What's not in my FICO Score
FICO scores consider a wide range of information on your credit report.
However, they do not consider:
- Your race, color, religion, national origin, sex and marital
status.
US law prohibits credit scoring from considering these facts, as well as any
receipt of public assistance, or the exercise of any consumer right under the
Consumer Credit Protection Act.
- Your age.
Other types of scores may consider your age, but FICO scores don't.
- Your salary, occupation, title, employer, date employed or
employment history.
Lenders may consider this information, however, as may other types of
scores.
- Where you live.
- Any interest rate being charged on a particular credit card or other
account.
- Any items reported as child/family support obligations or rental
agreements.
- Certain types of inquiries (requests for your credit
report).
The score does not count “consumer-initiated” inquiries – requests
you have made for your credit report, in order to check it. It also does not
count “promotional inquiries” – requests made by lenders in order to
make you a “pre-approved” credit offer – or “administrative
inquiries” – requests made by lenders to review your account with them.
Requests that are marked as coming from employers are not counted either.
- Any information not found in your credit report.
- Any information that is not proven to be predictive of future credit
performance.
- Whether or not you are participating in a credit counseling of any
kind.
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