What Is a Good Credit Score?

What is considered a good credit score depends on the type of credit score used. You have multiple credit scores, but the ...

Why Credit Scores Don’t Always Match and Which One Really Matters Most to You

Your score is constantly changing because lenders regularly provide new information about you to the credit bureaus. For ...
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Credit score average is 'pretty healthy,' VantageScore CEO says — but high earners are masking signs of financial distress

The average VantageScore credit score was 701 in October, within a scale of 300 to 850. That's steady from a month earlier, and down just one point from October 2024. VantageScore CEO Silvio Tavares ...
NBC Los Angeles

FICO and VantageScore are the ‘Coke and Pepsi' of credit scoring, says credit expert—what to know about each

When you view your credit score, you're likely to see a different three-digit number depending on whether you checked your score online, on your banking app or via another means. Although you have ...
The San Bernardino Sun

VantageScore, a new FICO competitor, may help mortgage shoppers with little credit

After a 25-year monopoly of credit scoring home loans for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FICO finally has some competition. VantageScore, owned by the three major credit bureaus Experian, ...
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New Analysis Finds Millions of Renters Become Mortgage-Eligible When On-Time Rent Payments Are Included in VantageScore 4.0 Credit Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of American adult renters could become eligible for a mortgage by incorporating on-time rental payments into their credit reports, according to a ...