How fast can you raise your credit score?

It may take years to fully rebuild your credit from bad to good, or excellent, depending on where you started and what your expectations are. But you can see improvement in your score within months if you make the right moves. To start, get your free personalized credit analysis from WalletHub. We’ll pinpoint the weak areas in your credit profile and give you advice on how to improve. And that will give you a sense of what kind of timeline you’re looking at.

Another thing everyone should do is place a deposit on a secured credit card. Simply having an open credit card that’s in good standing will result in positive information being added to your major credit reports each month. And that positive information will cover up past mistakes over time.