Weekend Reading: August 24, 2008
I’m going to keep this round up nice and short since my family isn’t doing so well with cold and fever running rampant ... closer before forming your opinion. Credit Report Versus Credit Score at Free From Broke – A nice primer that distinguishes credit report from credit score. 4 Things That We Can Do to Fix Our National [more...]
Date: 2008-08-24 04:31:38
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How To Fix Your Credit Score
One of ten Americans face the problem of having terrible credit scores or credit reports. If your one of them and are searching for a program to repair your credit, and are a few good solutions for you to look into. Post Excerpt from: BecomingWhoYouWantToBe . Click "read article" to see complete version. Looking for more information on business, success and careers? Visit our affiliate sites: Health Wealth & Happiness and Finding My Passion in Life . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-21 21:35:41
If It's My Credit Report, Why Can't I Fix It Or Always Have It For Free?
For all the concerns people have about internet search, privacy and "all that info Google knows about us," ... -- it's just some company that chooses to report my credit history without my consent or cooperation. Nevertheless ... , to see the actual number listed, I'd need to request a copy of my credit report, and that would [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 18:34:10
Recognizing a Credit Repair Scam
by David Wada Companies target consumers with poor credit histories all the time, making promises to fix their credit report so they can get their dream car, a bigger home, health ... is, these companies cannot deliver an improved credit report using the ‘unique’ tactics they promote [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:06:09
Time For the Experian Credit Check
You get a free credit report once a year from http://www.annualcreditreport.com ... . I just ran my Experian Credit Check and they had 3 minor errors. So I’m off to dispute them now. My credit report will still be horrible after the two fixes but it’s just nice to limit the damage as much [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 01:47:49
Credit Repair Agencies - is it a scam ?
It is important to have a good credit history in difficult economy. It is especially important if you are buying or refinancing a house ... fix for creditworthiness. You can improve your credit report legitimately, but it takes time ... is that negative, yet legitimate info can stay on your credit report for 7-10 years, under federal law [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:36:53
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 ... of finding errors is high. In fact, one in four credit reports contain errors. These include data entry ... on credit card debt, so want to feel very certain that you're going to pay them back before they [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 04:55:48
Thinking of credit repair? Think twice
You’ve probably heard ads promising to fix bad credit ... that deceptively claim they can remove negative information from consumers’ credit reports, even ... to the FTC’s brochure titled Credit Repair: How to Help Yourself, here’s how to tell if the company [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 12:06:26
Is Credit Repair for you?
My take on credit repair is this: there’s no quick fix solution and those who say differently are selling something ... on your credit report, whether valid or not, or creating a new credit profile It is important ... . It takes time, a conscious effort, and a serious personal repayment plan to increase your credit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 12:46:32
Fix Your Life In 2009
24 ways to fix your life in 2009 From credit reports to skin care and college tuition to high heels, it’s all here. Friday, January 02, 2009Whew!Last year at this time, we were wondering if it could get any worse.It did. Trouble in the subprime market exploded into an across-the-board rout. The credit crunch evolved into a global financial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:44:41
Becoming a Subprime Society
From MarketWatch: Foreclosures could top 8 million: ... to a recent report. Credit Suisse’s fixed-income research team forecast that 8.1 million mortgages ... Credit Suisse More than 8 million mortgages could go into foreclosure in coming years in the wake [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 11:35:04
All You Wanted to Know of Bad Credit
Martin Henderson is in a fix these days. Because of his failure to repay a loan he had taken a few years back, ... . If not, then they report the matter to the credit reference agencies. Credit reference agencies ... he has been adjudged as a bad credit case. And, in spite of much effort, he has not been able [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:58:12
Considering Credit Counseling?
by Rob Kosberg Although repairing your own credit is highly recommended, it is sometimes beyond what you believe to be our capability ... questions. You’re going to want to find out how the process may affect your credit report, debt ... you will find an abundance of agencies with magical sounding claims about fixing your credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:38:53
Fix Your Bad Credit
Lately, have you heard from a friend or from a family member that nowadays, ... points or more in their credit scores as reported by each of the three major credit bureaus. 54 ... it's pretty much alarming that there are already a numerous cases of bad credit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 14:03:00
Random Weekend Reader
SINCE I’M BROKE and the economy has been tanking I’ve been perusing a lot of economics blogs ... , ways to avoid medical bankruptcy, and how to write letters to fix your credit report. Cons: many [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 00:46:18
How to Fix Bad Credit and Reduce Stress
All of us have made financial mistakes at one point or another; after all, we are only human. However, the trick here is to not live with the problems that come along when you have bad credit any longer than necessary.All information, regardless if it is good or bad, will stay on your credit report ... [more...]
Date: 2009-09-27 19:17:09
Update: who is going into foreclosure?
How do we help people in foreclosure? Or, is the question still, do we help people in foreclosure ... delinquent again within 10 months, according to a Credit Suisse report. A couple of disturbing numbers ... has proved hard to fix: Falling home prices: More than 23 percent of home owners with a mortgage owe [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 13:41:47
Alaska News Nightly: October 22, 2008
Aleutian waters may have claimed 11 lives and a 92-foot fishing vessel overnight. Search teams have found debris and a body, but no survivors so far ... t meet its credit guidelines. In Juneau, some home buyers can’t get credit and that’s hurting the real estate industry and others. Department of Law to report on fuel price-fixing investigation Dave [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 01:55:34
All About Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Known As CMOs.
By Marcel Ford In much of this unique world of financial instruments such as MTNs, CMOs and BGs, ... declining market. This is a portion of a detailed eighteen page report covering every aspect ... and notable yield advantages over other better known fixed-income securities of comparable credit quality [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 06:02:03
Information trickle down
UPDATE: 7:45PM NZDT:ODT reporting:ANZ and National Bank have announced they are dropping their fixed-term mortgage rates ahead of the next Official ... fall in line with what the RBNZ does on 29 January.-- UPDATE ENDS RNZ reporting that the S&P credit rating downgrade has affected our dollar. I have always said that credit rating agencies will trigger [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 22:43:00
Should a Venture Capitalist be Head of the SBA?
I was starting to get really impressed with President Elect Obama’s cabinet choices ... doesn’t provide credit access to enough small businesses. So my question is: how will we fix ... States, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 04:43:15
Recession Gets Worse - The Fix Won’t Kill Ya
Recessions have a ripple effect on countries. Problems that start in one sector quickly spread to another ... and the real estate bubble, is now affecting job (the highest unemployment level in 16 years), credit ... released a report today highlighting the crisis. Here’s the key finding: Nationally, to maintain [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:08:39
MortgageNewsClips: Catching Fraud, HSH on Fixed Rate, Super Human, Stephanie Pomboy, Reverses Go Live, Tom Brown, Mod Section 6 links, FDIC Highlights, Accounting
Discussing Loan Reviews with Andy Hall - John Clapp - MortgageOrb chats with Andy Hall, ... that it will take consumers at least five years - and probably more - to recover from the credit crisis ... Oversight Panel’s First Report: Unfortunately, Just What We Expected Elizabeth Warren seems determined [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 12:53:02
Posts about Condo Reports as of January 14, 2009
Rockwell Village: Wrong Project, Wrong time. Wrong Market. - ocono ... to hide away while they rehabilitate their credit report. Enter … to a market that just doesn’t exist ... .com 01/13/2009 Sarcasm Shooter set to Kill: One thing that will certainly fix our ailing economy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:24:37
Security Vulnerability Found in Safari RSS
Security Vulnerability Found in Safari RSS Tuesday January 13, 2009 12:10 PM EST Written by Eric Slivka ... browser until Apple issues a patch. Mastenbrook, who has received credit from Apple for reporting a number of security issues over the past year, says that Apple has not given a timeframe for a fix [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:10:59
Finance - Books on Personal Loans
by Jorg Maurer Personal loans and all the terminology that goes with it can make your head spin after awhile ... issues including fixing up homes, then this book will give you calibre information in both areas ... , there have been a couple of which yield we report upon how to compensate off debt, together with credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:40:29
Islamic Bonds Issuance Suffered Drop of 56 Percent in 2008, Following Confusion Over Shariah Laws, Impact of Credit Crunch
The value of Sukuk, or islamic fixed-income securities, issued last year tumbled 56 percent last year to $14.9 billion, according to a report by Standard and Poor's. Sukuk have emerged over the past three ... from the fallout in global credit markets, the increase in borrowing costs and the subsequent [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:41:20
Fixing the Unemployment Outlook
by The Mogambo Guru Mish Shedlock at globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com has looked at the latest Z1 Flow of Funds report, and found that "$7 ... !), PLUS give me a tax credit (which is cash in my pocket!) for, oh, say, 10% of what I spent, as a sort [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 20:04:08
Britain fails the Crockery Shop Rule in Iraq
There are various versions of the Crockery Shop (or Pottery Barn) test but the essence is: If you break it, you own it ... , credit should go to President Bush for rejecting two years ago the report by the bipartisan Iraq Study ... had entered Iraq we had a responsibility to fix the chaos that ensued. Portillomichaelst Former [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 07:13:00
Toyota: Credit Not Responsible For Current Sales Slump, But Please Hurry Up And Fix! [Toyota Sales]
Jim Lentz, Toyota's US sales chief, told the Detroit News yesterday that consumer financing isn't their challenge right now; rather, ... out of showrooms. As the report notes, though, consumer confidence isn't an easy ship to right once it begins ... are visiting his showroom just to look around, convinced that they're not able to obtain a loan. "Many [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 14:00:00
Don't Blame the Internet
Credit: Technology ReviewLast year, after the social-networking site MySpace found that its members included some 29,000 registered sex offenders, the nation's top state prosecutors demanded a technological fix, asking that the industry "explore ... to any significant degree," says the report, written by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:44:00
No Costs Are Fixed
My first year in business was bewildering. The various services necessary to run a business took some effort to figure out and pull off at the right time. Insurance, credit card processors, telephone and Internet, payroll and accounting, and even ... guys handled. A smart company has IT report to finance because techies are like kids in a candy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00
Credit repair DIY: fix errors on your credit reports
Under federal law, consumers can challenge inaccurate information on credit reports and other consumer reports (such as tenant screening reports). It is free, usually quick, and relatively painless. Plus, there are a lot of great how-to guides on the web. I have mentioned the FTC guides before. The excellent Building a Better Credit Report [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 20:29:06
How to Write Letters to Fix Your Credit Report
Credit letters While I went through bankruptcy, I forced myself to understand what impact the credit score and report had on my life ... my report that shouldn’t have been there. Cic also has a interesting write up on the ‘secrets ... ) for contacting debt collectors and original collectors. Credit Reporting agency Dispute letter (though [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 19:56:17
Best Credit Repair - Outdated Credit Fixing Techniques
Having bad credit report affects you in all financial aspects of your life, there is strongest reasons then, justifying a credit fixing as soon as you can, you will get the benefits of lower interest rates on all kind of loans you apply for. However, there some important points to take in consideration when you ... [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 19:00:59
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