How Long Does Bankruptcy Stay On Your Credit Report and Rebuilding Good Credit After Bankruptcy
How long does bankruptcy stay on your credit report? Depending on what kind of bankruptcy you filed, a bankruptcy can stay on your credit report for 7 or 10 years. The longer it has been since your bankruptcy, the less your bankruptcy will affect your credit score. To see if your bankruptcy is still…
Don't Enter Credit Card Data For 'Free' Credit Report
How can you get a free copy of your credit report? Visit AnnualCreditReport.com or CreditKarma.com - any other site will likely lure you into signing up for a credit monitoring service or other services. At AnnualCreditReport.com you can get one copy of your credit report from each of the three…
Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Affects Credit Score
A landlord wants to sell her investment property and has trouble. While the property is rented, the rent does not cover the mortgage. The landlord wants to know the effect of using a deed in lieu of foreclosure on her credit score. She called the credit bureaus but could not get a direct answer…
Credit Repair Agency Scams Increase
Credit repair scams abound in economic times like these: A shaky economy, record levels of foreclosures, a rising number of bankruptcies, credit card delinquencies, and late mortgage payments. Repairing bad credit takes more than paying a $1,000 fee. Beware of those promising to repair your credit…
Don't Pay For Your Credit Report
You can get a free copy of your credit report each year. President Bush signed legislation that required each of the three major credit reporting bureaus, Experian, Equifax, and Trans-union to give you a free copy of your credit report each year. Ilyce Glink tells you how to get a free credit report…
What's my house worth? How much could we sell our home for? If you're asking questions about your home's value, here's how to figure it out. You can use web sites to determine your home's value.
Have you checked your credit report recently? If you haven't, you might want to sooner rather than later. A new report says nearly 80 percent of all credit reports contain mistakes.
Credit Score Reporting Options
Under a law passed by the California legislature, all consumers must be given access to their credit scores by July 1, 2001. The other two credit reporting bureaus, Experian and Trans-Union, have said they will make available to consumers their own credit scores, which are not based on the FICO…
