The 5 Biggest Factors That Affect Your Credit

A credit score is a number that lenders use to determine the risk of lending money to a given borrower.

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Video: 6 Credit Score Myths Debunked

Think you only have one score, or that it's the same as your spouse's? Think again.

Set goals high, debt low to improve credit score

A recent report shows the proportion of Americans who have FICO credit scores below 600 - a level that makes it nearly impossible to get loans - has risen to 25.5 percent, up from 24.1 percent two years ago. The likely cause: rising unemployment and bad... Credit score - FICO - Business - Financial Services - United States

Falling credit scores give rise to rehabilitation scams

By Kenneth R. Harney, Special to the Times Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Falling credit scores give rise to scams offering to fix problems WASHINGTON — Recession-hammered home-owners' credit scores are on the decline across the country, say scoring industry experts, and that makes more consumers vulnerable to scams that purport to erase delinquencies, judgments, foreclosures and other problems ...