Interpreting Your Score

When a lender receives your Fair Isaac credit bureau risk score, up to four “score reasons” are also delivered. These are the top reasons why your score was not higher. If the lender rejects your request for credit, and your FICO score was part of the reason, these score reasons can help the lender tell you why your score wasn’t higher.

These score reasons are more useful than the score itself in helping you determine whether your credit
report might contain errors, and how you might improve your credit health. However, if you already have a high score (for example, in the mid-700s or higher) some of the reasons may not be very helpful, as they may be marginal factors related to the last three categories described previously (length of credit history, new credit and types of credit in use).

To see your own FICO score and reason codes with a detailed explanation on how you can improve the score over time, visit www.myfico.com.