Mortgage

An Introduction To A Home Repair Grant

What is a Home Repair Grant? Home repair grants are a way for people to pay for home repairs that may otherwise remain unfixed. Home repair grants can bring electric wiring up to code, repair or replace septic systems, and add energy saving features such as insulation and storm windows. Home repair grants are available from a variety of sources,…

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Credit

What To Do About Negative Information In Your Credit Report

Negative information concerning your use of credit can be kept in your credit report for seven years. A bankruptcy can be kept for 10 years, and unpaid tax liens for 15 years. Information about a lawsuit or an unpaid judgment against you can be reported for seven years or until the statute of limitations runs out, whichever is longer. Inquiries…

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Credit

Choose Your Credit Repair Company With Caution

Almost everyone has some kind of debt. Most people have credit cards, student loans, a mortgage, or car payments. Your timeliness in paying off these loans make up your credit history, something that people usually don’t think about until it’s too late and you are declined on an application. Your credit history is an important tool in maintaining your financial…

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Wealth Building

Credit Consolidation Could Help Your Credit Situation

Credit counseling services have acquitted a stigma in the United States. To blame for this negative perspective on these services rests on those credit repair counselors who have deceived and misled their clients. General advice is that you should repair your credit on your own if you can. Do not visit a credit repair counselor if you can avoid it,…

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Credit

Some Steps Towards Credit Repair

Credit is an essential tool to most people’s lives. A good credit rating allows for many things that we take for granted: having a credit card, being able to rent property, qualifying for in-store financing etc. . . If you fail to make payments towards a creditor this will affect your credit report collected by your credit bureau, and will…

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Credit

Do It Yourself Credit Repair

Good credit is key to economic success. You may not give to much thought to your credit report, but good credit lets you do a lot of things that most people take for granted: get a credit card, rental a car, obtain a loan, or even get an apartment. Missed payments to a creditor, or defaulting on a loan altogether,…

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Mortgage

Understanding Credit Scores And Repairs

If you are applying for a mortgage, you’re going to have to deal with credit scores. Here’s a primer on credit scores and methods for improving them. Credit Report Step one in the process is making sure that you have a current copy of your credit report. Congress recently amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act so that consumers may now…

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Credit

Credit Repair A Chance For Much Needed Redemption

There are many actions that you can defend by saying “oh, I was just young and foolish then,” but when talking about credit this will only get you sympathy from friends. You can pay dearly for foolish financial decisions and laziness for years after you were “young and foolish,” keeping many people from realizing their full potential financially for so…

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Credit

What Is The Credit Repair Organizations Act

By law, credit repair organizations must give you a copy of the “Consumer Credit File Rights Under State and Federal Law” before you sign a contract. They also must give you a written contract that spells out your rights and obligations. Read these documents before you sign anything. The law contains specific protections for you. For example, a credit repair…

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