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Kiplinger
Kiplinger
Business
Lisa Gerstner

How to Increase Credit Scores — Fast

Strong businesswoman pull the string to make rating gauge to be excellent.

There's a secret sauce for how to increase credit scores quickly. If your credit score is in the doldrums, it pays to take a bit of time to give it a boost. If you're in the market for a loan, for example, you need your score to rise — fast.

The good news is that you might be able to give your score a quick lift, depending on why it's sagging in the first place. A large amount of credit card debt, for example, may be more easily and speedily resolved than an account that's in default.

Here are six ways to elevate your credit score, from those that can produce fast results to ones that require a slow and steady approach.

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