Why Your Credit Scores Never Match—and Which One Actually Matters

The credit score that matters the most is the score that your potential lender is using to determine your creditworthiness.
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Check Your Credit Score for Free Whenever You Want With These 7 Services (But There’s a Catch)

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Where does your credit score stand compared to the national average?

States like Mississippi and Louisiana are on the lower end of the national average, around 680 to 690, while Minnesota and Wisconsin have the highest credit score averages at 742 and 738, respectively ...
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Credit scores are dropping rapidly. Here's why (and what to do about it).

For more than a decade, Americans watched their credit scores climb steadily upward, a reassuring sign of improving financial health following the Great Recession. However, it appears the streak has ...