When you’re buying a home, you’ll have to worry about your credit scores and how they’ll impact your interest rates. One of those scores (and perhaps the most important one) is your FICO score.
What is a FICO Score?
FICO stands for Fair Isaac Corporation. That’s the company that introduced the first credit bureau-based credit scoring system. It hit the market in the mid-1980s, but it didn’t gain much traction until the mid-1990s, when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac started encouraging lenders to use FICO scores.
Now, you can’t get a loan without your lender checking your FICO score.
How FICO Scores Work
FICO scores are calculated based on your payment history, how much you owe, how old your credit history is, how much new credit you have, and types of credit you have. It’s approximately this way:
- 35% payment history
- 30% debts you owe
- 15% length of credit history
- 10% new credit you’ve obtained
- 10% the types of credit you have
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