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Credit rating

Hi
can anyone tell me why my credit rating has dropped every month since the COVID 19 outbreak even though I continue to make my monthly payments and have not applied for any credit or products?

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  • sourcrates
    sourcrates Posts: 31,828 Ambassador
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    Please read the stickie at the top of the forum "what your credit score really means".
    Thanks
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  • dr_adidas01
    dr_adidas01 Posts: 2,157 Forumite
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    Hi
    can anyone tell me why my credit rating has dropped every month since the COVID 19 outbreak even though I continue to make my monthly payments and have not applied for any credit or products?

    It's because that number you see means absolutely jack sh*t no lender sees it or uses it, its just a method to used by the CRA's to fish you in and make you believe its important.


    Time is a path from the past to the future and back again. The present is the crossroads of both. :cool:
  • MEM62
    MEM62 Posts: 5,351 Forumite
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    Hi
    can anyone tell me why my credit rating has dropped every month since the COVID 19 outbreak even though I continue to make my monthly payments and have not applied for any credit or products?
    Nope. And neither can the originators of the fantasy number.  
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