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What Determines Your Credit Score?

Your overall credit score is determined, by percentage, by these crucial factors:

  • 35% Payment history
  • 30% Outstanding debt
  • 15% Length of your credit history
  • 10% Recent inquiries on your credit report
  • 10% Types of credit in use


  • As you can see, the most important factor is PAYING ON TIME. In fact, paying early (BCG highly recommends paying 15 days before stated due date) can carry extra weight.

    After timely payments, your next priority is to ensure that your debt to credit available ratio is about 4:1. In other words, if you have $10,000 in available credit, try not to have more than $2,500 in debt. By keeping this at or below this ratio, you will improve your credit scores.

    Below is a table showing a sampling of possible different score ranges and how they can affect a mortgage payment:

    Score Range Rating % of US Population Extra Cost Per month for a 200K Loan
    780+ Perfect 20 $0
    720-780 Excellent 20 $0
    675-720 Average 20 $86
    620-690 Fair 20 $242
    Below 620 Low 20 $353
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