Nine Ways To Improve Your Fico Score, and Four Reasons Why You Want To

Everywhere you turn, you hear and read about FICO credit scores. Are they really that important if you're not in the market for a loan or credit card? The answer is yes: a poor score costs you more. Find out how your FICO score is calculated, what you can do to improve a less than impressive score, and how long it will take for your score to go up.