From: Greg Fisher [mailto:greg@creditscoring.com]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 1:20 PM
To: Whitson Gordon, editor-in-chief, Lifehacker
Cc: Dan Gilbert
Subject: credit score, inquiries, one additional inquiry may not affect a score
See this message and your response at https://blog.creditscoring.com/?p=4578. This is a question about misinformation and the speed of its reproduction and at which it is eliminated.
You published, “Another conundrum in the credit world is that each time you apply for a credit card or a loan, you credit score takes a small hit.”
However, contradicting that claim, Fair Isaac, the FICO score company states, “For many people, one additional credit inquiry (voluntary and initiated by an application for credit) may not affect their FICO score at all.”
Your article is the first and most prominent one on your home page. It is also near the top of a news search for the term credit score.
What indicates that each inquiry lowers a person’s credit score?
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Greg Fisher
The Credit Scoring Site
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