There are two different ways of checking your credit score: a soft check, which is an estimate and doesn’t lower your score, and a hard check, which can hurt your credit score if you do too many in a year (often these are done through landlords or employers). Here are some tools to utilize where you can do soft credit score checks for free.
- Credit Karma
- Quizzle
- Credit Sesame
- Through credit card companies when they offer FICO score checks
- MyFico.com
- Ally bank
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