Archive for March, 2010

Credit Card Debt Counseling – Fixing A Negative Credit Score

There is an ill-fated stroke of luck and you have engrossed yourself neck-deep in less-than-perfect credit. Fixing credit appears to be the need of the moment. You need a dolphin leap to liberate yourself from the shackles associated with personal bankruptcy and you really are out of ideas. You’re loaded with financial institution notices and [...]

In seeking Credit Repair, What to Look out for In Companies

Debt Relief Service Expert Interview If you are looking into applying for your own credit card, then by now you should know that for your application to be approved without hassle, you should have a good credit report and score. Thus, if you have a bad credit report, then you may want to consider having [...]

How Recent Credit Score Changes are Affecting Borrowers

Credit score formulas have recently changed affecting the qualification of some borrowers when financing a home purchase or refinancing a mortgage. Here are the main changes: 1. Ratio of Balance to Limit The ratio of account balance to the amount of credit available appears to have more influence on the credit score formula. The less [...]

Pros and Cons of Credit Counseling Debt Relief

Credit card users may hire credit counseling debt relief companies in the effort to find a way to get out of the trap that they have found themselves to be mired in after they have accumulated a large amount of debt.  Others may be up-to-date in their payments  to the credit card companies but they [...]

FACTA and Fiction – How You Are Protected

On December of 2003, Congress signed into law the FACTA, or the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.It took until December of 2006 for FACTA to become fully effective.  The purpose of FACTA is to reduce the amount of personal confidential financial information that is generated and thereby reduce the incidence of identity theft, credit [...]