A good credit score can help you in buying a home, starting a business or getting a car loan. CNBC Select explains how to get started building credit.

How long you have had accounts (If you have a long history of using e.g. a store account or credit card, it will improve your ...

Credit scores are based on formulas that take multiple contributing factors into account. The time it takes to raise your credit score depends upon the reason(s) that your score is lower in the first ...

Among those with the most to gain from rent reporting are the nearly 49 million adult Americans who don't have a credit score to begin with. More than half (53%) are "credit invisible,” or have ...

1. Always pay on time. Even one late payment can hurt your score. 2. Keep balances low. Using less than 30% of your total credit limit is ideal (under 10% is even better). 3. Limit new credit ...

A strong credit score enables borrowers to secure low-interest personal loans through better negotiation, disciplined ...

Some prep work is required if you want to borrow money with bad credit Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side.