Lending terms are easing up for borrowers who have superior credit. But mortgages are no easier to come by for applicants with unexceptional FICO scores.
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Credit-Card Debt Can Sink Your Credit Score
Your obligations to credit-card companies carry more weight on your credit report than bigger debts, such as home and student loans.
That’s one of the findings from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new report (PDF) on the credit scoring industry. The study examined how Experian (EXPGY), Equifax (EFX), and TransUnion calculate credit scores. To come up with scores, the companies use information from thousands of different sources. Taken together, the score allows lenders to assess a consumer’s likelihood of paying back a loan, whether to offer a loan, and to calculate loan amounts and interest rates. Besides mortgage, auto, and educational loans, credit scores are also often a determining factor in apartment rentals and in hiring decisions (PDF).
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