3 Steps to Improve your Credit Score

If your credit score is below 660, take these three steps now.

1. Pay every bill on time.
A late payment will instantly drag down your score. A few months history of timely payments, however, can help boost it.

2. Pay down the cards that are maxed out first.
You'll get points deducted from your score any time you charge more than 50 percent of the limit on any kind of credit card.

3. Do not cancel any credit cards.
Counterintuitive, yes. But not when you consider that one-third of your score is based on how much of the credit available to you you're actually using. Cutting up credit cards will automatically decrease the amount of credit you have available. Better to stick the cards in a drawer until your score is back on track.

By Walecia Konrad • Bankrate.com
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