6 Simple Strategies to Improve your Credit Score
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Six strategies are presented to help improve a poor credit score: 1) Always make payments on time; 2) Only spend what can be repaid each month and pay balances in full; 3) Gradually reduce balances by paying more than minimums; 4) Use less than 30% of available credit; 5) Decline new credit card offers which can negatively impact scores; 6) Check credit reports for errors and dispute inaccuracies. Maintaining old credit accounts also helps credit history.
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6 Simple Strategies to Improve your Credit Score
- 1. Simple Strategies to Improve your Credit Score
- 2. Struggling with bad credit? Let’s take a look at six common sense strategies that can help turn your credit score around.
- 3. Always make your payments on time.
- 4. Better yet, only spend what you can expect to pay back at bill time, and pay off the balance every month.
- 5. Reduce your balances, little by little. $20 $20 $50
- 6. When it comes to reducing your overall debt, even throwing in an extra $20 or $50 a month will help. Plus, paying more than the minimum payment looks good on your credit report. $20 $20 $50
- 7. Don’t run up the entire balance. $10,000
- 8. Just because you have a credit card with a $10,000 line of credit doesn’t mean you should use it all. For optimal marks on your credit report, it’s best to use 30 % or less of your available credit. $10,000
- 9. Just say “No” to new credit card offers. CREDIT CARD 000 000 000 000 LOW APR NO PAYMENTS PRE QUALIFIED
- 10. Numerous inquiries for new credit can negatively affect your credit score. So just say “No” to new credit card offers — especially if you’re actively looking for a new home. CREDIT CARD 000 000 000 000 LOW APR NO PAYMENTS PRE QUALIFIED
- 11. Check your credit report. CREDIT SCORE
- 12. Unfortunately, errors can show up on your credit report — and they can stay there for years if not disputed. Be sure to check your report and put the wheels in motion to clean up any errors. CREDIT SCORE
- 13. Don’t close all your accounts.
- 14. The length of your credit history is factored into your credit score. Keep old accounts open that have a long history of on-time payments, even if you don’t use them anymore.
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