A lot of homeowners have the mind set that making payments on time automatically equates to good credit and credit scores. Unfortunately, this couldn't be further from the truth. While paying your bills on time accounts for a large portion of your credit score, there's still a lot more to it. In fact, paying your bills on time only drives 1/3rd of the points in your credit score, which means that 2/3rds of your score has nothing to do with making on time payments. Five main categories (5 comments)