Having More Kids Won't Lower Your Credit Score!
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Your Car Reveals Your Credit Score
It seems obvious. If you drive an expensive car, you must have an excellent credit score – but that's not always th...
How Home Equity Borrowing Affects Your Credit Score
Your home equity is the amount of your home that you own – in other words, the market value of your home minus the amoun...
Credit Score Limits Dropping For Mortgages
If you're in the market for a home, a high credit score is key to qualifying for a mortgage loan and getting the lo...
How Does Your Credit Score Compare To Your Neighbors?
Few things get people more fired up than rivalries between states. State lines become battlegrounds over sports, economi...
5 Ways Other People Can Lower Your Credit Score
Your credit score is a valuable asset that must be maintained and protected. Unfortunately, there are ways that other pe...
You Still Need A High Credit Score To Refinance
Times aren't great in the mortgage refinancing market. According to the October 2018 Origination Insights Report fr...
Another New Credit Score May Not Help You
Credit Scoring Improvements Credit card issuers want accurate ways to assess risk while opening credit lines to potentia...
Knowing Your Credit Score Leads To Higher Credit Scores!
"Knowledge is power." This famous quote, typically attributed to Sir Francis Bacon in 1597, surely wasn't referring...
Don't Let A Refi Hurt Your Credit Score
By Tracy Scott Do you have a loan payment that is squeezing your monthly budget a bit tighter than you'd planned?...
Is Your Credit Score As High As Your Peers'?
You may think you have an average credit score – but do you really? How does your credit score compare to the national a...
3 Of 4 Know Their Credit Score... Do You?
What's your credit score? If you don't know, you're in the minority – according to the Chase Slate 2018 C...
Could Rent Payments Build Your Credit Score?
Not All On-Time Payments Build Credit You're fiscally responsible. You pay your credit card bills and your rent on...
Your Low Credit Score Could Cost You Thousand$ On Your Car Loan
Your credit score is one of the most important variables that lenders use to assess your risk. A low credit score can di...
Have a High Credit Score? Banks Want to Reward You
Further Rewards for Good Credit You've worked hard to keep your credit score high. Why shouldn't you be reward...
Store Credit Card Could Hurt Your Credit Score
Clerks at most department stores or retailers often ask if you'd like to apply for a store credit card, pleasantly...
Video: How To Raise Your Credit Score If You Mostly Use Cash
Do you have limited credit because you usually use cash? There will come a time when you need a solid credit score to ge...
From Foreclosure To 800 Credit Score
"I raised my credit score over 800 – and you can, too!" So says Tiffany Aliche, a financial speaker and author better kn...
How Credit Utilization Impacts Your Credit Score
By Sandra Parsons Credit utilization is a fancy name for how much of your available credit you've used. It's...
Increase Your Credit Score… By Renting
On-time payments are a solid way to build your credit score. Your payment history constitutes 35% of your credit score –...