How Your Credit Score Is Generated
300 is the lowest FICO credit score you can have 850 is the highest FICO credit score you can have (Some newer FICO models go up to 900) There are 550 points you have control over. ā Payment history is 35% of your overall score. Thatās 192.5 points. This breaks down even more. 17.5% of your score is a new late payment within the last 12 months. Thatās 96.25 points. This is why a new late payment to a perfect credit history is so detrimental. ā Utilization is 30% of your overall score. Thatās 165 points. UTI is your credit cards only. If you have 10,000.00 in available credit, if you have more than 3,000.00 reported to your credit reports, your scores will begin to fall. If you have no UTI reporting, then you lose 165 points on your score. If you have 10,000.00 reporting, you lose 165 points off your score. Out of the 4,000 clients I have, this is the number one thing affecting their overall scoreās. You have to have a credit card and be in debt to have a higher credit score. ā Credit Age is 15% of your over all score. 82.5% of your scores. You ever pay off a car and see your scores fall? This is why. That age is no longer reporting. Also, stop removing student loans. Removing them will most likely hurt your scores. ā Credit Mix is 10% of your overall score. Credit card, vehicle, student loans, lines of credit, inquiries affect this. Remove either one and your scores could possibly fall. ā New Credit is 10% of your overall score. This one is very tricky. Because you got very a new credit card, new car and lower your overall age and lower your score. If youāve got great credit, simply add a new inquiry every 12 months so you wonāt lose 10% of your overall score.