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agree with edchinese that you shouldn't cancel your card if you have plan to apply loans. however the reason is a little different:
) d) W1 ^$ N! ^+ q4 T% `the fact is, there is one thing called credit score that everyone of us, and it is calculated by credit bureau. the formula to calculate credit score is very complicated however one of the factor is your open credit line, means how much credit line you have in total and how much of it is being used. usually the higher the open credit line the higher the credit score, and the higher credit score the cheaper the load you can get (means lower interest rate).
6 F0 u- p: i, |, _( ^5 gso if you now have say 5 credit card with average credit limit to be 5000 dollars, then your total availabe credit is 25K, then there is 2000 dollars is being used then your open credit line is 23K, however if you closed two of those card, then suddenly your open credit line will drop to 13K, that alone may bring down your credit score by 10 or 20 points.
* W6 [( V1 d6 E* s; n5 \! {of course it is not saying the more card you have is better, becasue there is another factor in the credit score calculation that balance that, that is your debit ratio, which means how much credit limit do you have and what is the percentage it is compare to your income. one general rule of thumb for the bank to decide to approve a big loan or not is your debit ratio can not exceed 40% of your gross income. ! a# m1 V/ f; H, f% i; Q/ n; ~
for example, if your gross monthly income (before tax) is $5000, then 40% of it is $2000. then all your outstanding loan's monthly payment can not exceed $2000. your outstanding loans means your mortgage, car loan, credit card monthly minimum due etc. |
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