FICO Score 9 Could Improve Your Credit Score

Published On: July 12, 2018|Categories: Blog, Buyers, Credit|Tags: , , |

Did you know that the new FICO Score 9 is different, or that when it fully rolls out, you credit score could jump up? If you’ve had trouble finding a pre-approval for a mortgage because of medical debt or collections you have already paid off, you’re in luck!  Financial independence and home-ownership may be closer than you realize!

The FICO Score 9, which some banks are already using to find credit scores for home buyers, will make it so that medical debt has much less impact on your score. This is fabulous for the 43 million people with medical debt. When more banks start using it, more people will see their medical debt have a lower effect than credit card debt.

Plus, if you pay your rent on time and your landlord reports it, that will actually raise your credit! Before they were not used to calculate a credit score. Another huge bonus for people putting their financial lives back together? Once your debt that went to collections is paid off, it will be disregarded from your FICO credit score! This will help millions of Americans get back on the road to financial independence faster!

Hundreds of lenders already use the FICO Score 9, so it might help to shop around!

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