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A hard credit check is one that can negatively impact your credit score. These occur when you give a lender permission to check your credit history with the intent to open up a new line of credit. Each hard credit check can cause your score to drop by roughly 5 points and can affect your score for 6 months to a year. The hard credit pull is visible to anyone and will remain on your credit report for up to two years.
Hard credit pulls. Helpful to 145 out of 162 people. Hard pulls stay on your credit report for 2 years, but they do not affect your score after 12 months. As a practical matter, they really don't have all that much of an impact on your credit IF the rest of your profile is good. I have had 12 (you read right!) hard inquiries in the past 13 months.