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Credit Reports and Credit Scores
November 24, 2004 What Is a Credit Report? 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 includes the following: Personal information. ... more...

Are Authorized Users at Risk?
January 6, 2003, revised April 23, 2003 "In applying for a mortgage recently, I found that the interest rate quoted was for someone with poor credit, which surprised me. I have never missed a payment on a mortgage, credit card or other debt in my life. My credit report, however, shows ... more...

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Credit Score
Credit Score A single numerical score, based on an individual's credit history, that measures that individual's credit worthiness. Credit scores are as good as the algorithm used to derive them. The most widely used credit score is called ... more...

Equal Credit Oportunity Act
Equal Credit Oportunity Act (ECOA) Is a federal law that requires lenders and other creditors to make credit equally available without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status or receipt of income from public assistance programs. ... more...

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Cheap Debt Consolidation Loans - Inexpensive Way of Winning Financial Freedom
The rising cost of living can force you sometimes to overburden your pocket with loans. It may solve financial issues for the time being but eventually then they are to be paid back. Paying the interest rate on each loan is highly expensive. But it is not a cross that you have to bear. There are ... more...

Credit Repair Companies and Credit Counseling
Let's be crystal clear, right up front. Paying someone to "fix" your credit is a waste of your time and money, since the negative issues that are temporarily removed from your file will only reappear again in a couple of months.Be careful with credit repair scams.Most "credit repair" companies ... more...

Bad Credit? Qualify Yourself For A Zero Down Mortgage Loan
I decided to write this article today after closing a home purchase loan for a couple that had some major credit issues. They got into the house with ZERO down payment, and only had to bring $600 for the closing costs. Their situation was pretty bad, Im talking about a bankruptcy 2 years ago, ... more...

The Red Flags of Getting a Home Loan
Red flags are indicators that there may be a current or future problem with the borrower or transaction. They help Underwriters isolate pertinent issues that are part of the overall loan evaluation. They are questionable items, and when there are several, they usually indicate that something is ... more...

Use the FHA Mortgage Specifically Created for Home Improvement
Almost everyone knows about FHA mortgages. They are tailor-made for first time homebuyers and others with less than perfect credit or other financial issues. You don't have to be low income or have bad credit to use FHA, but generally the loan limits prohibit high priced homes.What you may not ... more...

Joint Bank Accounts and Divorce
Here are some useful tips on joint bank accounts and divorce. If you've recently been through a divorce - or are contemplating one - you may want to look closely at issues involving joint bank accounts.Joint Bank Account: Your income, financial assets, and credit history - and your spouse's - are ... more...

Mortgage Refinancing - 7 Important Things To Keep In Mind
In today's world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed.Mortgage refinancing loans experience a boom whenever rates are low. A ... more...

Getting Approved and Using a Bad Credit Credit Card
Many consumers search specifically for a bad credit credit card, merely for the sake of easy approval and getting their hands onto unsecured credit, without first trying to resolve their bad credit issues and preventing further damage to their credit score. While there are plenty of bad credit ... more...

Personal Loans For Homeowners One Of The Numerous Rewards For Being A Homeowner
You no longer look at the pictures of homes cause you yourself bought one. Well, you know how you got that, it was a huge investment. Now that you are facing some financial issues and you are thinking of taking a loan to cope with monetary crisis. Taking loans is a growing phenomenon. And this has ... more...

Instant Loans - When Facing Unexpected Financial Rip-off
Loan borrowing process is a consumer driven phenomenon. The progression of technology has resulted in every process becoming immediate, instant and that is what the consumers expect. For such an anxious world there are instant loans.If you have emergency financial issues bothering you there is no ... more...

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