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Most of the people have a fair credit score. This happens when they are late on their loan payments or when they have never borrowed from a credit firm. Students and young employees belong to the latter category.

What is fair credit?

The term fair credit stands for financial transactions carried out between a debtor and a lender. In cases, where the debtor has had a clean credit history with no major defaults in paying the loan, the debtor will have a fair credit history. To define it, it is a quantitative value on the basis of which a person's credit ability is judged. A debtor with fair credit will have a fair credit score.

Steps to maintain a fair credit score

All borrowers will not have exemplary financial conditions and sometimes, they will need to apply for a loan. A fair credit score can still be maintained if certain simple precautions are taken. These steps are summarized below:

1. Ideally, a score between 640† and 680† is considered to be a very fair credit score. In cases of a score below 640†, the debtor might face problems in getting additional loans. A score of 680† is very recommendable and all who plan to apply for a loan, must try to keep their score somewhere around 680†.

2. People with fair credit scores, must have had made some delayed payments or defaulted one time or the other. It should be therefore, a mandatory task for these people to keep checking their credit score for any misinterpretation of their credit score, particularly after paying off their debts.

3. People with fair credit scores should always try to make final settlement of the loan amount. This would improve their credit score. The earlier they pay off their balances, the better their score will be.

4. A fair credit score can sometimes make it difficult to get additional loans, or even rent or lease an apartment. In such cases, debtors can get a co-signer who will guarantee the repayment of the loan. Providing an income statement as proof, making a large deposit than the usual amounts are some of the other ways, in which loans can be achieved.

5. Debtors should not remain satisfied with their fair credit score. While a fair credit score is not the worst of the credit scores, it is also not the best score that can make the availability of loans to be achieved easily.

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