How to look up your Credit Score

Their creditworthiness is essentially your summary of your record as a number.

Good creditworthiness means that you are more likely to get approval for a loan. Where can I verify my creditworthiness and my reports? Information bureaus (CRAs) collect information about you to create your reports and compute your score. Review your reports and score with one of the three UK rating agencies:

Remember that you have more than one credit rating and reporting as each rating agency prepares them in a slightly different way. Is it possible to verify my creditworthiness and provide a free credit rating? The Equifax offer is a free 30-day evaluation for their score and review, but after that it's 7.95 per pound per months.

TransUnion (formerly CallCredit) provides you with your free TransUnion score and your TransUnion account through its affiliate Noddle. As ClearScore, Noddle promotes credit card and credit credit - it also provides additional functionality for a charge. Experian creditworthiness is free (again made possible by the promotion of finance products). His credit reports are part of the CreditExpert plan - new clients can get a 30-day free evaluation version, which is 14.99 per pound per months.

It is important that you have the right to obtain a free credit rating from the rating agencies: this is referred to as your "statutory credit report". Legal credit statements contain all the information that any rating agency has about you, but they usually don't give you much help in interpreting what they mean. What makes you think I should credit? Keep an eyeball on your score can help you:

Where can I get credit information? One look at your account can help you: Could the credit assessment lead to a loss? Review your credit reports and score as many points as you like. This will not affect your credit opportunities, and only you and the rating agency will know you did it.

However, when a creditor reviews your account, that's another thing. You do this when applying for loans. It is referred to as "credit search" or "credit check" and leaves a trace in your reports that reduces your score for a temporary period. Well, it's best not to request for a lot of loans, all in one go.

Usually, when you review your creditworthiness, the rating agency will tell you in what "band" it is. As each rating agency uses a different rating scales for credit checks, their ranges may differ. In any case, the tapes are just a guideline - they don't necessarily mirror what creditors think about your credit record.

A more useful thing is to see how your credit score changes over the years. Also, you should examine any abrupt decrease in your score, especially if you don't know what could have triggered it. That could indicate that there is an issue in your account or that you are a target of cheating.

Maybe you should look for things like that: When you think there is an issue on your credit reports, you can contact the rating agency to ask them to fix it. Your credit rating can be improved by doing things like registration for voting or timely payment of your invoices.

Browse our guidelines for some easy hints on how to get better credit.