Originally Posted by SRT6776
I paid off all my debt and my score dropped 30 points, figure that one out.


if you actually understand credit scores and how they work, it's pretty easy to figure out.
paying off your mortgage is just like canceling a credit card you had long term. doing this removes a LONG term active positive event from your credit history. doing this changes your length of credit reported used to determine your credit score.

a similar credit event would happen if you applied and received a NEW CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT, not a new card from a EXISTING account.

going from a 850 to a 810 won't really make much difference on you financially and that # won't stay that low for to long if you continue to use credit responsibly. if you don't used credit actively this number will continue to get lower.


perception is 90% of reality