What FICO Scores Ignore
FICO scores consider a wide range of information on your credit report, as describes in what a FICO score considers. However, they don’t consider:
- Your race, color, religion, national origon, sex and
marital status. US law prohibits credit scoring from
considering these facts, as well as any receipt of public assistance,
or the excersize of any consumer right under Consumer Credit Protection
Act.
- Your age. Other types of scores may consider
your age, but FICO scores don’t.
- Your salary, occupation, title, employer, data emploed,
or employment history. Lenders may consider this information,
however.
- Where you live.
- Any interest rate being charged on a particular credit
card or other account.
- Any items reported as child/family support obligations
or rental agreements.
- Certain type of inquiries (requests for your credit
report or score). Your FICO score does not count any
inquiries you initiate, any inquiries from employers, or any inquiries
lenders make without your knowledge.
- Any information not found in your credit erport.
- Any information that is not proven to be predictive of future credit performance.
