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		<title>How much you owe affects your credit report score</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we alluded to in creditscore tip #2, the amounts you owe to all your creditors as a percentage of the amount of credit you have available from all your creditors is weighted about 30% of your credit report score calculation.
For example, if the borrowing limit on all your credit cards totals $20,000 and your [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we alluded to in creditscore tip #2, the amounts you owe to all your creditors as a percentage of the amount of credit you have available from all your creditors is weighted about 30% of your credit report score calculation.</p>
<p>For example, if the borrowing limit on all your credit cards totals $20,000 and your credit report shows that you currently owe $10,000 on those credit cards then your credit card utilization is 50%. Of course, the actual credit report score calculation uses all your revolving credit accounts and not just your credit card accounts. For the majority of people credit card debt is the utilization bugaboo that hammers their credit score &#8211; even when they pay their bills on time.</p>
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