Being able to improve your credit score from good/very good (670-799) up to excellent (800 and over) can have a major impact on your ability to secure a mortgage or car loan at an interest rate that won’t cripple your monthly budget.
Getting there requires, among other things, shrewdly managing your existing debt and working to reduce your debt load. An excellent tool in this regard is a credit card with a strong introductory balance transfer offer. The right card will allow to transfer your balance and pay 0% APR on the transferred amount, thereby saving you from accruing interest and. Additionally, assuming you opened a new card to take advantage of such an offer, you’ll also improve your credit utilization.
Bottom line: 0% percent interest will put you in a much better position to pay down the premium during the promotional period.
You want a card that offers the 0% APR for as long as possible and one that charges a low (ideally $0) balance transfer fee. You will also be looking for a card that has a low annual fee, a reasonable standards APR and that will fit long-term into your credit card plans.
Our editors have compiled a list of balance transfer credit cards for people with good credit.
