The 7 Biggest Questions About Debt Collections & Your Credit
7 facts to combat some of the fallacies that abound when it comes to collections and credit scores.
7 facts to combat some of the fallacies that abound when it comes to collections and credit scores.
Your credit report could contain certain items that may not be seriously hurting your credit scores, but can bring the mortgage process to a halt.
Do different credit card types signal different things to lenders about a cardholder's creditworthiness?"
While many reacted to last week's CFPB report with surprise that up to one in four consumer credit scores are significantly different than the ones lenders see, some of us who have advocated for years
A short sale or foreclosure on your credit report can have a negative impact, knocking as much as 160 points off your credit score.
How to "Dilute" Your Bad Credit for a Higher Score
I will be paying all of my debt off in September. Will this raise my credit score or lower it, since I have no active credit cards or loans in my name?
Last week the California legislature passed the Homeowner Bill of Rights to protect California homeowners during mortgage modification and foreclosure.
Short sales are on the rise and more and more underwater homeowners asking how their credit scores will fare after a short sale or foreclosure - and how the two outcomes compare.
How much of a negative impact can hard credit inquiries have on your credit score? A reader wrote in, asking a common question, but the impact on his score was rather extreme.