08/14/2020
Your FICO score is made up of 5 factors.
-Payment History
-Utilization
-Credit Mix
-Credit History
-Inquiries
Utilization makes up 30% of your FICO score which is the 2nd biggest factor next to payment history. 165 points out of your FICO score is based on your utilization.
How utilization works is it’s the percentage of your line of credit that a individual is using. If you have a $2,000 limit on a credit card and have a balance of $1,000. Your utilization is 50%. Which will drop your score drastically.
The FICO scoring model favors utilization under 20%. However, to achieve the best utilization factor, FICO favors hovering around 3-8% utilization.
Utilization takes in all lines of credit and all debt on those lines of credit, it is not limited to just one line of credit. The more lines of credit a individual has with the total utilization from 3-8% total will best utilize the 165 points on your FICO.