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Apr 4, 2014 | 11:48 am

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Originally Posted by wholeinone04

I know that closed accounts stay on your report for 7-10 years. But I don't see why they would take the age of your closed accounts into consideration. They don't take the credit limit of your closed accounts into consideration do they?

If that is true though and the age of closed accounts affects your score, won't my score be going up over the next 10 years after I close these cards since they're getting older?

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