By Larry Chiang
Credit scoring has a measurable benefit.

Car loans for FICO 740+ people are actually lower than 5.1%, now.
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kennethlin (@kennethlin) |
Bad credit hikes auto rates by 65 percent. cbsnews.com/news/bad-credi… via @CBSNews Another reason why credit is important.
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Translation. Your 3.5% down payment and crappy FICO get you a high mortgage rate.
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Payment, term, interest rate, net present value, future value. So, the key is that you increase FICO score to reduce R (interest rate)