Only a tiny slice of Americans ever see a perfect 850 credit score, yet the habits that get them there are surprisingly ...

Paying bills on time is most important. Using credit cards helps, but carrying a balance does not. The age of your credit accounts matters, too, and there are easy ways to improve it. Only 1.54% of ...

A strong credit score can mean lower mortgage and credit-card rates. But a perfect 850 is mostly about bragging rights. Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Michelle Lambright Black is a ...

Nobody's perfect, as they say. And yet when it comes to credit scores, a small percentage of Americans actually are. Roughly 1.54% of U.S. consumers had a FICO® Score of 850, according to Experian ...

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Perfect credit, or even really good credit, opens doors for American consumers. Better interest rates on loans. Better odds of renting an apartment or landing a job. Lower insurance premiums. But how ...

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To get an 850 credit score, you’ll need accounts with a long history of on-time payments, minimal debt, diverse lines of credit, a low credit utilization ratio and few accounts opened in recent years.

A perfect credit score is a score of 850 on the FICO and VantageScore scoring models. The general rule about credit scores is that the higher your score, the better, but having a perfect credit score ...

I wasn't chasing the elusive 850 credit score, but this one easy change got me there anyway. Here's what I did. Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus on credit cards.

Some people doggedly pursue a perfect credit score: an 850. But they shouldn't. In this stock image, a bullseye is pictured. Getty Images April 13, 2014— -- There are some people in life for whom ...

Only a tiny group hits an 850 credit score. Here are four habits they share, and how you can borrow them to boost your own ...