How Your Credit Score Ranks With Others

When obtaining new credit whether it is applying for a credit card or applying for a mortgage loan

, the most important factor that will determine whether you get the credit is your credit score. And if you do get the credit, your credit score will largely dictate the terms of the loan.

A credit score is a number that evaluates your overall credit. It is given as a number because a number makes it easy to take into consideration, at a glance, all of the various factors that go into determining your credit worthiness. So rather than spend a half hour or so going over the various entries in your credit report, in most cases the creditor can simply look at your credit score and make a snap decision to give or deny your the loan.

Your credit score can range from a low of 300 to a high of 850. The higher your credit score, the better it is for you and the more options you will have when it comes to getting credit. You may also hear the credit score referred to as a FICO score, an Empirica score, and other names.

The credit score is a relatively new way of determining credit worthiness. It has only been in popular use since around the mid 1990s. And now, just about every financial institution in the country uses them. They are also used by the marketing departments of various financial institutions to determine who they should send out their various credit offerings to.

To find out your credit score, you have to contact each of the various credit reporting agencies and make a request. All are required, by law, to provide you with one free credit report per year. The law does not, however, require that the credit reporting company gives you the credit score along with the credit report. Some will give it to you free, others will charge for it.

If there is a charge, it will only be a minimal charge. And it is well worth anyone knowing their credit score. Without this knowledge, whenever you enter into a financial situation, you are doing so virtually blind.

It is worth keeping in mind that you won't have the exact same credit score from each company. This is because each credit reporting company does not necessarily have the exact credit related information about you in their files. But, even if the scores don't match exactly, they should come pretty close to each other.

If your score is around 690, then you fall into the average range of most Americans. If your score is under 500, you have some serious work ahead of you to bring your credit score back up to par.

How Your Credit Score Ranks With Others

By: Susanna Berlatsky

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