Lenders often have minimum credit score requirements for personal loans, but there isn’t one minimum score every lender uses.

Closing a credit card can increase your credit utilization rate and drive down your credit score. As a result, keeping your credit cards open, especially ones with a long credit history, can help you ...

Getting a perfect credit score is impressive, but is it necessary? Here's what an 850 does -- and doesn't -- get you.

A credit solutions expert shares the top three "timeless habits," tips and advice as America's mortgage market adjusts to new credit scoring models that widen the door to homeownership.

A simple three-digit number can determine whether or not you can finance your next home or car, and it can also stipulate what interest rate you receive. If you’re planning on applying for a mortgage ...

They tell you to enjoy the little things in retirement. They're right, of course, but sometimes retirees have to shell out ...

Your credit score is more than just your spending history. It is a new invention designed to trap modern consumers.

FOX Local's Tom Haynes talks to Dr. Brittney Greene about good credit hygiene. She partnered with Self Financial after being ...

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The average credit score was 715 in 2024, according to Experian data. That average, as of the third quarter of 2024, is unchanged from the same quarter in 2023. For 11 straight years, the average ...

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