Your credit score is based on information provided to credit reporting agencies from credit card companies, banks, and other creditors, such as your mortgage holder. The range of the score from the top credit reporting agencies is between 300 and 850. (VantageScore 2.0 scores run between 501 and 990.) A good goal when working toward an excellent credit score is somewhere in the 700s. After working hard to decrease debt and improve your credit score, the last thing you want is to slip … [Read more...]