Bad credit folks who sign up for Credit Counseling or Debt Consolidation plan hear this a lot: "your Beacon score is too low...",Bad Credit folks helped by New FICO Articles "you must improve your FICO score...". Little do they know that their FICO score may've improved already without them noticing. Every 5 points up counts!
According to Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), the new FICO is a more predictive and consumer friendly score now...
And forget about the Beacon score - the name is NextGen now! What? You didn't know? According to research done by Bad Credit Advisor.com, it's true, most people don't know that three major credit agencies TransUnion, Experian and Equifax are now using the new and more friendly NextGen scores.
How people with bad credit history can benefit from these new and credit repair bloomington scores? They can get better rates. And more people will get loans, and for larger amounts... It would also help their credit repair!
FICO NextGen scores go easier on Sub-prime loan seekers!
On their web site, FICO Corp. states: [new scores] "... allow for more scoreable files (credit reports), updated treatment of mortgage and auto inquiries to better reflect consumer rate-shopping (low interest rates), and more consumer-friendly treatment of finance trades(!) and low-balance collections(!) and public records(!)."
Why these improvements? Bad Credit Advisor thinks that FICO Corp. is trying to meet sub-lenders requirements for more applications processed and better interest rates offered. With such low rates, sub-lenders are making all the money by giving 'great' deals to people with bad credit history. The new scores let more people in the range of allowed FICO scores, thus creating more business for lenders. And keeping the housing industry strong.