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03 Sep 2014

How soon do tradelines report?

Tradelines Facts 14 Comments

If you were to take a broad view of the overall transaction, the question “how soon tradelines report?” would be very low on a list of other questions. Some people want to know if they can add tradelines in 24-48 hours, but this is very, very rarely option. However, most people just want to know what to expect from the process.

Most importantly, there is very rarely a situation wherein a tradeline does not report within 30 days.
Secondarily, it’s more important to synchronize the time of your transaction to your circumstances, rather than the other way around.

Tradeline reporting is always the same

All tradelines – and I mean revolving credit card accounts with respect to authorized user status – have a 30-day billing cycle. At the end of the billing cycle, the credit card company collects all the data relevant to the previous 30 days and reports it to the credit bureaus. This data includes payment history, changes of address (if any), authorized user additions, etc.

Therefore, if you are added as an authorized user to a credit card, it will report to your credit report shortly after the reporting cycle ends. From this perspective, it’s most important to choose a tradeline with a statement date shortly before you need to see the tradeline on your reports.

Circumstances matter more than time

Let’s say you’re purchasing a new home in trying to obtain a mortgage. This process usually takes a few months.  Therefore, it would make no sense to purchase tradelines before you’re prepared to complete an application for a mortgage (during which time the lender will pull your credit).  The sensible thing to do, is to purchase tradelines 30 to 45 days prior to applying for the mortgage.  Since the credit score impact from the tradelines purchased decreases over time, it makes the most sense to purchase the tradelines closer to the date on which you apply for the mortgage.

Let’s take the same example (applying for a mortgage) and assume your credit suffers from substantial derogatory items.  In this case, tradelines are unlikely to help you regardless of the time that they report. Rather than buying tradelines, you will want to undergo credit repair prior to purchasing tradelines so that you receive a maximum (or actual) benefit from your purchase.  Companies that try to sell you tradelines when won’t benefit from them are not companies you want to work with.

Conclusion

Like I said earlier, there are more important questions to ask than “how soon do tradelines report?”.  For example, what are your goals, what does my current credit score look like, etc?

From there the question “how soon do tradelines report?”  answers itself.

Updated: November 10, 2021

14 thoughts on “How soon do tradelines report?”

  2. i am interested in getting some authorized user account on a regular basis for my clients that are looking to boost there credit scores to qualify for better rates on mortgages and auto loans etc can you please email me some kind of a price list or if you can give me a call we can talk. my number is
    [redacted] my name is arhur

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    1. Louise,

      No. Not at all. You would want to (if bankruptcy is your option) file for bankruptcy first. Then, thereafter, you would want to add tradelines to help re-establish your credit. Adding tradelines before a bankruptcy would be a waste of money and serve no purpose, whatsoever.

      I hope that helps.

      Thanks,

      Matias

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  6. Hi , I was wondering how I could get a trade line put on my credit card. Please email me when you get this. Thank you….

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  7. I have deragatory credit 2 repossessions because of my husband and late payments. I need to raise my credit score to get a mortgage and purchase a car. I have been renting a car for 400 a week since August.

    Please help

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