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FICO 08 – National Home Loan Advocates LLC – FICO 08 and Your Credit Score

Fair Isaac recently announced plans to change its credit scoring formula to ensure the continued reliability and predictive powers of FICO scores. The new model, named “FICO 08″ has been making its way into the credit scoring process since late 2008. The model replaces the existing FICO model, which has remained relatively unchanged since the 1980s.

Essentially, FICO 08 will be more forgiving to periodic late payments as long as other credit remains strong, and will have a bigger negative impact on your score if you have multiple late payment accounts.

Calculating FICO Scores

A quick summary on the FICO scoring model calculates creditworthiness based on information in five dimensions:

* Payment History (35% of score) – account payment information for credit cards, lenders, and retailers. Used to measure your ability to pay your bills on time.
* Amounts Owed (30% of score) – the total amount of credit you have outstanding relative to the maximum amount creditors are willing to extend to you.
* Length of Credit History (15% of score) – a measure of the length of time your accounts have been open with creditors and lenders.
* New Credit (10% of score) – the number of times you’ve applied for credit in the recent past.
* Types of Credit (10% of score) – this is the diversity of credit you have in your portfolio.

Changes Planned in FICO 08

The primary reason for the switch to FICO 08 had do with the forecasting powers of the new model. Fair Isaac believes that FICO 08 will do a better job at predicting the likelihood of default on a loan by making two changes to its existing model:

* Authorized Users – An authorized user is a person that is permitted by another account holder to use their account. Normally, this situation applies to a family member who is trying to manage credit for the first time, such as a college student. The new scoring model eliminates “piggybacking” which allowed individuals with bad credit to leverage the payment histories of “stronger” credit card holders by becoming an authorized user on their accounts.
* Delinquencies – The second change in the scoring model has to do with payment patterns – especially those that are greater than 90 days late in making a payment. The FICO 08 model will be more forgiving to consumers that are in arrears in one area, but have a number of other accounts that are in good standing.

Fair Isaac predicts the above two changes will reduce the default rates on consumer debt by 5 to 15% for those companies switching to the new model.
Impact of FICO 08 on Credit Scores

Many consumers have been asking:

How will FICO 08 affect my credit score?

Keep in mind that credit scores are used by many lenders to determine the amount of credit to extend a borrower. These creditworthiness thresholds are usually based on predetermined bands of credit scores. To make it easier for lenders to adopt FICO 08, the new scoring model will retain the same numerical range (300 – 850), minimum scoring criteria, and parameters as the prior model.

Credit Score Examples

The following examples help illustrate the rules-of-thumb that apply to FICO 08, and how this model might change individual credit scores:

* If you have at least one major account in delinquency, but you also have a number of accounts in good standing with creditors, then your credit score would likely increase / improve with the new model.
* If you have at least one major account in delinquency, and you demonstrate a poor payment pattern with several other accounts with creditors, then your credit score would likely decrease / deteriorate with the FICO 08 model.

Examples provided by Fair Isaac indicate that consumers might experience a 20 to 25 point adjustment to their credit scores where the above situations apply. As emphasized in other publications, the most effective way to improve your credit score is by ensuring the information used to generate the score is accurate. This includes obtaining a copy of your credit report and looking for errors.

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Wealth it all starts with a concept, the challenge is making the mind choose from the heart. I know this may seem funny at first but you will soon realize that your actually doing it. You see when you make choices they always come from the heart first, then the mind allows you to choose if this is a good or a negative action.

Choosing to get organized with your daily actions about your finances is a conscience decision that may make you uncomfortable in many ways. It’s new your finances aren’t the way they should be. You hide your bills and screen your calls to avoid those nasty credit collection calls.

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Organizing your finances can be a huge daunting task to undergo or a simple daily routine that you learn to implement into your television or play time. Something you need to do before you choose to go out and spend one more cent on something.

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When it comes to wealth creation planning is the most crucial element. This requires forethought as well as accountability to your financial advisers, your actions as well as your overall strategy for amassing wealth.

Planning your way means you actually sit and evaluate your past, present and future financial needs. You need to stop and simply ask yourself “Is this where I need to be financially, do I have enough funds at the end of the month left over or am I barely scrapping by? Have I been contributing to my retirement?

This is your first assignment and you cannot I repeat cannot go any further without performing this simple step. I have often wondered why people don’t take the time to make these very important plans in the first place.

Very few people have actually stopped to plan out their needs for retirement or their short term financial strategy either. Most people contribute to an IRA or 401K plan and rarely check to see if the plan is going towards helping their futures. Simply put many people are blinded when it comes to financial planning and making sure that they have enough saved up to cover them in case of sudden financial set backs.

Simple things like ignoring the needed maintenance of a home or vehicle can suddenly cause financial strain when you don’t have the needed funds to cover major repair costs. People live on equity and credit cards as a means of having extra capital available on demand.

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More often than not families experience pain and short falls of capital which lead to stress, relationship or marital complications and the mental anguish , and eventually a realization of change sets the precedence for the moment.

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Start with yesterday and today these are simple; do you have a savings account for necessity, one for contingency (emergency) funds, and finally do you have enough cash flow to cover all of your needs starting with your future? If you answered no to any of these questions then you need to stop and implement changes before you go any further.

Next we look towards the future, what is in your current retirement account are you saving every dime you can. You know that the rising costs of food, fuel and inflation will devalue your dollars purchasing power. So what does this all mean? Simply explained you will need to make more money in the future to cover your necessities of today.

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We have all heard the term leverage used when it comes to real estate and investing. Leverage the equity, leverage some one else for their skills and talents or their credit and financial stability. Have you ever heard the term leverage the credit card for making real estate purchases?

I learned this technique from a recent real estate seminar that I went too. The instructor was showing how the debt serviced costs associated with a traditional mortgage were far more costly than using a credit card to make the acquisition of the real estate then to find a buyer or tenant to remove the debt burden off of your credit card and off of your credit risk.

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Using credit is an excellent way to create and acquire new forms of wealth and create new streams of capital to invest with, you need to make certain that you have your affairs in order, you wouldn’t want to be stuck with debt that you can’t afford to pay for.

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Your credit cards are your most affordable banking partners, quick funding times, no credit checks after initail credit has been issued and also you can reuse the funds over and over again provided that you keep up your obligations to the credit card companies.

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