Why Did Your Credit Score Just Drop?

It could be a mistake — and it could cost you

Andy Spears
2 min readAug 5, 2022

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Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash

Whether we like it or not, credit scores matter. They factor into financing for houses and cars and the information on credit reports that helps make up a credit score may be used when you go to rent an apartment or even when you get insurance.

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .