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Checked the Experian website (their "freecreditreport" product, aka the thing that tricks people into foregoing annualcreditreport) and they provide weights for
by judge2020 4y ago
Checked the Experian website (their "freecreditreport" product, aka the thing that tricks people into foregoing annualcreditreport) and they provide weights for how much each contributes:
Payment History: 35% of score. in no particular order:
- Late payments 30+ Days ("About 98% of FICO High Achievers have no missed payments at all") / Late Payments 60+ Days / Accounts Always Paid as Agreed / No Delinquent Accounts
- Collections ("FICO® Score 8 only considers collections with an amount of $100 or greater. Virtually no FICO High Achievers have a collection listed on their credit report") / Late Payments 60+ Days / Derogatory Public Records
Amount of Debt: 30% of score. in no particular order:
- % revolving credit: ("For FICO High Achievers, the average ratio is less than 7%.")
- Number of Accounts with Balances ("FICO High Achievers have an average of 3 accounts carrying a balance.")
- Total balance on revolving and open-ended accounts ("Most FICO High Achievers owe less than $2,500 on revolving and/or open-ended accounts such as credit cards, charge cards and department store cards.")
Length of credit history: 15% of score
- Average age of accounts ("Most FICO High Achievers have an average age of accounts of 9 years or more.")
- Age of Oldest Account ("FICO High Achievers opened their oldest account 25 years ago, on average.")
Amount of new credit: 10% of score ("FICO High Achievers opened their most recent account 2 years, 7 months ago, on average.")
Credit Mix: 10% of score ("FICO High Achievers have an average of 11 revolving accounts, 5 installment accounts, 6 credit cards)
Also, a trend I see is that almost every option says "Authorized user accounts aren't considered in the calculation of this attribute", which might be a big contributor as to why Credit Karma / Vantage Score numbers are almost always higher than FICO, which leads to people thinking they have a higher number when they walk into a car dealership / apply for a loan.
But you're right in that I don't see any actual weights or FICO simulators.