Rapid Credit Rescoring - What it Can and Cannot Do For Your Score

by Cliff Pape Too many people have been losing loans or just paying too much interest because of some inaccurate information that has been reported ... to repair (or restore, or whatever you want to call it) your credit FIRST because the services require ... by the credit bureau on their credit report. You may be able to get your credit score recalculated [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:15:40

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Take A Peek At My Lending Tree Home Refinance Offers

Here’s a sneak peek at some that were offered to me when I signed up on their website ... on your credit report, obtaining your score only. This shouldn’t lower your credit score, so don’t worry ... % 0 0% $0 To be perfectly honest, I’m not that impressed! I plan to check with some local banks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:48:36

Revolving Account

A revolving account is an account where you are given a certain credit limit and you make monthly payments based on how much you borrowed that month ... at 1-800-508-0041. We provide low cost legal representation in disputing inaccuracies on your credit report ... important to monitor your credit report for errors. Remember the higher your score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 02:45:32

Check Credit.

In my opinion, owning credit cards are advantageous in these difficult economic times..but ONLY if you are a responsible and disciplined user ... or loan makers, there’s this site that can help you know your score. This credit report is based ... transaction that involves credit activities. At checkcredit.pro, you’d be able to request instant [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 10:11:14

5 Factors Affecting Your Credit Score

Here’s the bottom line. I'm told all the time: “I PAY MY BILLS ON TIME, BUT MY PEOPLE SAY MY CREDIT STINKS ... as a roadmap to building a good credit report. Here are 5 factors impacting your credit score ... is positive, rather than a concentration in credit cards only. 5. Inquiries have a 10 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:53:07

12 Common Credit Report Myths

12 Common Credit Report Myths In these troubled economic times, when discussing Newport Beach Real Estate with customers, ... . Bad news comes off in seven years. 12. I can always pay someone to fix or repair my credit ... the topic turns to loans, which of course, turns into a conversation about credit scores. Banks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 00:29:45

Fixing Your Credit Is Not A Guessing Game

confused If you have bad credit, correcting the problem may feel like an overwhelming task ... aspect of your report. The credit score shows your report on a continuum that usually ranges ... . Understanding what happened, how it impacted your credit, and eventually improving your credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 11:00:35

Totally Free Credit Report

While we were out at the mall, I can’t seem to count how many credit card agents handed me their flyers and leaflets plus asking me if wanted to get ... on to pay! But what’s good in getting credit cards now are the additional perks that they offer to new clients like totally free credit report and the immediate response to one’s running credit score [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 23:11:25

Your Free Credit Report Explained

Your Free Credit Report Explained January 11th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed Would you say you know all different aspects involved in a credit ... and bad credit score loan lenders recommendation respec ... of an emergency or something unexpected. Borrowers trying to get a loan are checked against their credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:52:29

Read Professional Tips - Car Finance Loan

There are varieties of auto finance. Anyway in most of them it is a common thing that if a person has some money for the down payment ... out his credit report first of all. Actually the credit report plays a big role in getting a better deal, which means the loan on a reasonable rate of interest. A bad credit score puts the borrower [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 22:26:48

Regularly Checking your Credit Score is Vital

In these financial times which are clearly tumultuous and tight, ... and credit score on a regular basis. This statement is more true today than ever before, because ... on your credit score and report. What most people are completely unaware of is the fact that no one is going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:15:59

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is an individual’s legally declared inability to pay back debt owed to creditors. There are several different types of bankruptcies ... not require you to liquidate your assets. How does bankruptcy affect my credit and credit score? Bankruptcy does not look very favorable on your credit report and should be considered a last resort [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 03:00:27

Latest News in Credit Repair and Credit Score - Dec 03, 2008

Bad Credit ? Should I Hire a ‘Credit Repair’ Company? - Austin Chronicle 2 Dec 2008 at 2:26am Having bad credit is never really a good thing ... not be in … Economic Survival 101: How do I improve my credit report? - HamptonRoads.com 26 Nov 2008 at 7:36pm FICO is short for the credit score system offered by Fair Isaac Corp., the company [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 14:12:54

FICO Toolkit for 50% Off

We wanted to share with our readers a great deal on learning about your FICO score and helping to get out of debt. Not sure what your FICO score is? ... is some of what it offers: Action Plan personalized to your credit report and goals 3 Credit Reports (from all three ... which cards to pay off first, etc. Fairness - It checks the fairness of rates to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:02:07

How Women Can Fix Their Credit Before Applying for a Job: Part 2 — Debt and Budgeting

a guest post by Michelle Dunn (www.bizchicksrule.com) ... I ran into a bad situation and turned to a credit counseling service that was a scam and I spent money ... — Earlier today, we talked about credit reports and credit scores. Now, let’s talk about managing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 16:25:41

Are You On The Credit Bureau's Blacklist?

By John Rasor your credit scores are not based on personal information like race, sex, or national origin ... report make up your credit score. Pretend for a moment that you are an underwriter working through ... , and deserve this loan, right? Could you be on the credit bureaus blacklist? Since [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:07:07

Setting Long-Term Goals and Getting There after College

by Landon McGehee I had a relative graduate from college recently, ... . 1. Know your credit score. You will have a credit report once you borrow money from a lender or have a creditor that reports to one of the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 19:53:11

A Guide to Repairing Your Credit Score

by Mary Bush In the United States, as well as many other countries, there are laws in place allowing people to mount disputes regarding their credit reports if discrepancies are found. This can salvage your credit score, which is largely based on the results of one’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:35:57

Free Credit Report

With all the previous talks about financial freedom, even taking steps towards being free of debts, ... free credit report. This will enable you to get hold of what your running credit score is and allow ... and get started. It is always best to choose a free credit score than to have to pay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:32:07

New Year, Better Credit Score: Post 3

stockxpertcom_id12723501_size0-743295.jpg So FICO has branded you with a not-so-desirable credit score and you have made the resolution to bring ... month.  Remember also, not all debt is bad.  Items like mortgages and car loans on your credit report ... and see if they will take the late payment off so it doesn’t show up on your credit report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:55:57

Your Credit Score, Your Sanity

I decided to sign up for credit monitoring at www.myfico ... that paying off a collection account will not remove it from your credit report. It will stay ... from your credit report. If the debt has gone unpaid for 7 years, then it can no longer legally remain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 02:41:50

Is Your Credit Score Costing You Money?

Most of us want a good credit report to obtain automobile financing, credit cards, and to purchase a home ... you know that your credit history can keep you from getting utility connections, good telephone rates, the best auto ... owners’ insurance, auto, and life insurance companies set minimum credit standards for their policy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 04:11:53

Saving your credit and credit scores

I have blogged about my experiences with American Express and their systematic reductions in my credit lines ... as “closed as consumer’s request”)  which would have locked in the higher credit limit on the credit report. Canceling a card with a good history will impact your credit, but being at 99-100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:51:28

The Daily Poverty Post.

First of all, isn’t it funny that when conjuring the telephone, we think of the above? ... , this safe site will provide you with one free FICO score and credit report every 12 months — ... out how to call your credit card company to renegotiate your interest rate! Before we begin [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 17:33:45

Real Estate investing and bad credit reports

by Doc Schmyz In today’s world our credit score is everything. Creditors and bankers approve or disapprove loans based on your credit worthiness ... . You will be able to pay your bills on time. Having bad credit can reduce the opportunities of things. You may get approved for a loan or for a credit card but with a higher interest rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:40:09

Credit information

  The Trump Blog, I thought the information in Trump’s blog would be worthy to share with you ... It is said that inquiries can cost you 3-5 points each time your report is pulled.  If your credit score i ... much of a risk you really are is by using a mysterious number we all know as a credit score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:20:37

Bad Credit Repair Guides

Thursday, October 30, 2008 Do you often rejected in applying for loan because of your bad credit record? ... struggling, the bad records of our late payments and other kind of negative reports will hurt our credit ... score for some points. If you have no any idea on how to obtain those credit reports [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 07:29:00

Free Credit Report

I was surprised to find out a while ago that a good portion of Americans did not know they could view their credit report ... of these and it starts to bring your score down. Now, it would be wise for you to monitor all 3 credit ... and they go on to the subject of financing and he asked him what his credit was like, he looked [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 04:27:55

Free Credit Report

How many debts do you have now? Do you have one, two or three kinds of debt? Or even more than that? ... quickly and easily as well as remove credit report errors. As soon as we get that status, we can improve ... our credit score but also close our chances to get more loans again in the future. What I have mentioned [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:18:11

Crime-Ridden Apartments, Credit Reports and Cops

If you haven't carefully checked the fine print in the city's proposed high-crime apartment ordinance, ... better credit score than anyone forced to rent in one of Dallas' more dangerous apartment houses. Kathy ... will be required to collect credit reports on future tenants and make those reports available on demand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 23:55:06

Credit Score Rating Scale

by William Blake The credit score rating scale is a confusing numeric system to understand ... will look into. If you have too many credit applications made, this will look bad on your report ... . There are places that will offer free credit counseling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:14:59

Did Racism Help Cause the Mortgage Crisis? The Bubble Bursts

Carter Glass In 1997 the FDIC published an imaginary interview with Carter Glass that predicted what would occur with the repeal of the ... . Yet data from a 2002 Fannie Mae report dispels this notion. It found: Credit quality alone therefore ... of credit scores is one of the most widely-used sources. Authors Rick Brooks and Ruth Simon reported [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 00:20:33

Increase Your Credit Score - Use It or Lose It!

In case you did not know, I am a huge Dave Ramsey fan. This guy simply understands what it takes to truly become debt free ... not qualify for financing. I understand how the credit reporting bureaus calculate your credit ... and then pay these guys once a month. Not a bad deal….. That is until we were denied credit! Let [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:44:16

Understanding Credit Repair

If you want to repair credit scores and open up more doors for your future, here are four relatively simple ways to approach credit report repair ... the claims by sending a letter to the credit bureau. Secondly, you should begin paying down your debts to repair credit history. Although it certainly helps, it doesn’t have as much impact as paying [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 00:28:43

I went ahead...

... and got my Equifax report and the tax software tonight.I will kick myself if a reader out there knows how to get the credit score for free! ... . Not bad. The credit score was $23.95. I may not get it every year now unless ... I just had time at the computer and I was curious.My score is 811 !Here are the last 6 years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:25:00

Subprime Credit Card

by Dan Moskel A sub prime card was designed for those with a low credit score ... out of your card on your credit you should try to keep the balance at roughly 20% of your available credit ... , and charge offs on their credit report. Every card does have different approval requirements but will give [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:36:06

How to improve your Credit

Credit Score is the method used by financial institutes to measure your financial health at a specific point in time. It indicates the risk you represent for lenders, compared with other consumers. In Canada, credit history is recorded in files maintained by at least one of Canada’s three major credit-reporting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 12:43:21

Buy Amway Products, Get Drink, Play Pool. And They Take Away Your Credit Cards.

Wired, reports that a credit card company has come under fire and FTC investigation for “behavioral scoring”: reducing credit limits for people who use a variety of services. These services included, “Direct ... counselors, automobile tire retreading and repair shops, bars and night clubs, pool and billiard [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 16:12:59

How Credit Repair Process Works

If you want to repair credit scores and open up more doors for your future, here are four relatively simple ways to approach credit report repair ... the claims by sending a letter to the credit bureau. Secondly, you should begin paying down your debts to repair credit history. This won’t make as great an impact as paying monthly bills on time [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 08:40:45

Credit Karma Uses Ad Model to Provide Free Credit Information

According to the 2007 Online Banking Report, approximately one in three US adult consumers monitors or checks their credit score in some form or ... the score is usually only free if you enroll in a credit monitoring service. In this margin-rich industry ... . FreeCreditReport.com and TrueCredit.com, the consumer direct sites of Experian and TransUnion [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:39:56

Credit Repair Scheme Promises Fast Score Increases But May Be Illegal

Establishing a good FICO credit score isn’t all that difficult; all you have to do is pay your bills on time ... to wipe out a judgment or a bankruptcy from your credit report. Most consumers, understandably, would rather not wait that long and there is not shortage of companies that promise to repair credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:18:32

Credit Repair In Four Easy Steps

If you want to repair credit scores and open up more doors for your future, here are four relatively simple ways to approach credit report repair ... by sending a letter to the credit bureau. Secondly, you should begin paying down your debts to repair credit history. This won’t make as great an impact as paying monthly bills on time [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 12:15:18

Beware of Credit Repair Scams

2009 may go down as the year when more Americans resolve to fix their credit than at any time in history – because high scores are now a requisite ... errors from your credit report. But at a hefty price for something you can do yourself. Others ... and paid them before they showed you results, call the FTC at 877-FTC-HELP and report them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:55:48

Catching Up

So.  I should really go over what I have accomplished last year (and this year, to date) in my quest to become debt-free. I managed to totally clear up my credit card debt, and, to my surprise, when I sent for my free annual credit reports, and ordered my FICO scores, I found that it had improved, over the time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:41:49

Houses, Credit Reports, Lenders….ACK!

Wondering about buying your first home? Are you ready to move up or down-size? Have you heard they aren’t making loans any more? ... gift’ you cash for a down payment. AND *You don’t need stellar credit with FHA loans! Bad things ... your needs. *Good credit; your credit score needs to be 620 or higher, in most but not all cases. FHA [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 12:00:06

Latest News in Credit Repair and Credit Score - Dec 24, 2008

Saving American economy from ‘Joe the Debtor’ - New Haven Register 24 Dec 2008 at 3: ... s overall score if a manager or employee attends a food safety course approved by the … Your credit report ... . Despite a decent job, homeownership and a good credit rating … Area restaurant ratings - Kinston Free [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 17:14:31

Credit Repair After Bankruptcy

by Matt Douglas If you have a bankruptcy on your credit report you probably feel like there is no way to escape a low score ... is accurate. Often people are concerned with the legality of credit repair, and you should ... when they investigate a dispute, thus the listing will not be verified. The Fair Credit Reporting Act says [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 10:12:42

Credit Repair In 4 Easy Steps

Credit Repair In 4 Easy Steps November 22nd, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed If you want to repair credit scores and open up more doors for your future, here are four relatively simple ways to approach credit report repair. First ... your credit overnight if you catch them and take action to dispute the claims by sending a letter [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 03:12:02

Stopping Foreclosure Through Lender Mediation

by Tomasheus Privetsky You’ve had more than your share of difficulties in the last few months ... A Workout Of Your Loan If you have missed a few payments, your credit score will drop dramatically; once this data is on your credit report, it will be difficult if not impossible to get a new loan [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 22:27:21

What You Can Do To Keep Your Credit Score Afloat

Are you ready for a fresh financial start this year? Here are a few easy ways to spring clean your credit score, and begin today to pay down your debt. Order a copy of your credit report. Consumers have access to one free copy per year from the three [more...]

Date: 2008-04-29 21:58:58

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