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Get Your Credit Scores Move-In Ready
Knowing where you stand with all three credit bureaus before you start house hunting is key. If your credit scores aren’t “move-in ready,” getting them in shape will help you get a lower interest rate – and afford you more home.
Declutter Your Credit Reports For Spring
If you haven’t done a thorough inspection of your credit in a while, you should dust off your credit reports and take a fresh look at your credit scores. Here’s a spring “credit-do” list to help you get started.
Your Credit Translation Guide
While most people are not “fluent” in credit, your lenders are. To make informed credit decisions, you need to be able to decipher what’s on your reports and understand what your credit scores are telling lenders about you – and why.
Tax-Season Tips to Protect Your Credit
The taxman takes and gives – and you might be surprised to learn that your credit scores can be affected, either positively or negatively, by how you pay the IRS or how you spend your windfall. Here are a few tips that can make a difference in your credit health.
Turn Your Credit Scores Into Green
Attaining credit scores that’ll get you “in like Flynn” with lenders takes a lot more than the luck-of-the-Irish. If you get on the right path …
Will Identity Thieves Score Your Tax Refund?
Identity theft and tax fraud go hand in hand. And because the 2017 Equifax data breach exposed the social security numbers and other key personal …
Know Your Rights To Dispute Credit Errors
If you feel like you’re flying blind trying to navigate the frustrating world of credit reports, credit disputes and credit bureaus, you are certainly not …
Boost Your Credit IQ and Protect Your Scores
To make the most of your credit, it’s important that you become score-smart. In the spirit of March being National Credit Education Month, here are some lesser-known financial facts to help boost your Credit IQ and awareness to protect your scores.
Accounts in Collection – What Does It Mean?
Credit accounts in collection are serious, and when listed on your credit reports, often have long-term, harmful impacts on your scores.
How To Have “The Frank Talk” About Credit
There’s nothing more awkward than having to initiate a deeply personal conversation with a life partner, significant other or family member. And few topics are as anxiety-provoking as money, debt and credit scores.
Show Your Credit Scores Some Love
Relationships are tricky. It takes a lot of energy and commitment to build a healthy, strong one – and even more to maintain it for the long haul. The relationship you have with your credit is no different.
Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week Exposes Ongoing Threat
Tax identity theft has become a multibillion-dollar payday for cyberthieves. Here’s a Q & A to help you understand tax identity theft and ways to protect yourself.
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