Brena Swanson
August 6, 2014 3:08PM
Adding in rental history to a credit score could make all the difference for potential homeowners, according to an article in Businessweek.
Experian published an analysis on almost 20,000 people in government-subsidized housing who pay their monthly rent on time. The survey found that before adding in rental history, 11% of the same had no credit file at all, which makes it extremely hard to get loans. However, once the rental history was included, 59% of that group had prime credit scores, and another 38% had “nonprime” scores, while only 3% were considered subprime.
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