Posts Tagged ‘credit reports’

If today is the first of the month, pay your rent!That is a reminder you should take to heart for many reasons, because paying your rent on time can have many benefits besides hanging onto your warm place to sleep this winter.   Payment Reporting Builds Credit (PRBC), an innovative national credit bureau, has been paving the way for individuals with no credit score or “not enough ... Full story

Credit scores have traditionally been used to determine the creditworthiness of applicants for financing. Lenders routinely use scores to establish the likelihood that payments will be made on time and that loans will be repaid in their entirety. In an increasing and controversial trend in the automobile, home, and other insurance-related products, major agencies are using the credit scores of their clients to establish policy ... Full story

When you’re developing a long-term strategy to improve your credit, you need to focus on two main areas Full story