Category: Credit Scores

Hopefully You Don’t Have a 400 Credit Score It’s been a while since I’ve taken a look at a specific credit score, so I thought I’d shake it up and examine something extreme. Today I’ll dissect the abysmal “400 credit score,” which is so low that it’s not even a possibility on most credit score… Continue reading 400 Credit Score: Near the Bottom of the Barrel

550 Credit Scores Are Common It has been over a month since we’ve looked at a particular credit score to determine whether it’s good news, bad news, or not even newsworthy. That said, let’s look at a “550 credit score,” which at first glance doesn’t look too hot. As always, we’ve got to be sure… Continue reading 550 Credit Score: Bad No Matter How You Look At It

660 Credit Score Could Be Better It’s that time again, when we take a hard look at a specific credit score to determine where it lies on the ever important credit score scale. After all, simply knowing your credit score isn’t enough these days. You need to know what it means and why to truly… Continue reading 660 Credit Score: Definitely Below Average

680 Credit Score Might Be Decent Let’s take a look at another pretty common credit score, the “680 credit score.” Before we dive in and dissect this lovely three-digit number, we need to know the proper scoring scale. There is more than one type of credit score out there folks, so it’s important to be… Continue reading 680 Credit Score: For Fico, It’s Not So Bad

Your 730 Credit Score Let’s examine another specific credit score. Today we will dissect a “730 credit score” to determine if it’s good, bad, or just plain ugly. As always, you need to use the appropriate credit score scale to ensure you’re assessing things correctly. We’ll start with the more en vogue Fico score, which… Continue reading 730 Credit Score: You’re In Pretty Good Shape

You Might Have Great Credit It’s our inaugural specific credit score post of 2012! Hooray! Today we’ll examine a “780 credit score.” As always, we need to use the correct scoring algorithm and corresponding credit score scale to ensure we’re talking about the same thing when evaluating the score. We’ll start with the much more… Continue reading 780 Credit Score: Now We’re Talking

760 Credit Scores Are Now Pretty Important Every once and a while I talk about specific credit scores to highlight their importance. And so today, we’ll discuss a “760 credit score,” which is more than an arbitrary three-digit number. Believe it or not, exact numbers matter in the credit scoring world. Why? Because certain banks… Continue reading 760 Credit Score: Now a Key Threshold

590 Credit Scores Can Get Expensive… If you’ve got a “590 credit score,” don’t give yourself a pat on the back. Give yourself a swift kick in the butt, because it’s not a good credit score. Heck, it’s not even an average credit score folks. Far from it… In fact, depending on what credit score… Continue reading 590 Credit Score: It’s Costing You Money

740 Credit Scores Aren’t Too Shabby Every now and again, I take the time to look at a specific credit score to see how it stacks up. Today, we’ll focus on a “740 credit score” to see what it means to you, the consumer who relies on credit to get through life. Yes, it’s a… Continue reading 740 Credit Score: Almost There!

530 Credit Scores Blow It’s another blue Monday, so I figured it’d be a good time to take another look at a specific credit score. And because Mondays are so “sucky,” why not also look at a “sucky credit score.” Yes, I’m referring to one in the 500s, because let’s face it, they all suck… Continue reading 530 Credit Score: Yes, It Sucks