Mar
15
Aaron asked:
So for five years or so I was really broke and I’ve accumulated a lot of small old bills. Nothing really big, $100 here, $300 there, all told it’s under $5000, which I realize is not much compared to folks that have a ton of credit card debt, of which I have none.
So for five years or so I was really broke and I’ve accumulated a lot of small old bills. Nothing really big, $100 here, $300 there, all told it’s under $5000, which I realize is not much compared to folks that have a ton of credit card debt, of which I have none.
I have a good job now and I’m able to cover all of my living expenses, but I can’t generate any extra money to take care of these little bills all over. I don’t want to declare bankruptcy, but I really want to improve my credit rating and find some way of dealing with these bills. Are there any services out there to help a person in my situation? Any input is greatly appreciated.
Jose
Mar
11
To improve your Credit Rating
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rickymartyn asked:
A credit rating is a judgment of worthiness of an individual or customer. It is based on the history of repayments, borrowing money, assets available and liabilities. When the individual lend money from the lenders the report goes in the financial bureau with constant updates on the status about your account, address since last time which you applied for credit. There are three lender agencies which go in order to acquire an individual or corporation responsible for rating. These are TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian.The services provided by the counseling agencies include debt management services, debt consolidation of credit cards, debt reduction and debt settlement.Get a secured credit card to rehabilitate your history.
The method used by these three agencies is called Fico score named after; Fair Isaac Organization. The Fico Score can be calculated on percentage base you are currently using 30% of the fico score, the types of credit lines you have10%, how long the open credit lines you have had 15%, how large your past credit lines have been 10% your delinquent payments. A fico credit rating score ranging from 300 to 900, the 300 score considered to be at a high risk at 900 score logically it considered no risk.
A bad credit rating can cause a high risk defaulting on a loan and refusal of loans from the lenders. Many organizations providing you the facility to access online to your credit rating and telling you why it is so low and giving you the suggestions about how to improve your credit score.
Ray
A credit rating is a judgment of worthiness of an individual or customer. It is based on the history of repayments, borrowing money, assets available and liabilities. When the individual lend money from the lenders the report goes in the financial bureau with constant updates on the status about your account, address since last time which you applied for credit. There are three lender agencies which go in order to acquire an individual or corporation responsible for rating. These are TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian.The services provided by the counseling agencies include debt management services, debt consolidation of credit cards, debt reduction and debt settlement.Get a secured credit card to rehabilitate your history.
The method used by these three agencies is called Fico score named after; Fair Isaac Organization. The Fico Score can be calculated on percentage base you are currently using 30% of the fico score, the types of credit lines you have10%, how long the open credit lines you have had 15%, how large your past credit lines have been 10% your delinquent payments. A fico credit rating score ranging from 300 to 900, the 300 score considered to be at a high risk at 900 score logically it considered no risk.
A bad credit rating can cause a high risk defaulting on a loan and refusal of loans from the lenders. Many organizations providing you the facility to access online to your credit rating and telling you why it is so low and giving you the suggestions about how to improve your credit score.
Ray
Mar
4
Nick Cox asked:
Credit rating systems are used by lenders to help predict the likelihood of a customer repaying a debt. They exist solely to maximise company profits, by helping to eliminate customers deemed as a poor investment.
Being classified as a ‘poor investment’ doesn’t necessarily mean that you are viewed as unreliable. For example, credit card companies may reject your application if you have a habit of repaying cards in full every month. Credit card companies don’t profit from a financially organised lender. A customer who is perpetually in debt, who only repays the minimum each month, is financially far more valuable than a customer who clears there balance at the end of each month.
Your credit rating will be checked whenever you apply for any form of credit, whether it’s personal loans, secured loans, mortgages, credit cards or even monthly car insurance. There is no escaping a credit rating check.
But what can you do to improve you credit rating if you’ve been refused credit?
The first thing to do is to obtain a copy of your credit rating. This can be done online by using any of the three credit reference agencies (Experian, Equifax and Callcredit plc). Once you have verified that the information held about you is correct then you have a number of choices to help increase your chances of being accepted for future credit agreements.
The electoral role – ensure that you are included on the electoral register. If you’re not on the roll, then you have little chance of getting credit from any lender.
Timing – avoid making multiple credit attempts within a short time period as this could have a negative affect on you credit score. Credit searches will leave notes on your file, so leave a reasonable amount of time between multiple applications, including applications for car insurance, mobile phones secured loans etc. This will minimize the impact to your credit score.
Deal with rejection – If you encounter a credit refusal that is due to an error on your credit rating but you continue to apply for credit without realizing, then this could cause you to become trapped within a rejection spiral. Even once the error is corrected you could find that you continue to be refused credit because of all the recent searches on your account.
By fighting your corner with the agency and the lender, it may be possible to rectify this problem, but this is often no easy task.
Rita
Credit rating systems are used by lenders to help predict the likelihood of a customer repaying a debt. They exist solely to maximise company profits, by helping to eliminate customers deemed as a poor investment.
Being classified as a ‘poor investment’ doesn’t necessarily mean that you are viewed as unreliable. For example, credit card companies may reject your application if you have a habit of repaying cards in full every month. Credit card companies don’t profit from a financially organised lender. A customer who is perpetually in debt, who only repays the minimum each month, is financially far more valuable than a customer who clears there balance at the end of each month.
Your credit rating will be checked whenever you apply for any form of credit, whether it’s personal loans, secured loans, mortgages, credit cards or even monthly car insurance. There is no escaping a credit rating check.
But what can you do to improve you credit rating if you’ve been refused credit?
The first thing to do is to obtain a copy of your credit rating. This can be done online by using any of the three credit reference agencies (Experian, Equifax and Callcredit plc). Once you have verified that the information held about you is correct then you have a number of choices to help increase your chances of being accepted for future credit agreements.
The electoral role – ensure that you are included on the electoral register. If you’re not on the roll, then you have little chance of getting credit from any lender.
Timing – avoid making multiple credit attempts within a short time period as this could have a negative affect on you credit score. Credit searches will leave notes on your file, so leave a reasonable amount of time between multiple applications, including applications for car insurance, mobile phones secured loans etc. This will minimize the impact to your credit score.
Deal with rejection – If you encounter a credit refusal that is due to an error on your credit rating but you continue to apply for credit without realizing, then this could cause you to become trapped within a rejection spiral. Even once the error is corrected you could find that you continue to be refused credit because of all the recent searches on your account.
By fighting your corner with the agency and the lender, it may be possible to rectify this problem, but this is often no easy task.
Rita
Mar
3
Shirley Peel asked:
So many things we do every day are dependent on a good credit rating. Try getting a credit card, renting an apartment, financing a large purchase, or buying a car, just to name a few, without good credit, and reality will set in.
If you don’t make payments to creditors on time or you miss a payment, you are reported to the credit bureau. The credit bureau, in turn, adds this to your credit report. If you are guilty of habitually being slow in making payments, or default on a loan, you will suffer a bad credit rating and a low credit score. Many doors will be closed to you when your credit score is low. You will have a hard time getting a loan, a credit card, renting a car or doing many of the other things you have grown accustomed to. A bad credit rating might even keep you from obtaining certain jobs.
For these reasons it is important that you protect your good credit rating. If unforeseen circumstances have affected your credit worthiness, you should start repairing your credit as soon as possible.
How to Repair Your Credit Rating
Credit repair is usually a slow process. You need to build your credit rating little by little over a long period of time. Although you might consider going to a reputable company offering credit repair services, you can repair your own credit.
A good place to start repairing your credit right away is to get your credit report from the credit bureau, and examine it carefully for errors. If you don’t find any errors, you can then begin repairing your credit.
First, get a secured credit card and use it regularly but cautiously. Make your monthly payment amounts on time and in full. Secured credit cards are issued by companies that usually cater to people who have bad credit, and you are usually required to give an initial deposit equal to the card’s credit limit. For example, you give the company $500 for a card with a $500 credit limit. They are authorized to use that deposit against any balance you have that remains outstanding for too long.
As you can see, by doing this, the credit card company does not assume any risk because you will never owe more money than they are holding as your deposit. Secured cards also require annual fees that most regular credit cards do not.
Using secured credit cards and paying the bills on time is one of the best ways to start improving your credit rating. Your goal is to develop a history that shows lenders that you take your debts seriously, and that is the only thing lenders require from you. They want to be paid in full and on time.
Paying bills on time helps you establish a good history, and it eliminates late fees and other financial penalties that make paying off your debts so difficult.
S.J. Peel, webmaster and author. Visit http://www.creditwatch1.com where you will find a complete information site about credit and debt information.
Charlotte
So many things we do every day are dependent on a good credit rating. Try getting a credit card, renting an apartment, financing a large purchase, or buying a car, just to name a few, without good credit, and reality will set in.
If you don’t make payments to creditors on time or you miss a payment, you are reported to the credit bureau. The credit bureau, in turn, adds this to your credit report. If you are guilty of habitually being slow in making payments, or default on a loan, you will suffer a bad credit rating and a low credit score. Many doors will be closed to you when your credit score is low. You will have a hard time getting a loan, a credit card, renting a car or doing many of the other things you have grown accustomed to. A bad credit rating might even keep you from obtaining certain jobs.
For these reasons it is important that you protect your good credit rating. If unforeseen circumstances have affected your credit worthiness, you should start repairing your credit as soon as possible.
How to Repair Your Credit Rating
Credit repair is usually a slow process. You need to build your credit rating little by little over a long period of time. Although you might consider going to a reputable company offering credit repair services, you can repair your own credit.
A good place to start repairing your credit right away is to get your credit report from the credit bureau, and examine it carefully for errors. If you don’t find any errors, you can then begin repairing your credit.
First, get a secured credit card and use it regularly but cautiously. Make your monthly payment amounts on time and in full. Secured credit cards are issued by companies that usually cater to people who have bad credit, and you are usually required to give an initial deposit equal to the card’s credit limit. For example, you give the company $500 for a card with a $500 credit limit. They are authorized to use that deposit against any balance you have that remains outstanding for too long.
As you can see, by doing this, the credit card company does not assume any risk because you will never owe more money than they are holding as your deposit. Secured cards also require annual fees that most regular credit cards do not.
Using secured credit cards and paying the bills on time is one of the best ways to start improving your credit rating. Your goal is to develop a history that shows lenders that you take your debts seriously, and that is the only thing lenders require from you. They want to be paid in full and on time.
Paying bills on time helps you establish a good history, and it eliminates late fees and other financial penalties that make paying off your debts so difficult.
S.J. Peel, webmaster and author. Visit http://www.creditwatch1.com where you will find a complete information site about credit and debt information.
Charlotte
Mar
2
How to Build a Good Credit Rating
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Samual java asked:
From bartering in ancient times, to metal coinage, to paper currency, the latest stage and development in the evolution of currency is credit and credit ratings. With increasing ease and usage of the internet, and e-commerce, electronic transfers and so-called “plastic currency” is fast replacing cash.
The way credit works is that it is a record of your spending and borrowing habits, and is used to determine effectively, how trustworthy/dependable you are with a particular transaction, will you be likely to make good on payments, or be unable to pay on time, if indeed at all? Whilst this is a simple mechanism to protect retailers from debt and bad creditors, it can be overly harsh, catching people somewhat unfairly meaning they are unable to buy things, or buy them at such a generous rate. Therefore, it is crucial that you maintain a clean and proactive credit rating. Just as sidenote, no reputation is as bad as a negative reputation, after all, if there is no history or record of your credit transactions, how else will lenders know you are worth the risk and effort?
Bizarre as it may seem, you have to buy credit in order to get your first (crucial) step on the credit rating ladder. Think of it like Ebay with its feedback system, once you establish yourself with small, inconsequential transactions, then the bigger items will be much more accessible. A great place to start is by opening a savings account, this is a huge plus with lenders, and the bank in question may offer you a credit card. If you do get a credit card, make sure to pay off any and all debts and outstanding charges immediately. This will ensure you are not hit with penalty charges, as well as increasing your credit rating “that your a prompt customer”.
Use retailer programs, so for any large purchase, which offers instalments of a fixed amount per month spread over an agreed period of time are a great way of increasing your credit. Just make sure the retailer in question will actually reward you for your work by reporting your loan (or instalment payments) to the major credit bureaus.
For a shortcut, get a co-signer for any loans you take out. This will allow you to take advantage of their credit score, and will also provide the lenders with an extra assurance that should you be unable to pay, then payment can be recovered from the co-signer. Note that this is double-edged sword, whilst you get the benefit of the co-signers good reputation, they will bear the brunt of your bad reputation if you fail to keep up with payments or generally default. If you are going to act as co-signer for someone, be very careful and draw up a clear strategy to avoid getting a bum deal.
Remember you are legally entitled to access your credit report at anytime, and this can give you a clearer idea as to what areas you need to improve upon to increase your flagging credit score.
Edwin
From bartering in ancient times, to metal coinage, to paper currency, the latest stage and development in the evolution of currency is credit and credit ratings. With increasing ease and usage of the internet, and e-commerce, electronic transfers and so-called “plastic currency” is fast replacing cash.
The way credit works is that it is a record of your spending and borrowing habits, and is used to determine effectively, how trustworthy/dependable you are with a particular transaction, will you be likely to make good on payments, or be unable to pay on time, if indeed at all? Whilst this is a simple mechanism to protect retailers from debt and bad creditors, it can be overly harsh, catching people somewhat unfairly meaning they are unable to buy things, or buy them at such a generous rate. Therefore, it is crucial that you maintain a clean and proactive credit rating. Just as sidenote, no reputation is as bad as a negative reputation, after all, if there is no history or record of your credit transactions, how else will lenders know you are worth the risk and effort?
Bizarre as it may seem, you have to buy credit in order to get your first (crucial) step on the credit rating ladder. Think of it like Ebay with its feedback system, once you establish yourself with small, inconsequential transactions, then the bigger items will be much more accessible. A great place to start is by opening a savings account, this is a huge plus with lenders, and the bank in question may offer you a credit card. If you do get a credit card, make sure to pay off any and all debts and outstanding charges immediately. This will ensure you are not hit with penalty charges, as well as increasing your credit rating “that your a prompt customer”.
Use retailer programs, so for any large purchase, which offers instalments of a fixed amount per month spread over an agreed period of time are a great way of increasing your credit. Just make sure the retailer in question will actually reward you for your work by reporting your loan (or instalment payments) to the major credit bureaus.
For a shortcut, get a co-signer for any loans you take out. This will allow you to take advantage of their credit score, and will also provide the lenders with an extra assurance that should you be unable to pay, then payment can be recovered from the co-signer. Note that this is double-edged sword, whilst you get the benefit of the co-signers good reputation, they will bear the brunt of your bad reputation if you fail to keep up with payments or generally default. If you are going to act as co-signer for someone, be very careful and draw up a clear strategy to avoid getting a bum deal.
Remember you are legally entitled to access your credit report at anytime, and this can give you a clearer idea as to what areas you need to improve upon to increase your flagging credit score.
Edwin