Before we delve into the reason why you have different scores, I need to ask you one simple but important question.
Have you obtained your free credit report? If no, do so fast because that is your first task if you're planning a repair program or you're planning to get a mortgage loan in the near future.
Let's get to real talk here.
There are three reporting agencies in the country, also known as credit bureaus and these are Equifax, Experian, and Transunion.
They are independent and different companies operated by different people.
But they perform the same function of collating information of your financial activities and converting it into a score.
Understand from now on that the fact that they are different explains the reason why they use different formulas which reflects in the total score you have.
Though you should also note that the basic method they use to determine your score was invented by Mr.
Isaac, a man who founded Fair Isaac Company and developed an organized way to grade consumers' financial performance.
The information that these bureaus get on your financial activities is given to them by creditors, banks and other financial institutions.
It is only a financial institution which you have a form of relationship with that can report your activities regarding their relationship with you to the bureaus.
But if your creditors report to the three bureaus, then you should expect little or no difference in the three figures that the three bureaus present on your profile.
Isn't it? That reasoning is logical, but it does not function that way for good reasons.
Not all creditors report to all three.
Some report to only two of them while leaving out a third.
You should take advantage of your right to a free copy of your report annually and launch a repair program using either a self-help method or the services of a credit repair agent if you discover negative irregularities.
Have you obtained your free credit report? If no, do so fast because that is your first task if you're planning a repair program or you're planning to get a mortgage loan in the near future.
Let's get to real talk here.
There are three reporting agencies in the country, also known as credit bureaus and these are Equifax, Experian, and Transunion.
They are independent and different companies operated by different people.
But they perform the same function of collating information of your financial activities and converting it into a score.
Understand from now on that the fact that they are different explains the reason why they use different formulas which reflects in the total score you have.
Though you should also note that the basic method they use to determine your score was invented by Mr.
Isaac, a man who founded Fair Isaac Company and developed an organized way to grade consumers' financial performance.
The information that these bureaus get on your financial activities is given to them by creditors, banks and other financial institutions.
It is only a financial institution which you have a form of relationship with that can report your activities regarding their relationship with you to the bureaus.
But if your creditors report to the three bureaus, then you should expect little or no difference in the three figures that the three bureaus present on your profile.
Isn't it? That reasoning is logical, but it does not function that way for good reasons.
Not all creditors report to all three.
Some report to only two of them while leaving out a third.
You should take advantage of your right to a free copy of your report annually and launch a repair program using either a self-help method or the services of a credit repair agent if you discover negative irregularities.
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