http://www.whatisagoodcreditscore.net/what-is-considered-a-good-credit-score/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.whatisagoodcreditscore.net/what-is-considered-a-good-credit-score/comment-page-1/#comment-37 credit score Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:19:35 +0000 http://www.whatisagoodcreditscore.net/?p=49#comment-37 If you have a credit card since, say, 2001 and you add an authorized person with short credit history today, credit report of that person will reflect that joint account was open 2001 (not in 2009). So you've just made the length of that person's credit history 8 years. Credit score skyrockets at this point. This trick greatly helps newcomers to the country (if you can trust them). It's funny - my boyfriend's credit history is much longer than he's actually been in US. If you have a credit card since, say, 2001 and you add an authorized person with short credit history today, credit report of that person will reflect that joint account was open 2001 (not in 2009). So you’ve just made the length of that person’s credit history 8 years. Credit score skyrockets at this point.
This trick greatly helps newcomers to the country (if you can trust them).
It’s funny – my boyfriend’s credit history is much longer than he’s actually been in US.

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