Check your credit score for free
JLP at All Financial Matters has posted a neat link to Bankrate’s FICO score estimator. The FICO score, according to wikipedia is “a number typically between 300 and 850, based on a statistical analysis of a person’s credit files, to represent the creditworthiness of that person, which is the likelihood that the person will pay his or her bills.” In other words, it’s very important if you’re applying for loans and such. The estimator was quite accurate for me, which is nice since the credit bureaus will give you your actual score but charge you extra money for it.
You can get your credit report online for a small fee or for free by writing (apparently also faxing or phoning) any of the credit bureaus, such as Equifax.
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