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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Setting Your Priorities
Inquiries may hurt your credit score, or they may do nothing. If you are in a credit repair program there are probably bigger issues on your credit report than inquiries. Since it is best to focus on cleaning up the items that have the greatest impact, your inquiries may be left until everything else is resolved. Even then, you may decide to ignore the inquiries, but before we dismiss them altogether let’s explore a bit further.
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Two Types of Inquiries
Guaranteed Approval Credit Cards for Bad Credit
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
You can still get guaranteed approval credit cards for bad credit even though you have poor credit history. Many credit card companies provide credit cards with guaranteed approval for bad credit to help you improve your credit rating and at the same time enjoy the benefits of the credit cards. The limit for credit cards for bad credit varies from company to company. It is generally in the range between ,000 and ,000.
Application for bad credit credit cards usually does not require credit check. You are approved regardless of income or credit history. Credit cards for bad credit, however, generally have higher annual interest rates than regular credit cards. This is obviously something you should consider when selecting the best credit card for bad credit. Compare some variables such as enrolment fee, APR, credit limit, and any benefits: emergency cash transfer, extended warranty protection, etc.
7 Surefire Ways To Repair Bad Credit
Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Do you have a poor credit rating? If so, you are one of tens of thousands of Americans with the same problem. In fact, it seems that this has become a national ‘disease.’ And just what do people need that have a disease? They need a cure.
Here are some sure-fire solutions to ‘ repair bad credit ‘. Keep in mind, like most ‘diseases,’ credit repair can take some time, but complete healing is possible.
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The First Step
Easy Credit Repair
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Today, many people end up needing credit repair. How can you find reliable help? Can you repair your own credit? Yes you can, or you can use a good credit repair company. Learn how in this article to determine which is best for you.
Understanding how to remedy this situation will give you the confidence necessary to take charge! Knowledge will allow you to snatch yourself (and your checkbook!) back from the snarling creditor wolves. Remember, Little Red Riding Hood survived her wolf and you can, too!
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If you are one of the many people trying to stave off the creditor wolves (or even if you are not), just keep reading. I will explain the ins and outs of credit repair. Oftentimes, people believe there is no way out. However, I am here to tell you that you can fix your bad credit.
Credit Repair – From C to A Paper
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
If you’ve ever applied for a home loan with less than stellar credit, you know how much extra you have to pay. Even though it can take some time, credit repair is definitely worth pursuing.
Credit Scores
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When considering your application for a home loan, a financial institution looks at your credit and assigns it a score. In the industry, these scores are loosely referred to as a type of paper. The best scores equate to “A” paper, while lower scores are graded just like in school, to wit, “B”, “C”, “D” and “Oh, my god” paper. If you have “A” paper, you can expect to get the best deal, while lower grades are known as sub-prime borrowers.
Credit Repair Techniques That Work
Monday, October 17th, 2011
You might have heard of so many different methods to repair your credit rating, some work and others do not. In this article I will go over a few of the credit repair techniques that can work effectively to improve your credit rating.
The first one worth mentioning in this article would be the popular credit “dispute” or “challenge”, this method takes advantage of the fact that the credit laws allows you to challenge items on your credit report with the credit bureaus.
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By law, they have to launch an investigation into your claim and the burdens of prove falls on them. In other words they need to prove to you in some way that the item you are challenging is correct and can stay on your credit files.
Credit Score Secrets Part 3 – Credit Scoring and Your Financial History
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Your credit history affects your ability to borrow and even creeps up to attack how much money it costs you to borrow once you find yourself actually approved for something. Every creditor, lender or individual interested in someone as a prospective customer has a credit scoring system in place to use with the information you provide when submitting your application. An individual’s credit report is essential to anyone out there seeking credit and is very important to any loan officer.
Many think of credit scoring systems as very vague “Wizard of Oz” type all powerful machines which control your number at a high speed. These credit scores are based on a statistical system however and are as easy to explain as the mystical “wizard”. The systems that were created to calculate your credit score use real world data and enable the lendor or creditor to view the individual objectively.
Some of these include the number and the different types of bank accounts an individual has, outstanding debts, history of bill paying, debt to credit ratios, any collections accounts that have been brought against the individual, bankruptcies and other factors determined more by the individual and his or her financial portfolio.
By comparing the history and background of one individual against the background of thousands of other consumers with financial situations and payrates that are similar, one can better predict the outcome of a loan offer made to this individual. It is easier to predict future habits based on the person’s ability in their past and see whether it is likely that debt will be managed well and repaid in the agreed upon time.
The mathematical system used by credit scoring systems has proven to lenders that it can be a strong predictor of one’s future ability to repay their credit or debt to an individual company. The system created was designed to place more emphasis on history and less emphasis on individual statistics, which are variable.
You can request your credit report through a number of ways but it will not help if you do not have the education and knowledge in order to read it and determine what you can do to raise your own credit score. Make sure to arm yourself with the knowledge through the right book, audio tape or program and you can put your credit report to work for you and be on the path to a better credit score.
Authorized User Accounts – Still a Viable Method of Credit Repair
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
You might have heard of it, the authorized user method of credit repair. The idea is that someone that has a good credit rating will add another person to an account that has maintained a good record with each of the three credit bureaus. (Equifax, Transunion and Experian)
The result is that the account will show up on the person’s credit that was added to the account thereby boosting the individual’s score that was added. Not only will the score boost take place but now the person that was added has an account with a good history.
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This easily can add a quick 100 points to your credit score until recently…
Interested In Fast Credit Repair?
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
There are tons of credit repair companies that offer fast credit repair. More likely than not, their perception of fast may be much different than yours. I know, based on my experience in the business of credit restoration, clients usually expect their credit score to be significantly improved in a matter of days. They are usually planning to buy something on credit and they want to improve their credit standing so that they can be approved for new credit and get an acceptable interest rate.
Is Credit Piggybacking a Good Way to Raise My Credit Score?
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Credit piggybacking is using someone else’s good credit to raise your own score. It works like this: if you find yourself with a low credit score, you probably know how difficult it is to borrow money and how you are penalized by higher interest rates on borrowed money. So how do you raise your credit score quickly? Credit piggybacking. If you are made an authorized user on another’s account, one with a good credit score, your score will raise – pretty quickly – also.
This tactic has been used for quite awhile by parents that wanted to give their children a head start in building their credit history.
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