What else is there to love about credit? How about credit history. It might go without saying that the longer an account is open the more it helps. Your credit history is 15% of your credit score and it is an average of your open and active accounts both installment and revolving.
What is credit card utilization and how can it impact your credit score? Your revolving accounts make up 30% of your credit score in the mortgage FICO credit scoring model. That is almost one third of your score.
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