remove public records like this. A chapter 7 reports to the C.R.A.’s for 10 yrs. This bankruptcy typically is not removed like it should be either. This is just examples of how items may not drop off when they should. So make sure you stay on top of your Credit Report, because no one will manage your personal credit report like you will.
The conclusion to all of this, disputes usually take 30 to 60 days. Most of the Bureaus for some reason keep reporting after the expiration date. Or maybe you are a junior, and your Fathers bad credit is reporting on your report. What ever the case is, I do know recent studies show 1 in 4 reports have incorrect information on them. Since you are dealing with software that calculates your creditworthiness, I am sure it’s safe to say the software has flaws in it, just like Microsoft’s software has bugs in it as well.
Create a video blog…instantly.