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Submitted by kchriste on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 18:45
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Ok, I know I have asked a lot of questions today but I'm so overwhelmed with all this credit stuff it's ridiculous. So I thank you guys for taking the time to help me ahead of time!

Is it true that when you pay off a lot of your debt at one time your credit score drops? We have paid $650 off this month and I know the creditors will be udating their accounts soon. But I'm worried this will drop his score by a lot.

We had a mortgage lender tell us we should pay off $150 in debt and opne up a credit card with a $300 limit to raise him up 10 points. But we figured it couldn't hurt to pay off more debt while we could.. Will this hurt his credit by us payign this much off?


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Is it true that when you pay off a lot of your debt at one time your credit score drops? We have paid $650 off this month and I know the creditors will be updating their accounts soon. But I'm worried this will drop his score by a lot.


OMG, you are thinking just the opposite. This is the best thing that you can ever do to your repayments. Creditors really appreciate receiving their money at one single time. Besides, it does boost up your credit scores. Don't worry on it.


Submitted by david on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 18:54

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Each credit bureau uses a mathematical formula for calculating the fico scores of the individuals. This evaluates many types of information seen in your credit file. Your information is compared with millions of other past credit reports and then your scores are allotted. So, this way, the credit bureaus use certain formulas to calculate the scoring.


Submitted by david on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 19:35

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