Bruss: It's possible to improve credit score
Story date: 2007-09-29 06:02:00
Added on: 2007-09-29 10:00:19
Nashville Tennessean - Today's mortgage lenders look primarily at your FICO score, rather than your credit reports. FICO scores are based on (1) the length of your credit history (the longer the better so don't close out your oldest credit cards); (2) the percentage of ...
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