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No. Your credit score does not go up when a hard inquiry drops off your credit report. Your score will not go down when a hard inquiry drops off, either. Instead, a hard inquiry (or hard credit pull) stops having an impact on your credit score after one year, which is one year before it drops off your credit report. The impact will decrease the closer you get to the 12-month mark, too.
A hard credit inquiry, which happens when you apply for a loan or credit card, usually causes a borrower’s credit score to drop by 5-10 points. Most people’s scores bounce back within 3-6 months with responsible credit management, but it can take up to 12 months.
Multiple hard inquiries over a short period of time could do enough damage to your credit score to lower it to a different score tier. That’s why it is important to keep track of any hard inquiries on your credit report and to dispute any that appear fraudulent.
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