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Changes to Credit Reports and Scores
The new VantageScore!In recent weeks, the three national credit bureaus made the announcement they are joining forces to create a new credit score called VantageScore. As of right now, every credit bureau,...
FICO - Where It All Begins
A FICO score is a credit score representing your credit history. It is a numeric score ranging from about 300 to 850. The median score in the U.S. is approximately 725. A FICO score above 720 is deemed...
Credit Bureaus: Information You Need To Know
When you pay your credit card bills, your loan balance, or your medical bills, this information is recorded and sent to credit reporting agencies, or credit bureaus. It is their job to keep track of your...
Credit Monitoring Choices
It is known that car dealers, landlords, mortgage lenders, employers and many others do access your FICO score. Due to this it might be a brilliant idea to know your personal credit details as well. Your...
My credit was fine a week ago, now it's not - what happened?
There are a few things that can cause your credit to take a dive without you knowing it. The first is an inquiry. In this case a credit card company, utility company or mortgage company might request a look at your credit information. You might have done some work to better your rating in the last couple of months; however it takes a few more months for that information to show up. Another more obvious problem might be the failure to pay your bills on time. And lastly charge offs might be another reason for receiving bad credit. A charge off is when you didn't pay a bill, forgot to pay a bill, and it has become obvious to a company that you are never going to pay the bill. The company will write off your incompetence as a loss on their books for their taxes.
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