‘Secrets’ of maintaining your credit score revealed
The Fair Isaac Corporation, creator of the FICO credit score, usually doesn’t reveal many details about how missing a mortgage payment will affect people’s scores. But the company recently issued a commentary to lenders that contained some unusually specific information. FICO scores range from 300 to 850. Scores of 750 or higher generally qualify for the best credit terms. Here are some of the newly released details: Being 30 days late on a mortgage payment –