2 of the factors are debt to income ratio and how many accounts of different types are open. If you pay off 99% of a car and refinance 100$ loan for 84 months… does that keep your score up?
This is silly anyway. I’ve paid off and cancelled many credit cards and loans, and your score drops by a small amount temporarily. It doesn’t stay down.
I’ll take a lower score and no debt. They can eat their score.
They said, getting an offer for as low as 20% on their mortgage.
I said, having locked in at 2.75 when rates were at a record low.
So the secret to not worrying about credit score is simply already have the loans you want at an interest rate you want. Why didn’t I try that???
Are we talking about 35 points from paying off a car? Or hundreds of points because reasons?
2 of the factors are debt to income ratio and how many accounts of different types are open. If you pay off 99% of a car and refinance 100$ loan for 84 months… does that keep your score up?
This is silly anyway. I’ve paid off and cancelled many credit cards and loans, and your score drops by a small amount temporarily. It doesn’t stay down.