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A bad score could cost you a job or a loan. That’s why it’s so important for you to understand how credit scoring works.
By Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan
Your credit score, which is based on your credit history, can have an enormous effect – positive or negative – on your life. [...]
News from KELOLAND TV:
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Lenders, employers and insurers all have your number. Your credit score follows you around and affects how much you’ll pay for a loan to whether you’ll land the job. Consumers understand a lot more about their credit score, but still not enough.
If the number is high, you’ll easily get a [...]
News from Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
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By Patricia Sabatini / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Although consumers have improved their overall knowledge about credit scores over the past year, they continue to harbor potentially costly misunderstandings, according to a just-released survey from the Consumer Federation of America.
Among the most troubling findings: A majority of consumers mistakenly believe [...]
News from Los Angeles Times:
Dear Liz: I had credit scores over 800 with no late payments ever. Unfortunately, a medical issue required me to charge $ 24,500 to a credit card. That led to a bankruptcy, which was discharged in July 2011. My scores dropped to 672, and they’re currently around 680. I’m paying [...]
News from Detroit Free Press:
Credit scores turned into one ugly number for many consumers throughout the recession — putting a halt to how much buying and borrowing consumers could do.
So it’s pretty upbeat news to hear that more consumers are edging near perfect FICO scores.
The number of consumers in the top FICO score range — [...]
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What kind of credit score do you need to qualify for a mortgage? A new survey of bank executives by the Federal Reserve provides some answers.
It’s well-known that it’s harder to get a mortgage these days than it was back in the boom days of the housing bubble, when it seemed almost anyone [...]
News from Worcester Telegram:
Despite recent signs of improvement in the economy, many consumers are being held back by low credit scores.
People who suffered through financial problems during the recession likely lowered their credit scores. Meanwhile, lenders have tightened their standards, which means a credit score that helped a consumer obtain a low-interest loan a few [...]
News from Fox Business:
Oh, the dreaded credit score.
These three numbers play an integral role in our personal and financial lives. It’s not enough that we have to keep up with three different versions that never seem to quite agree, but nowadays we must also be ready to defend our scores during a job interview.
The [...]
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