Determining Credit Profiles

Good Credit.
Consumers with good credit will have demonstrated a "paid as agreed" credit history for at least three years. "Unapplied for" derogatory items on the credit report such as medical bills, and civil judgments from non-creditors are often ignored.

Good Credit Consumers have had "paid as agreed" installment credit such as a mortgage or an auto loan within the last three years. Major derogatory items such as a repossession or bankruptcy should have happened over three years ago.

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Fair Credit.
Consumers with fair credit history will have demonstrated a "paid as agreed" credit history for at least two years. They may have an occasional late payment.

Consumers without a "paid as agreed" installment credit such as a mortgage or an auto loan within the last two years should have substantial good revolving credit. Major derogatory items such as repossession and bankruptcy happened over eighteen months ago.

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Situational Bad Credit or Slow Pay.
Consumers with a situational credit problem. You can usually identify a significant economic disaster or event that caused the credit situation. For example:

• A Divorce.
• Illness or injury.
• Loss of employment.
• Bankruptcy due to medical problems, credit card debt, or loss of income.

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Bad Credit or No Credit
Consumers with little or no applied for credit. May have numerous unapplied for charge-off accounts such as bad checks, unpaid medical bills and utility bills, small unpaid charge accounts, and unresolved repossessions over two years old.

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Really Bad Credit
Consumers with credit problems that cannot be isolated to a single event. A long term history of bad credit. For example:

• Multiple bankruptcies.
• Multiple repossessions outside of bankruptcy at different times.
• Significant bad credit after a bankruptcy.
• Currently delinquent on all existing obligations.
• Repossessions less than one year old.
• History of writing bad checks over a long period of time.

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