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In the United States, a credit score is a number typically between 300 and 850, based on a statistical analyses of a person's credit files, to represent the creditworthiness of that person, which is the likelihood that the person will pay his or her bills.

1. Local Companies

2. Credit Score - Overview

3. Makeup of the Credit Score

4. Range of Score

5. Featured Local Company

1. Local Companies

Stevens Foster Financial Advisors
952-843-4214
8000 Norman Center Drive
Bloomington, MN

Focus Financial Network
651-631-8166 x234
2665 Long Lake Road #418
Roseville, MN

American Financial Marketing
800-880-3072
9220 Bass Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN

Strategic Financial, Inc.
763-208-0482
3030 County Road 101 N
Plymouth, MN

Edward Jones
651-457-4257
7832 CaHill Ave
Inver Grove Heights, MN

The Credit Department, Inc (TCD)
888-647-6630
1880 Livingston Av
West St Paul, MN

Feltl and Company
612.492.8857
225 South Sixth Street 42nd floor
Minneapolis, MN

Stiles Financial Services, Inc.
952-988-0452, 866-401-7374
5700 Smetana Drive Suite 110
Minnetonka, MN

Trimble Hart Consulting, Inc.
952-525-2284
5775 Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN

Tenant Check
(651) 224-3002
910 Ivy Ave E
Saint Paul, MN

2. Credit Score - Overview

In the United States, a credit score is a number typically between 300 and 850, based on a statistical analyses of a person’s credit files, to represent the creditworthiness of that person, which is the likelihood that the person will pay his or her bills. A credit score is primarily based on credit report information, typically from the three major credit reporting agencies.

Lenders, such as banks and credit cards companies, use credit scores to evaluate the potential risk posed by lending money to consumers and to mitigate losses due to bad debt. Lenders use credit scores to determine who qualifies for a loan, at what interest rate, and what credit limits. The use of credit or identity scoring prior to authorizing access or granting credit is an implementation of a trusted system. While the most widely known score in the U.S. is FICO, there are many others, such as NextGen and VantageScore.

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3. Makeup of the Credit Score

Credit scores are designed to measure the risk of default by taking into account various factors in a person’s financial history. Although the exact formulas for calculating credit scores are closely guarded secrets, Fair Isaac has disclosed the following components and the approximate weighted contribution of each:

35%, punctuality of payment in the past.

30%, the amount of debt, expressed as the ratio of current revolving debt to total available revolving credit.

15%, length of credit history.

10%, types of credit used.

10%, recent search for credit and amount of credit obtained recently.

Fair Isaac does not use the same scorecard for everyone. The scorecards are segmented so that there are over 100 different scoring models that are applied to different individuals based on different ranges of input values. The implication of this segmentation are that while the approximate weighted contribution above may be an average across all scorecards, individuals receive different scores or weightings based on the scorecard segmentation in which they fall. Some consumers have noticed their scores decreasing by small amounts for no apparent reason.

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4. Range of Score

A FICO score generally ranges from 300 to 850. It exhibits a left-skewed distribution with a US median around 725. Generally, 660 is regarded as potentially sub-prime and represents and important break point for credit worthiness. The performance of the scores is monitored and the scores are periodically aligned so that a credit grantor normally doesn’t need to be concerned about which scorecard was employed.

Each individual has three credit scores for any given scoring model because the three credit agencies have their own, independent databases. These databases are independent of each other and may contain entirely different data. Many lenders will check an applicant’s score from each bureau and use the median score to determine the applicant’s credit worthiness.

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5. Featured Local Company

Feltl and Company

612.492.8857
225 South Sixth Street 42nd floor
Minneapolis, MN
www.feltl.com

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Credit Score Minnesota

1. Local Companies

2. Credit Score - Overview

3. Makeup of the Credit Score

4. Range of Score

5. Featured Local Company