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Credit scores are really just a number used by lenders that predict how likely a consumer is to pay back a loan on time. These three-digit numbers, which typically range between 300 and 850, highlight ...

Dear Liz: Have you ever covered the fact that the credit score that a person receives from the reporting agencies is entirely different from the one provided to lenders? The difference I discovered ...

Most credit scores that lenders use in the United States range from 300 to 850. And when people talk about achieving the “highest” credit score possible, they’re usually talking about the ever-elusive ...

As long as you pay your bills on time, keep your credit card balances low, and only open new credit accounts when you need to, you'll have a perfect credit score, right? Unfortunately, this simply isn ...

Dear Liz: Have you ever covered the fact that the credit score that a person receives from the reporting agencies is entirely different from the one provided to lenders? The difference I discovered ...

Kailey Hagen has been writing about small businesses and finance for almost 10 years. Articles she's written for The Motley Fool have been syndicated to USA Today, MSN, and Yahoo! Finance. She ...

Since I'm a Certified Financial Planner®, friends and family often ask my advice on a variety of financial topics, including buying a home. And they're often surprised when they ask me what the most ...

FICO announced Monday it was launching the pilot version of its new Resilience Index, a tool designed to complement the standard FICO credit score and give lenders an idea of consumers’ resilience ...

FICO scores are the most widely used type of credit score. Most FICO scores range from 350 to 850, and a score of 670 or higher is considered good. If your FICO score is on the low side, you can take ...