Credit scores usually range from 300-850. The goal is to get to 670 to be in the good range for your credit score. Once you get to 740, your credit is very good. The ultimate credit score is 800 and ...

Some of us may have shied away from looking at our credit scores once we finished our holiday shopping, but WalletHub took a look anyway and found perhaps we’d better do a little work. In “States With ...

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The credit-scoring industry is going through a big shift as companies compete to gain more power over the market — and prospective home buyers should pay attention. The latest move comes from Fair ...

Americans' financial health can often be summed up in a three-digit number: their credit score. A new ranking, conducted by personal finance firm WalletHub, of median credit scores across more than ...

Katherine Watt is a former CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa ...

I wasn't chasing the elusive 850 credit score, but this one easy change got me there anyway. Here's what I did. Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus on credit cards.

Fair Isaac is upending the credit-scoring industry by giving mortgage lenders a way to get its credit scores without buying them from Experian, Equifax EFX-2.10%decrease; red down pointing triangle or ...