J.R. Whalen
speaker
37,077 appearances
1,141 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2017
last heard Jan 2025
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Financial planner Stephanie Genkin is back with us and lays out what you can expect when trying to increase your score, starting with a situation like Aqua's.
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Stephanie, a moment ago, we heard from Aqua, who would like to improve her score to 750.
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That'd be a roughly 130-point boost.
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How long could it take to build up a score by 100 points?
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If somebody misses a payment along the way or they slip up, what should they do?
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If someone wants to plan out how to raise their score over the course of the year, how could they approach that?
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So how does the system work?
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If somebody is making these changes, how long until they could see results in their score?
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So raising your credit score isn't a sprint.
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It's a marathon to explore what could be holding you back from improving your score.
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I spoke to my colleague Amani Moise.
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She's a personal finance reporter and has written a lot about the credit industry.
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About how long do you have to make payments and make a pattern of payments to have a positive impact on your credit score?
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What can someone do to monitor their credit score over the course of the year?
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And remember what Stephanie Genkin told us earlier in the episode.
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Your credit score isn't going to shoot up overnight.
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But you do have the power to boost your number by creating a plan and making some changes along the way.
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That's it for part one of this special series from Your Money Briefing.
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Join us tomorrow when we'll hear about another 2025 resolution you might have on your list.
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And we'll get answers from a career coach about strategies to land that dream job.
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