Like It Or Not, You Have A Score To Settle Part 1

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Just when most people finish with school and can stop worrying about test scores, theres a new kind of scoring that enters the picture. Its called credit scoring. And, its impact on your financial future can mean more to you than a college degree.

You may never know your precise credit score, but you need to know if youre at risk!

Credit Scoring ... Why Its So Important:

Ever wonder how a creditor decides whether to grant you credit For years, creditors have been using credit scoring systems to determine if youd be a good risk for credit cards and auto loans. More recently, credit scoring has been used to help creditors evaluate your ability to repay home mortgage loans.

Precisely what is credit scoring

Credit scoring is a system creditors use to help determine whether to give you credit. Information about you and your credit experiences, such as bill-paying history, the number and type of accounts you have, late payments, collection actions, outstanding debt, and age of your accounts is collected from credit applications and your credit report.

Using a statistical program, creditors compare this information to the credit performance of consumers with similar profiles. A credit scoring system awards points for each factor that helps predict who is most likely to repay a debt. Total number of points credit score helps predict how creditworthy you are; how likely it is that you will repay a loan and make payments when due.

You may never know your precise credit score, but you need to know if youre at risk!

Why is credit scoring used

Credit scoring is based on real data and statistics, so it usually is more reliable than subjective or judgmental methods. It treats all applications objectively. Judgmental methods typically rely on criteria that are not systematically tested and can vary when applied by different individuals.

To develop a model, a creditor selects a random sample of its customers or a sample of similar customers if their sample is not large enough, and analyzes it statistically to identify characteristics that relate to creditworthiness. Then, each of these factors is assigned a weight based on how strong a predictor it is of who would be a good credit risk.

Each creditor may use its own credit scoring model, different scoring models for different types of credit, or a generic model developed by a credit scoring company.

How reliable is the credit scoring system

Credit scoring systems enable creditors to evaluate millions of applicants consistently and impartially on many different characteristics. But to be statistically valid, credit scoring systems must be based on a big enough sample. Remember that these systems generally very from creditor to creditor.

Although you may think such a system is arbitrary or impersonal, it can help make decisions faster, more accurately, and more impartially than individuals when it is properly designed.

In fact, many creditors design their systems so that, in marginal cases, applicants whose scores are not high enough to pass easily, or are low enough to fail absolutely are referred to a credit manager who decides whether the company or lender will extend credit. This may allow for discussion and negotiation between the credit manager and the consumer.

What happens if you are denied credit or dont get the terms you want

For the answer to that crucial question and how to improve your credit score, be sure to read Part II of Like It Or Not, You Have A Score To Settle.

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