How to improve your credit score (2024)

Your credit score is incredibly useful. The better it is, the more likely it is you’ll get accepted for mortgages, credit cards and loans - and get the best deals too. The question you may be asking is how do you get that great score? In this video Amelia goes through everything you can do to get the best score you can.

W A T C H N E X T

Credit scores and credit reports explained (2024)
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TIME STAMPS

00:00 How to improve your credit score
00:36 Register to vote
01:27 Pay your bills on time
02:00 Pay off your credit card balance in full every month
02:28 Consistency is key
03:09 Keep finances separate from those with poor credit report
03:44 Don't switch your older current accounts
04:30 Too many hard credit searches can harm your score
05:10 Don't hold on to loads of credit cards you don't use
05:47 Credit utilisation - try not to spend all your available credit
06:36 Use eligibility checkers before applying
07:23 Space out your applications
08:06 Try to use credit cards for your purchases
09:49 Rent payments go towards your score
10:31 Use Experian boost for your subscriptions and regular payments

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A B O U T A N D Y

Andy Webb is a money blogger and journalist. He runs the award-winning website Be Clever With Your Cash, hosts the Cash Chats podcast, presented Channel 5’s Shop Smart Save Money and writes every month for Reader's Digest. Andy also founded the community ukmoneybloggers.com.

DISCLAIMER
Content in these videos does not constitute regulated financial advice. Any offers mentioned were correct at the time of filming.