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792 🙂 I don't even know how I've kept it so high, going to law school, having no income, and only accruing more debt.. but whatever, I'm not going to complain - it's going to make getting a car or house after law school a hell of a lot easier.
 
790. Took me a long time before they'd give me a credit card, but once I got one the shoe had dropped. Now I have credit, but I don't use it except to charge stuff and I always pay immediately - autopay from bank account. I've never had enough job security to warrant mortgaging up my life. Screw that. I own my house, own my cars, own everything else. Watch out or I'll own you! 😀
 
average of the 3 scores is at 712 with the high being in the 750s and the low score in the 670s.

what a big freaking joke. It makes no sense...
 
786 from Equifax last I checked. Haven't bothered to check with any others at the moment. It's probably going to go down in a few months from new student loans.
 
Is it normal for your credit score to go through the roof after buying a house? I just checked mine from Transunion, and they list it as 886, which is mind-boggling to me. My scores from the 3 bureaus were all within a few points of 800 when I bought my house last summer. I've also opened and largely paid off a couple of revolving accounts since then (for furniture and a TV), but that can't have added that many points, can it?
 
It's in the 730 range. I'm only 22, so I don't think it's bad. I've never done anything to hurt my score, like miss a payment or declare bankruptcy. I don't have a high debt to revolving credit ratio (1:20 at most). I do have $45k in existing loans (school and car).
 
Originally posted by: DonVito
Is it normal for your credit score to go through the roof after buying a house? I just checked mine from Transunion, and they list it as 886, which is mind-boggling to me. My scores from the 3 bureaus were all within a few points of 800 when I bought my house last summer. I've also opened and largely paid off a couple of revolving accounts since then (for furniture and a TV), but that can't have added that many points, can it?
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I suspect your 886 score is computed using their brand-new system which has a scale from 501 up to 990. The old scale which started at 300 topped out at 850. For more details, google on VantageScore.
 
Originally posted by: kranky
Originally posted by: DonVito
Is it normal for your credit score to go through the roof after buying a house? I just checked mine from Transunion, and they list it as 886, which is mind-boggling to me. My scores from the 3 bureaus were all within a few points of 800 when I bought my house last summer. I've also opened and largely paid off a couple of revolving accounts since then (for furniture and a TV), but that can't have added that many points, can it?
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I suspect your 886 score is computed using their brand-new system which has a scale from 501 up to 990. The old scale which started at 300 topped out at 850. For more details, google on VantageScore.
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Ahh - that makes sense.
 
Originally posted by: kranky

I suspect your 886 score is computed using their brand-new system which has a scale from 501 up to 990. The old scale which started at 300 topped out at 850. For more details, google on VantageScore.
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I wonder how my 886 compares to my old scores. Probably about the same, eh?
 
Originally posted by: DonVito
My lender checked mine last summer when I bought my house. They got scores from the 3 agencies, and they were, IIRC, 798, 795, and 802.
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thats pretty much what I've hread - if you have good debt (mortgage etc.) your credit score goes up (because you're paying large sums on time)
 
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