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Lessening the Impact of Bankruptcy on Your Credit
June 18, 2001, Revised November 22, 2004 To the genie who generates credit scores, all bankruptcies (and all foreclosures) have the same statistically-determined impact on credit scores. The genie never asks why a borrower went into bankruptcy or foreclosure.  Some ... more...

What Is a Credit Report?
September 10, 2003 A credit report is a report from a credit bureau containing detailed information bearing on credit-worthiness, including the individual's credit history. A typical credit report shows some personal information including social security number; current and past ... more...

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Credit Report
Credit Report A report documenting the credit history and current status of a borrower's credit standing, detailing a borrowers credit history including payment history on revolving accounts (eg. credit cards) and installment ... more...

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Discover What to do When Your Credit Worth is Damaged Due to Circumstances Out of Your Control
First of all, lets examine exactly what credit worth means and how it affects your financial life.Your credit worth, as defined by the financial industry, is the overall picture of your financial health that is used by lenders to determine your ability to repay debt. By looking at a combination of ... more...

Ten Steps To Building A Good Credit History
Are you thinking of buying a house? Do you want to buy a new car to replace that old wreck? Trying to get insurance on you home, auto, or life? In each of these situations, whats on your credit report will determine if you can get a loan or insurance and what rates youll have to pay.If youre trying ... more...

Bad Credit Repair
Building your credit after repeated interruptions is a constant headache we all want to avoid. In this article I am going to break it on down for you, since there are many sources that will take full advantage of you when the opportunity arise. If you feel bad simply because you cant meet your ... more...

Discover the Parts of a Credit Report and What They Mean
So you ordered a copy of your credit report to check for inaccuracies and get the most from your credit score. Now how do you read it? Your credit report is read and used by any number of people you deal with on a daily basis, from your landlord to your employer to a potential lender. Fortunately, ... more...

How To Read Your Credit Report
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, signed into law on Dec. 4, 2003, gives every American the right to a free credit report every year from each of the three major credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.What the law doesnt do is give every American the ability to read their ... more...

How To Dispute Your Credit Report Errors
Your credit report contains important information about you. It generally includes facts about your identification data, your bill-paying habits, inquiries and public record information.Credit bureaus compile and sell your credit information to businesses, which use it to evaluate your credit ... more...

Planning for Your Financial Future
Two heads are better than one, so sit down with your spouse and plan out your financial future together. Prioritize your bills.By determining which bills to pay in which order, you'll get in the habit of making sure your essentials are always paid first.Be careful using credit. Sometimes a ... more...

Real Estate Investing 101 Understanding the Different Types of Lenders
The changes in financing options available for residential investment properties over the last 5 years are staggering. Lenders have relaxed the credit and income guidelines for qualification that formerly deterred many would-be investors from entering the real estate. In addition, the down ... more...

How to Find the Best Adverse Credit Mortgage
Over the last ten years the availability of credit has significantly grown, resulting in a knock-on affect in the mortgage industry. Recent studies have revealed that the number of people experiencing bankruptcy have a reached an all-time high. In fact, the number of bankruptcies in 2005 had ... more...

Business Credit Scoring: Is It a Killer Application or Application Killer?
In his 1968 seminal novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur Clarke introduced HAL, a spaceship computer with artificial intelligence. Mission engineers designed HAL to carry out an array of technical orders to safeguard the ships mission. HAL operated flawlessly until it reported the failed operation ... more...

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