Posts Tagged ‘Fico Credit Score’

Is there a huge difference between a FICO credit score and the score given by the 3 credit bureaus?

lamontsmith13 asked: I’ve already gotten my free credit reports from annualcreditreport.com but now I’m looking to monitor my credit score periodically from all three bureaus. I know that FICO is probably the biggest credit score service is their number that much different than what I’d get from the credit score source that Equifax, Experian and [...]

For the free credit report, aren’t we suppose to get the credit score for free too?

angel asked: I want to know my FICO credit score for free, but none of the 3 major credit report companies (Equifax, Transunion, Experian) provide this info for free, only my good and bad (none) standings and balances. Is there a way I can get my FICO score for free? Maybe Attorney General Consumer Affairs [...]

Does increasing your credit limit help your FICO/credit score or hurt it? ?

tobyrpowers asked: I have read that increasing your credit limit can help improve your credit score because you have a better debt to available credit ratio. But then I also read that it can hurt your score as it just told me today when I got my credit report online. There was a list of [...]