There is also another type of postal code, the ZIP + 4 code. According to unitedstateszipcodes.org, the ZIP + 4 was established in 1983 and identifies an even more specific location within a ZIP code.

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Lenders use postcode data in different ways. Chris McDonald, an assistant general manager at Cumberland Building Society, says: 'Postcodes play no part in credit-scoring a mortgage.

What your postcode reveals about you By STEPHEN WOMACK, MAIL ON SUNDAY PERSONAL FINANCE CORRESPONDENT Updated: 04:35 EDT, 26 May 2009 ...