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Helping to build or establish your credit

You probably have a small credit file if you don't have a credit score because you have little credit experience or history. This means that you (if any) have credit accounts, usually one to four, on your credit reports. The file means that a bank or borrower can not determine a credit score because the financial history of the individual does not have adequate detail. 

You may apply for a security credit card to create or thicken the credit sheet, become an approved consumer on a credit card or borrow a loan from someone else. 

Your credit report – use a three-digit number provider to assess how likely they would be returned on time if a credit card or loan is issued. Especially for your future it is an essential factor in your financial life. 

The higher the ratings, the more you are entitled to loans and credit cards that will help you save money. 

If you don't have your credit history where you want it, don't worry! Improving your credit scores takes time, but the faster you take the lead in solving the problem, the more easily you increase your credit scores. 

You can build up your loan by taking several steps: record your bills on time, know your credit history, limit your enquiries, know the dates of your declaration and understand the utilization of your credit. 

If you already know what your scores are, you can even get information about the variables that influence your scores the most. 

These risk factors help you to understand the changes that can be made to improve your scores. Sometimes, you have to allow many changes which the creditors report and which are reflected in your credit scores. 


Pay on time for your bills. 

When borrowers check your credit report and ask you for a loan they are naturally really interested in how trustworthy you are paying your bills. That is because the success of the previous payments is usually a strong indicator of potential results. Therefore, late payment or settlement may have a negative effect on credit scoring for less than what you originally agreed to pay. 


Credit usage ratio. 

  • When you are more profoundly conscious of credit, you will concentrate on credit use by understanding that credit is another significant issue. 
  • The calculation is determined by combining all your credit card balances and dividing the sum by the total credit limit at a given time. 
  • For example, if you usually charge around $300.00 a month and you have a $3000.00 credit limit, then your use is 30 per cent. 
  • Make sure the figure is still below 10%. 


Avoid Inquiries. 

Opening a new account will raise your account cap total, but the loan application makes the documentation a challenging inquiry. Too many hard inquiries can adversely influence credit values and can affect your loan for up to 2 years or more. 


Monitor your credit.

Many may think that checking credit will lower your scores consistently. Well, that's not so quiet. You are allowed to use sites where you are completely free to check your scores and have full online access to your reports, for example with Experian, or you are able to join a credit monitoring agency by signing up for a monthly payment depending on the agency. The membership reporting companies more frequently allow you to gain more up-to - date information and access to your credit history.

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