Friday, February 8, 2019

My Credit Score Was Actually 70 Points Lower Than I Thought—And Yours May Be, Too

When my husband and I decided to take out a home equity line of credit for a renovation, we assumed we'd get a great interest rate based on our good credit scores. We've always paid our bills on time and don't maintain any credit card debt. There's just one demerit on my report; a medical bill in collections I've unsuccessfully disputed. But even with that blip, the credit monitoring service I use—CreditWise—said my score hovered in the high 700s!

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from Apartment Therapy | Saving the world, one room at a time https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/lower-credit-score-discrepancies-266721?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Category%2FChannel%3A+Main

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