Saturday, June 12th, 2010

You get a credit score from Transunion, Experian Equifax, out of the 3 scores how do you define your score?

3 credit scores
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out of the 3 credit scores which one is your actual score?

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2 Responses to “You get a credit score from Transunion, Experian Equifax, out of the 3 scores how do you define your score?”

Ted Says:

Each credit bureau has its own formula and, since all creditors do not subscribe to all bureaus, each bureau has a unique collection of data as a starting point.

Then there is the fact that each bureau has multiple formulas. Which formula is used when a creditor request comes in? It’s what the creditor wants. A score that predicts a good credit card customer doesn’t necessarily predict a good car loan customer or a good mortgage customer. That’s why there are multiple formulas around. And then some places, like American Express and the major retailer that I used to work for just buy the raw data and use their own internal scoring system.

I know this isn’t the answer you wanted, but this really is the way t works. Sorry.

bdancer222 Says:

There is no one actual score. Many creditors use all three scores. Some use an average, some use the middle score, some use the lowest.

Make sure you get FICO scores. Transunion and Experian sell Vantage which is a completely different scale (goes to 990 vs FICO’s 850). The best place to get your real, up-to-date FICO is MyFico.com.

In addition to the three different bureaus, each has three different formats for the credit report and score: one for car loans, one for mortgages, and one for consumer credit.

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