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The Average FICO Score Drops for the First Time in Over a Decade

The Average FICO Score Drops for the First Time in Over a Decade

John Ulzheimer

By: John Ulzheimer • 5/1/24

For at least the last 19 years, the company known as FICO, my former employer and the company that invented credit scores, has published reports on average credit scores. In 2005, the... read more »

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