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July 10, 2024 at 10:04 pm #431
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KeymasterJuly 10, 2024 at 10:52 pm #481Kikoff
KeymasterCredit scores in general are numbers that lenders and credit card companies use to see how “credit worthy” you are (ie, will you pay the money they lend back).st
The highest your credit score can be is 850, but not very many people have a perfect score. Only about 1.5% of Americans have an 850 credit score, so don’t sweat it if your credit isn’t perfect.
The two main credit scores, FICO and VantageScore, start at 300 and go all the way up to 850, with different rungs up the ladder.
Here is how the different rankings break down.
FICO score ranges:
- Below 580: poor
- 580 to 669: fair
- 670 to 739: good
- 740 to 799: very good
- 800 and above: Exceptional
VantageScore ranges:
- 300 to 600: subprime
- 601 to 660: near prime
- 661 to 780: prime
- 781 to 850: superprime
The higher your credit score, the better you look on paper to different lenders. On the other hand, the lower your credit score, the riskier you look to them, making it harder to get lines of credit or loans.
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