Brenda Brown, a loan officer with more than 20 years of experience, sat down with us to answer questions about credit.

Length of credit history: "Lenders like borrowers with proven track records," so scores "consider how long your credit ...

Your credit score isn’t just a number. It’s a financial gatekeeper. It tells lenders how risky—or reliable—you are whe ...

Here’s what to know about credit scores and how to raise yours: A credit score is a three-digit number that indicates how likely you are to pay back money when you borrow it, based on your credit ...

Credit scores fall by biggest amount since the financial crisisCredit scores can be a mystery to many Americans, but they're ...

Our opinions are our own. SOME CARD INFO MAY BE OUTDATED This page includes information about the Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card, currently unavailable on NerdWallet. The ...

People with fair credit can earn 1.5% cash back on every purchase. That's the same rewards rate that the issuer offers to those with excellent credit, although this card has a fee. If you put more ...

KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of mortgage pass-through notes from GCAT 2025-NQM1 Trust, a $438.2 million non-prime RMBS transaction. The underlying collateral, comprising 764 ...