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•More Credit Score Myths
Most of us don't understand or know what makes up our credit score. Your credit score is the most important piece of information in your financial life. Landlords, lenders, insurance companies, electric companies and potential employers all have your credit score under the microscope.
With that being said, you should probably check your credit scores on a regular basis. Check it for errors, potential identity theft and improve your scores over time. The secret to a better credit score is to...
•Teens Begin Adulthood With Great Credit
Starting out in life with a good credit score will open doors for you that you can't even imagine. You'll get better jobs, live in better places, drive better cars, and best of all - the things you want will cost you far less than your poor credit friends will pay.
Why? Because when you buy on credit - such as a house or a car - you'll pay a lower interest rate than a person with poor credit.
A good credit score comes as a result of good money management, so here are some ways to get started...
•Teach your kids about sound money management
All good education begins at home, and that definitely includes education in money management. If your kids learn well, they'll reach adulthood with the ability to buy a home and begin building financial equity throughout their lives. You may have to help them get that first line of credit, because they'll have no financial history to show lenders, but from there they'll have a beautiful credit score and clear sailing.
It's a shame that schools don't include this subject, because it would...
•Hidden Credit Scores that Affect Your Life
Before you ever receive that solicitation letter from a credit card company urging you to request their card, they've been checking you out.
Naturally, they check your standard credit scores. They do want new customers who are most likely to pay their bills each month. But they don't stop there. Sometimes even people who are currently paying their bills turn to bankruptcy as a way to stop.
Thus, they'll check your bankruptcy scores. Equifax offers a score called the bankruptcy navigator...
•Credit Score 101 Do s and Dont s
A credit score is an indicator of how likely you are to default on a loan or credit card. Your credit score is determined by a combination of the following:
1. Payment History. Do you pay your bills on time? Are there recent late payments? How many times were you late? 2. Amounts owed. Are your cards maxed out? Do you have a ton of debt? 3. Length of credit history. How long have you been using credit? Have you established good credit history? 4. New Credit. Are you opening new...
•More Myths About Credit Scores
The financial crisis has underscored the need to maintain a good credit score and also know what factors have the most effect on the score. Since there is a variety of information about credit scoring, you have to know what information you're getting is actually coming from experts that are well educated and informed on how credit scoring works. Quite often, misinformation is circulated, just like urban legends about anything else. What's especially alarming is that much of this information is...
•The Job Search is Much Tougher for Consumers with Poor Credit Scores
Being jobless for many months can destroy your credit scores. Even if you manage to juggle accounts and keep paying the bills on time, using the credit cards to make up the shortfall between unemployment benefits and monthly expenses is damaging.
Worse, as too many consumers have learned, when you start using your credit cards, card issuers start lowering credit lines and raising interest rates. That's a practice that has caused many of the jobless to simply stop paying the credit card bills....
•Credit Score Repair Scams
Being in the mortgage business for the past 15 years I get worn out and beat down by fly by night credit repair companies that promise the world. I've heard everything from We can improve your buyer's credit scores by over 100 points in less than 30 days to Our credit repair company removes bankruptcies in no time at all.
With our nation's economy in the toilet, people's debt loads are on the rise. Many people are having problems just making minimum payments. Some aren't even doing that. As a...
•When should you check your credit report
? When you are preparing to make a major purchase such as a home or auto loan you should check your credit report. Your credit score is one of the most important factors lenders use in determining whether or not you get a loan. Credit scores also determine what interest rate you will get. The higher the credit score the better off you will be.
Nonetheless, if you are planning a major purchase, you should check your credit report and credit scores several months before. Make sure the...
•You Need Credit Scores With a Credit Report
I recently logged on to annualcreditreport.com to get my once a year free credit report but to my surprise there were no credit scores. In case you didn't know, everyone is entitled to their free credit report once every twelve months at http://www.annualcreditreport.com/. If you too have been there then you know that your credit report did not come with your credit scores. Just about everyone these days is looking at your credit so shouldn't you know what they are? This magical three digit...
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