Does your credit score go down when you apply for a credit card

Does your score go down when you apply for an credit card. Im trying to rebuild my credit and I have one credit card Orchard Bank the limit is 300 dollars so do I pay 290 on it and leave the 10 dollars as the remaining balance how much lower could I pay on an balance of 300 for an score increase. Also I had an credit card by first premier that was closed and I owe 470 do I write then an letter like you have on your webpage or do I go ahead and call them and see what they say. I want to reopen with them again
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When you apply, you get an inquiry. Inquiries reduce your score by 1 - 6 points. So no.
Pay the cedit card off, completely and add more money to it to get a higher credit limit. ]
300 is considered and thin credit record.
Thickin the file by maying more than you charge to raise your limit.
Call first premier and reopen that account. Pay that one off and add to it like above.

Just wanted to thank you for the free credit help

I belong to a program called, TrueCredit and they monitor my credit reports each month and also I can pull free reports and credit scores there at will. I recently had a derogatory thing drop off my reports so I decided to pull my new scores. Last year at this time my scores were:537 Transunion599 Experian615 Equifax On July 9 I "re-ran" my updated credit scores to see if there was any change and there was. On that day they were:658 Transunion632 Experian 610 Equifax I was SOOOOOOOO excited to see that my scores were going up. However, on July 9th I also entered some disputes (there was one derogatory that was over 7 years old and I asked that it be removed.) So I decided to refresh my scores one more time on July 11. When I did, I was shocked to see that Experian and Equifax has LOWERED MY SCORES by more than 40 points each, even though there has been no change to my credit reports in the two days between the July 9th score update and when I pulled them July 11. Here was the result on July 11:658 Transunion (NO change here!) 596 Experian 573 Equifax The last two are significantly lower than my credit scores have ever been in my lifetime. Since nothing derogatory was added to my credit report in that two day window, what do you think happened and how can I get this fixed?
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true credit should give you that answer
makes no sense to me at all should be higher the only reason it shold be lower would be if you charged up a credit card or something
to more than 80% balance to high credit ratio
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715 FICO score, how can i raise my credit report score

I have pretty good credit (715 middle FICO score) but I have a lot of debt. I mean like $100,000 in credit card debt. I know, I know, what was I thinking. It's a combinations of stupidity and despiration. I was young and stupid and put college on credit cards and then later a divorce and just life in general got me here. Having said that, I have never made a late payment on anything no matter how many jobs I had to have to do it. I just seem to hang on with God's help. I have a question for you that I don't think I have ever seen addressed anywhere. I wondered if you had run across anything that might help me. I have a lot of old accounts that are in good standing. I'm wondering if I should ask the credit agencies to take them off my report. I'm not sure if they hurt me because they are just hanging out there as potential credit that I could tap into one day. I haven't in the past 7 years, but they are still there and available to me and I'm wondering if that factors into my score. Is there such a thing as too much available good credit?
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680 FICO score is average
you are above average and should be happy with a 715

if you want neon super credit person, you might get it down to one credit card and one home loan.
plus your home loan should be less than 80% owed
and your card should be less than 50 % owed against high credit limit
so you can have a low balance debt to high credit ratio

but i doubt it hurts your score much to have very old credit you might possibly use one day

i have seen very few 800's
most haveonly about 3 lines of credit with almost nothing owed on them

715 is a great score and i like the flexibility of having open credit myself

I need a credit score of 680+ to keep my investment job

My credit score according to American Cred Co (mortgage credit check) is 680 EXF, 610 TU and 610 EXP.

However when I checked each bureau individually my credit score was over 700 with each one.

Without a 680 score across the board it is making my investment career impossible.
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you have no data for me to analyze mark
drop balance ratios to less than 80% 10% if you want to be super credit man
if you have tons of credit lines
consolidate them down to as few as possible

i assume you have no late payments

Medical collections, paid off, duplicate accounts, 7 years old, refi my home

I went to the bank 2 weeks ago to refinance my home and add a couple of bedrooms to my home... I was told that I need to get my credit score up to 600 to get the loan... I have disputed a lot that is on my account.. I had 2 account that have been paid off 3 years ago, they are showing up as 5 separate accounts with same banks in 5 different city's... I had 2 medicinal bills I paid off 2 weeks ago how longs will it take for them to come off of my credit report??? They emailed the reporting agencies after I paid them... I received a phone call about 15 min's ago, it was from a collection agencies that they had a old bill, wonted to know if I wonted to work some type of Payment options out so it will not go on my credit record... I asked the girl what was the date of the bill... It was to a local hospital dated December 6, 1999.. Can they still report this to the credit bureau???? thanks for the info

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last question
if the bill was sold for pennies on the dollar to the collection's, they can collect, but not put it on your report or threat to sue.
second question
those should take no longer than 30 days.
some of those duplicate accounts might come off. I would call the original creditor and talk to them about this action. three states, or cities, or accounts or whatever and find out if you can get some of that merged (deleted). Thell them you will which of the duplicates you will dispute so thye don;t have to do any work juts dont respond.
pay down any balances that might be more than 80% or your high credit limit

need to get my credit score up to 600 to refinance my home

I went to the bank 2 weeks ago to refinance my home and add a couple of bedrooms to my home... I was told that I need to get my credit score up to 600 to get the loan... I have disputed a lot that is on my account.. I had 2 account that have been paid off 3 years ago, they are showing up as 5 separate accounts with same banks in 5 different city's... I had 2 medicinal bills I paid off 2 weeks ago how longs will it take for them to come off of my credit report??? They emailed the reporting agencies after I paid them... I received a phone call about 15 min's ago, it was from a collection agencies that they had a old bill, wonted to know if I wonted to work some type of Payment options out so it will not go on my credit record... I asked the girl what was the date of the bill... It was to a local hospital dated December 6, 1999.. Can they still report this to the credit bureau???? thanks for the info
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last question
if the bill was sold for pennies on the dollar to the collections they can collect but not put it on your report or threat to sue.
second question
those should take no longer than 30 days.
some of those duplicate accounts might come off. I would call the original creditor and talk to them about this action. three states or cities or account or whatever and find out if you can get some of that changed. Thell them you will which of the duplicates you will dispute so thye don;t have to do any work juts dont respond.
pay down any balances that might be more than 80% or your high credit limit

Relative opened a credit card without my knowledge, it messed up my credit

A relative of mine opened an account without my knowledge and it messed up my credit and also a mortgage loan with late payments was my them also. How do I get the credit bureau to take this off my report.
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a relative?
a husband or sibling is about all that get away with this stuff
ask for your signature. ask the creditor. threaten to put in a complaint to your state attorney general

and how you could get a mortgage without your knowledge just doesnt sound right.
i need more information.
but the same would go for the mortgage.

on the surface this sounds fishy
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The mortgage is in my name but they live there and were suppose to pay the payments but due to illness have not been able to pay it on time a few times. The credit card account was under my name and social #. I just need to up my credit rating as my husband passed away and I need to move but my loan rate is 619 or so. I don't want to prosecute .I just want some way to get my credit repaired.
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under your name how
on the credit card first
the home loan second

did you sign for either
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I did not sign for the credit card and by the time I found out it had a high balance in it. Yes the loan is in my name but they make the payments and live there. It has been late a few times but is currently paid up and will stay that way. The credit card debt I am paying but I just want that to be on my credit report that I am not responsible
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I will have to say
even prosecution will not repair your credit in most cases. But if you plan to get monies back off a credit card deal, one always has to file a police report and go to court. period

as far as the house goes. if you let someone move into a home in your name with your loan on it expecting them to pay it and they did not then you are screwed. There is no law or inference that says just because you were not living somewhere that you had a loan that you are not responsible for the loan. You should have kept up with the payments yourself and made them if they were going to be late, and kicked theyre butts out if they didnt pay. doesnt matter if they were sick or even if they died. all that matters is if you made payments on time
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on the credit card, if you file a police report and go back on the card and whoever signed your name.
then
you can get that one off your credit in most cases. it will take work

on the house
if
you can catch these up and get the late payments behind more than 24 months behind you, then your score will go up.
i would suggest you selling the house NOW and eliminate further possible complications and, ensure you can get the late payments behind you.
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softer landing help your credit score information.
plus
you need 3 open good lines of reported credit that is at least 12 months old. I do not think this is your problem but thought I would mention it to make sure.
plus
you need to make sure all of your reported credit shows less than 80 balance owed to high credit limit.
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i know the prosectution sounds harsh. But what is worse, you taking the fall for someoneleses misdeeds or them.

another thing
if you are wishing to move or buy another house. Your debt to income ratio has to be less than 45% so you almost have to sell that other house in many cases unless your income is super duper
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I hope I am not being charged for these e-mails. The house payment has only been behind 2 times out of a 5 year period. It has been paid on time for the last 15 months. If I could get a document signed that I was not aware of the credit card fraud ( which by the easy I have on my credit report) do you think that will work.
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i dont charge anyone for anything ever

well you are about 9 months from the house payment not hurting your score with good reported credit the last 24 months. 15 months is behind you on your house now and that counts as one good line of credit. So your score will jump 20 or 30 points in 9 months more than likely. The only bad thing about a house loan or car loan is the late payments will show on your report until the day you pay it off in full and 7 years after that. it doesnt hurt you on your score if the lates are old. BUT they will show as one time in the life of the loan you were late. thats really sucks. It happend to me on a toyota car loan. Thats why I say sell the da.. house or refi the thing or something to stop this from happening

the only way to get the credit card off your report or the lates on the credit card off your report is to
and i have tried things of this sort myself plenty before
you have to show the error was on the creditors side. PERIOD.
You can do that if you can show or prove you did not sign nor ever meant to sign and they took an illegal signature for a relative? I feel sorry for the relative but more for you. If this relative means that much to you then just take the heat. but you cannot have it both ways i am afraid.
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the best thing for now
get your balances on all your open accounts to less tha 80 percent 50 if you are great
if you have a few of these, then your score will go up right now. promise

disputed some collections, asked asked Discover if they would re-open my charge off

My average score is 627, my highest is 650 with Equifax. I have a few things in the works right now and I was wondering if you could tell me maybe how much my credit score will jump if these things get through. My girlfriend and I are thinking of buying a house. Her credit is 800+ but I make more money. Do you think we'll have trouble?1. I have disputed some collections on my report and sent letters to the bureaus. I have not heard anything back yet. It's only been a few days though. Most of them are paid (there's like 4 total) and I know they probably won't come off. 2. I have sent a letter to Citibank (student loans) to ask they remove late payments as I have paid on time for the last 24 months. The late payments were from 2005 - I have turned around and paid over the maximum every month for 24 months. 3. I had/have a charge-off with discover. I called and asked if they would either re-open my account if I sent them money, or remove the item from my report if I paid. They said all they could do was report "paid in full / settled" on my report. I said that was fine. I finished paying that off yesterday. They have sent a letter to the CRAs to update the status. How much can I expect my score to jump? Only #3 is the "for sure" thing, the others might not happen.
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you could go up to 700+

if
nothing shows negative for the past 24 months with citi bank
and
you have 3 lines of new good credit paid down to less than 80% balance owed to high credit limit.

My credit score has dropped 80 points in last year

Can I talk to someone about raising my credit score. I'm happy to accomodate you for your time. I was just reading your website.
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sure
let it rip
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My credit score has dropped 80 pts in the last year..... 660-580. No late past 30 60 90 days late payments, foreclosures or bankruptcy's. I did start a business though in which I maxed out 5 credit cards (25k total) All payments have been made on time though. We are trying to buy a house and I was shocked at my credit. In reading your suggestions, it sounds like I need to get these cards BALS to less than the 80% of HICR mark. I could pay a couple of the smaller ones off completely and close them.......is closing them a good idea? We do have an existing home loan which is for a rental.....it's in good standing in the 4 years we have had it. We also have two car loans......also in good standing for the 3 years. How quickly and what route do I take to get my score back up over the 620 mark which is what I believe the lenders are looking for? I appreciate your help.
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pay off the small ones
since you can
do not close them.
keep the paid off cards open for higher bottom line or total balance to high credit limit ratios.
pay others down to less than 79% percent.
i have been advised to strive for 50% to 10% percent or less.
then credit score will jump right back up.
If it doesn't let me know

Credit Boards has great answers. BAL HICR ratio

i would be willing to pay for some professional critique
maybe I AM stupid or terrible. i dont know. all i know is what works for me.
so if you are willing to share your positions on my terrible
i would pay you.
say 100.00 for 5 good reasons or instances of terrible
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The bad advice I saw was that people could raise their score by payingtheir cards down to 80% of their limit. That kind of usage will drop your score like a rock. Ideal is under 20%. 50% is passable. Thanks for being honest about it. We know - we've been doing this a while now. Our board is heavily moderated. Most of the other credit discussion boards will let you post links if you are participating, but if you just sign up and spam them they'll get mad. They don't have our level of expenses, so they don't care about getting agood price for their ad space - or they don't know any better.
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thanks for the reply
i worked 12 years in automobiles and finance
I actually had many people pay down balances to less than 80% and i could get them financed because the score jumped big time. even my boss who now is a banker had it happen to him. went from 720 to 600 and back to 700 over the 80% thing. he bought a motorbike on credit (that put him 100% on that line of credit) and jammed up one card. He sold the bike and paid his card to less than 80% on my advice and bamm.
So this has been done by several people I know. It's been 2 years ago but i would assume it still holds true. What the hey?

At least terrible is not as bad as i imagined, and you are very nice to answer me back as i know i have hit the wrong button with you folks. I hate it when i get these cash advance comments on my blog with a link back to this cheap site. I am sure thats how you felt. Sorry

have a nice night
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Paying down balances always raises scores, that's true
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i must agree. 20% - 50% are optimum BAL balances to HICR ratio's.
enter balance, then / divide high credit limit figure and press equals =.

3 open credit cards. Should I switch to a 0 percent card?

If I only have 3 open credit cards and one is offering a 0 percent interest. I would like to transfer the balances to one card. Would that cause a significant drop in my credit score? Because then I would only have one open line of credit. Is it best to just keep them separate. I have tried to get the credit card company to lower the interest rate but they will not do so.
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I "hop" credit card interest rates my self.
do it but only use 75% of your total high credit limit
if get a credit limit of 15,000 dollars do not use more that
15,000X .75 = 11250. I have to remember most credit card companies charge a .03 balance transfer fee on each transaction. That's why I say 75% rather than 80% for my credit limit ratio. If I pay the fee up front and I get 0 percent for like 6 months my total monthly obligation goes down because the payment has less interest built in. Many times I can quailify for another card when 6 months run out because my debt to income ratio goes down when I pay mostly on priciple. The main thing is lower my prinicple by paying less interest

On the down side of credit scores I must remember it will take 12 months for my new credit line to get rated.
On the upside my credit card I am giving up is rated too so My score should not be affected to much in most cases where I keep good credit and less than 80 ratios.

Medical collection of 52 dollars with IC system. Remove from my credit

May I ask you a question: I have a collection with IC system -medical collection in the amount of 52 dollars. I called them today to see if they would settle and asked them if I paid the bill would they remove it from my credit? they said, NO, their policy was to only report the amount as paid with the reporting agencies. they were very rude!! (go figure)a co-worked advised me to send a check, and under the endorsement, state: by cashing this check you agree to remove completely. He said, I could then send a copy of the cancelled check to the CRA's as a dispute to remove. thoughts? otherwise, I really don't know how to handle.
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i would just pay them and go on with your life
52 dollars is not worth any hassle.
for them or you.
they don't care. they will just leave it on your report and not cash the check.
if it was for like 4000 dollars you might have a chance.

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no one is entitled to have a poor payment record removed from the report
it is a
sometimes used courtesy or leverage for re payment.

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thanks! i may just leave it for now. I have applied for a mort. loan and have been pre approved. If i have a recent paid or activity on the report, it may lower my score. (when they do a final run through) A few point lower will kill me.. I was trying to get a few points higher. Looks like I'm stuck! I heard through a friend that IC system is the WORST to deal with. I also heard I could send a HIPPA letter to the orig. medical provider to see if they would remove it.... Or i may just hang tough, and make sure my mort. goes through. being able to JUMP on a great deal right now is very important. I'm in cali and single...this maybe my only opportunity to buy real estate here. Sad huh! LOL
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if you are pre appoved
forget it about it
your right
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i guess you have 3 open current and rated accounts right not that report to bureaus and have at least 24 months reported. I also assume all of your accounts are less than 79% leveraged against your high credit limit. Home loans take the logest to reduce below 79% borrowed. Car loans are second with most loans being less than 72 months. revolving credit has the largest protential to raise your credit score fast. Just pay down to less than 79% and your score will go up now.
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Just to clarify....I shouldn't worry about getting those past due records from 2003 off my credit report. Rather...just reduce the amount of revolving credit to less than 79% of credit limit. How does this apply to amex? We don't have a limit on amex account, so it doesn't report that AND amex doesn't report our payment history. I wish they did, cause it has been perfect.
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yes do that
79% or less and boom
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Thanks a million..they should nominate you for a Nobel or something...

collection credit card paid in full every month. car home loan

a 2nd year resident who will be going for my citizenship this summer and of course am working on my credit. I am originally canadian and worked in the usvi and had a cell phone through sprint. When i got transferred back to canada and they didn't provide the cell phone service there it was agreed that they would keep my deposit and close my account. Well you can guess what happened they kept my money and did not close my account. So almost 5 years later and now back in the usa upon purchasing a vehicle I learned this was on my account still. I contacted sprint and they assured me that this was no fault of mine that the account hadn't been closed and it even stated this in their notes they even gave me copies of the notes left in their system that states that I owe nothing. So 2 collection agencies later from being sold from one to the other I called them and shared that information with them, they weren't interested and stated I had to pay or it would remain on, i even disputed it through credit inform twice and they stated that it was to still be paid with a balance of $224 I told them my concern of paying this again and it not being removed they told me they would post this as satisfied on my credit if I paid it again and stated that the letter would come at the end of paying it and they couldn't agree to having it removed from my account. I didn't get a good feeling from the conversation and this being my first time going through collections on my credit I am worried, I am uncertain what to do at this point and don't want to pay again if I am going to get screwed. I also have plans on purchasing a house as well now in texas and need to get my score up. I have had my limit on my credit card increased from $300-$2750 in less than 18 months due to paying my full limit off every month. Do you have any ideas to get my score up as high as possible by summer so I can purchase a home. Each report shows anywhere from 568-613 at this point everything has always been paid in full before due is it because i haven't had credit for a full two years yet or is it due to the balance on my car loan.

Please help me with this collections issue as well as increasing my score.
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use debt validation and pay
negotiate before you pay if possible
ask for paid as agreed and paid in full


pay off anything past due or owed
30 days late, collections
on my credit report
ask for help
reopen credit past bad credit card collection charge off accounts

after 24 months ask for updated to "past 24 months only"

How do i pay down credit cards to raise my score fast

If I need to payoff my credit card balances to raisemy credit scores, what is the best way? Do I attackone card or put any extra money towards all cards? DoI focus on a higher interest rate card or concentrateon paying off a particular card one by one? If I havea high debt to credit ratio how willing are thecreditor to lower an interest rate. I have never hada late payment, but I do owe too much money.
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to rasie you score
pay each card down to less than 80% against your credit limit
if you have a limit of 10,000 pay it down to 7,999
do this for each card.

this raises scores.

Debt income ratio and debt to hight credit ratio.

Debt to income ratio IS NOT credit score related.
I can get turned down for credit even if I have a great credit score or a 700 plus Beacon Fico.

My monthly reported and showing on my credit report debt, plus a rent figure (if no mortgage shows on my report) must be less than 45% of my gross monthly income averaged over the past 2 years.
This income must be provable tax records or pay stubs.
Debt to income is not a credit record and does not affect my credit score.

Debt to high credit ratio IS credit score related.
I must keep my debt to less than 80% (or 30% for best score) of my available high credit limit for each reported account that shows on my credit report.

Verizon account now turned over to collection agency.

I have an account that Verizon Wireless has been trying to collect on for 6 months now. They overcharged me one month for overages I know I didn't use so I closed the account and after they started their collection process I disputed the account with the BBB, FCC, and the State Attorney General. All the responses were that Verizon has made their final decision and are willing to do arbitration, which I'm assuming will take sides with Verizon after I've payed for arbitration. I'm willing to pay the full amount they are asking now due to the fact it literally ruined my credit, but only if I can get them to agree on deletion of account since I still believe they're overcharging me. Do you think if I sent them a check for the full amount to Verizon instead of the collection agency; stating that upon cashing the check they agree to delete the account in question would work? If you have any advice on this matter please contact me.
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I doubt it.
Verizion holds the cards on this. It never pays to not pay a utility or close an account with outstanding balances and not pay until they come after you. One needs to negotiate BEFORE they crack your credit up not after. Verizon has documented charges. You on the other hand probably have nothing documenting your postion. Happens all the time.
I would try to re open the account with verizon and ask for help. Get something in writing. They probably will not help you as far as credit goes.

It will look good if you pay it off though.
You will go from owing 100% to 0% and that helps credit scores.


If they re open an the account you have th best chance.

debt to high credit ratio, home loan, remove clean delete. quailify approved accepted

1 1/2 years ago we bought my dream house at the time we had a lot of errors on our credit reports, I payed a lot of debt off was very ill, so when I got back to work I took out a loan from a friend and called all the company's and made offers in compromises. no dept left. well I wasn't as smart as I am now should of asked for deletions but didn't, that's OK that was 3 years ago, and everything is payed except a couple I am still working on

my problem is this I have a arm coming due in july 08
this is what I have

1 morgage never late for 3 years
1 mrgage ( rental property never late 3 years )
1 major credit card 3000.00 limit owe 1200.00
1 truck haven't been late in 3 years ( 4 more payments to go)
1 new truck ( 6 months never late)
bancrupt. 9 years ago
although I got some things deleted, some credit card judgments, my trans union score is 698, don't know husbands yet, waiting to pull his what kind of loan should I look for or will I even qualify for a loan to refinance? I am worried sick I have 6 months to go, trying so hard to reach 700 on FICO, everyone says no new credit something about dept to ratio, the rental property is rented and I have a lease to show the mortgage company. thanks
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Looks like your open credit is very good and your score reflects that 698
I would dispute some of the older paid items and hope?
A 698 SHOULD get you whatever you want.
2 more points might help you a percentage point or less, but not much difference is there.

So dispute some old stuff
maybe pay the remaining four payments on the truck
Other than that? You look good if the mortgages are reported to bureaus.

The top, get approved banking standard, max debt to income ratio, for approval, is gross reported debt or outgo to 45% of total verifiable income.
If I am over 45% on my debt to income, then I get turned down on most loans, even a car loan and home mortgage.
I I am over 80% debt to high credit ratio my score might be lower but I will still get approved if my debt to income ratio is relly low. Like when one files chapter 7 and has no debt.
Max reported debt to reported high credit limit is 80% or less per account to quickly raise a credit score.
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Credit dispute letter
oops
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Hello, thank you, the truck will be payed off by the time I need the loan, so that will help also, do you think I should get 1 more credit card for a better mix, or just stay on the course I have in the works?
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N new credit card now
cards need 12 months to help you.
you have enough credit: 3 lines reported now.
dispute some old accounts and hope
Universal legal credit dispute form

Impoved credit score. Max out credit card. Debt Ratio. Credit score

I have improved my credit score to 695 (from 648) a year ago. I am need to make a big purchase (necessity) and need to use my credit card to do so. I have the choice of either maxing it out or just staying about $300 - $500 below the credit limit. Will there be adifference? I will be paying this off within a year but how far down do you think my credit score will drop? This will also affect my husband's score and his is lower than mine (around 665). I'm so bummed but there's no other choice.
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Your score could drop 20 points if you do not have much credit out there.

When or if you max a credit card out then, get it lower than 80% to high credit limit as fast a possible and no harm will be done.
Once you pay it down to less than 80% your score will be as good as it was before you had a debt ratio problem with that credit card as long as no other things changed.
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Debt to High Credit Ratio
(how much you owe on one line of credit to your credit limit) Counted on credit score<
is different from

Debt to Income Ratio
(oustanding monthly bills to monthly income) NOT counted on credit score
but is counted by lenders as ability to pay. Normally less than 45% is what a lender has to go by. If you have more than 45% bills to income you can be turned down.