Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Can You Have A Loan Along With Your Credit Rating?

By Allie Auslander


There is so much talk in regards to credit scores and how they affect finances. If you have a great score, you have more probabilities getting that loan you need, but when your credit score is poor, your chances slide down as well.

Funding from banks have had tighter specifications since many people have been defaulting on their loans. Higher debt to income ratio can also keep you from receiving funding even with a higher credit score. Applications for loans are more scrutinized than they were even five years back.

For that reason, people are working harder at fixing their wrong financial budgets and working to create a balance between cash flow and debt. Decreasing your debt to income ratio helps to raise your credit score.

One more aspect of reversing your credit damage would be to fix any errors that you might find on there. There are certain criteria in which the credit bureau follows with the reporting and elimination of bad reports.

To start the procedure, you will want to order credit reports from each of the credit agencies; Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. You can do this online and print copies of each. Go through each one.

You are looking for any incorrect info, fraudulent charges, and highlight dates that bad reports were made. The dates are important, as negative remarks do expire. This list will give you the guidelines of when you could expect these bad reports to "fall off" your credit.

1) Personal bankruptcy - Chapter Thirteen will remain on your credit for 7 years and Chapter Seven will remain for Ten.

2) Debt that is "charged-off", which means that the creditors wrote your debt off as a loss, will remain for Seven years.

3) Selections records will remain for 7 years right after the 180 late payment date from the authentic creditor.

4) Closed accounts with bad reports will remain on your credit for Seven years, but closed accounts with out any bad remarks will remain for 10 years.

5) Property foreclosure records will remain for Seven years.

6) Inquiries to your credit score made by creditors will remain for 1-2 years, but if you made your personal inquiry, there are no negative reports.

7) Judgments made by the court will remain on your score for Seven years. This includes supporting your children, civil and small claims.

This list will provide you a great idea of when you can expect these to be off your credit report.




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