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Old 04-02-2008, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ea1776 View Post
I currently have about 14K in CC debt that I'm chipping away at aggressively. The max is currently set to 17K, and I'm wondering if I should just stay put.
That's a lot different than what you said in the first post ($500 debt with a max of 10K). You need to pay that down until your balance is no more than 50% of your limit and ideally less than 30%. That's when you should see your score rise. Ultimately, of course, you want your balance to be zero.
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