Archive for December, 2008
Should You Obtain a Copy of Your Credit Report?
Allison May asked:
The answer to the above question is yes. You definitely should obtain a copy of your credit report. If you’re asking why, let’s talk about some important points about your credit report.
What is in your credit report?
Your credit report contains significant information about your accounts and finances. In your credit report, you can find your employment history, your salary history, your past and present credit with all your creditors and other legal information.
Also included in your credit report is your complete name, Social Security Number, date of birth, driver’s license number, your past and current home address, telephone number and other personal details. All transactions that you have with lending companies, credit card companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions are all reflected on your credit report.
How much you owe a certain creditor is listed in detail. Also, whether you’re paying your bills on time or not can be traced by looking at your credit report. All these information are included on your credit report.
Who Checks On Your Credit Report?
You may now have an idea why it is important for you to obtain a copy of your own personal credit report. Landlord, potential employers, insurance companies, government agencies, lending companies, credit card companies – all these organizations check on your credit report to know your background and reputation.
A single false information or an incorrect transaction on your credit report can damage your credit worthiness. You can get denied by potential employers just because your credit report seems bad. Creditors can refuse your applications on account that you have bad account on your credit report. Thus, it is your responsibility to check and ensure that there isn’t any false information or derogatory records that can affect your reputation.
Check Your Credit Report
You have the right to know if all the information contained on your credit report is true and accurate. As a consumer, you have the right to dispute information which you think are false, erroneous or fraudulent.
The Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act protects consumers from such inaccuracy or possible fraudulent accounts contained in their credit report. In fact, if a credit reporting agency or a credit bureau refuses to give you the appropriate service you need, you may also report it to The Federal Trade Commission.
Every year, all consumers are allowed to obtain a copy of their report from the three major credit bureaus for free. Thus, after making a careful examination on your credit report, you can inform the credit bureaus if you find any disputable records on your credit report. Below are the contact numbers of the three major credit bureaus.
Equifax Options P.O. Box 740123 Atlanta, GA 30374-0123 www.equifax.com
Experian Consumer Opt Out P.O. Box 919 Allen, TX 75013 www.experian.com
Trans Union Name Removal Option P.O. Box 97328 Jackson, MS 39288-7328 www.transunion.com
For a more in-depth discussion on credit report and your rights as a consumer, you may visit the FTC’s website at www.ftc.gov.
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The answer to the above question is yes. You definitely should obtain a copy of your credit report. If you’re asking why, let’s talk about some important points about your credit report.
What is in your credit report?
Your credit report contains significant information about your accounts and finances. In your credit report, you can find your employment history, your salary history, your past and present credit with all your creditors and other legal information.
Also included in your credit report is your complete name, Social Security Number, date of birth, driver’s license number, your past and current home address, telephone number and other personal details. All transactions that you have with lending companies, credit card companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions are all reflected on your credit report.
How much you owe a certain creditor is listed in detail. Also, whether you’re paying your bills on time or not can be traced by looking at your credit report. All these information are included on your credit report.
Who Checks On Your Credit Report?
You may now have an idea why it is important for you to obtain a copy of your own personal credit report. Landlord, potential employers, insurance companies, government agencies, lending companies, credit card companies – all these organizations check on your credit report to know your background and reputation.
A single false information or an incorrect transaction on your credit report can damage your credit worthiness. You can get denied by potential employers just because your credit report seems bad. Creditors can refuse your applications on account that you have bad account on your credit report. Thus, it is your responsibility to check and ensure that there isn’t any false information or derogatory records that can affect your reputation.
Check Your Credit Report
You have the right to know if all the information contained on your credit report is true and accurate. As a consumer, you have the right to dispute information which you think are false, erroneous or fraudulent.
The Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act protects consumers from such inaccuracy or possible fraudulent accounts contained in their credit report. In fact, if a credit reporting agency or a credit bureau refuses to give you the appropriate service you need, you may also report it to The Federal Trade Commission.
Every year, all consumers are allowed to obtain a copy of their report from the three major credit bureaus for free. Thus, after making a careful examination on your credit report, you can inform the credit bureaus if you find any disputable records on your credit report. Below are the contact numbers of the three major credit bureaus.
Equifax Options P.O. Box 740123 Atlanta, GA 30374-0123 www.equifax.com
Experian Consumer Opt Out P.O. Box 919 Allen, TX 75013 www.experian.com
Trans Union Name Removal Option P.O. Box 97328 Jackson, MS 39288-7328 www.transunion.com
For a more in-depth discussion on credit report and your rights as a consumer, you may visit the FTC’s website at www.ftc.gov.
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How long does it take to get an inquiry off a person’s credit report?
Posted by admin in Personal Finance on December 5, 2008
Honest Q 4 Honest A asked:
I want to see if a personal loan will be cheaper than the loan on my car, but I don’t want to bring down my credit score.
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I want to see if a personal loan will be cheaper than the loan on my car, but I don’t want to bring down my credit score.
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What You Need To Know About Credit Reporting Agencies
Liz Roberts asked:
You may never see one, or visit one, but the credit reporting agency is always there in the background. These are the companies that assign credit ratings for both corporations and individuals. The credit rating is a way of measuring credit worthiness-or in other terms, the ability to pay back a loan.
You may envision a remote room in an unknown place where individuals in lab coats collect and collate personal data on people. Actually, in the earliest days of credit reporting, this was exactly the case. The ratings were compiled by hand and banks could call and check on anyone they wanted verbally. In modern times, the data is sent in via magnetic tape reporting or secure data transfer and the only times humans really involved is when there is an inaccuracy on your credit report that needs to be investigated.
There are hundreds of extensions of the “Big Three” Experian (formerly TRW), Equifax and TransUnion that are located all across the country. Because the credit bureaus competitors and do not share information with one another, it is a good idea to check the Big Three regularly to ensure there are no errors or omissions on your personal credit report.
Thus, it becomes the responsibility of the individual to check up on the people that are checking up on everyone else. Changes in the statutes for credit reports now make it possible for everyone to get one free report from each of the three major credit bureaus per year.
Looking at your own credit report will give you valuable insight on how your history is being rated. It would also help to understand the laws that govern how these agencies are able to do business. Know your rights! As the old saying goes, “If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.” There may be times that require you to challenge something inaccurate on your report. Since your credit report is the way many firms will “know” you, you want every item in it to be absolutely accurate.
You may think that you have a good credit report but a credit report that has something questionable contained within it may be the difference between getting that new credit card or auto loan and being denied. And if you’re in the process of applying for credit without this knowledge, you can be turned down. This is why checking up on your personal credit report and going through the complaint or correction process if necessary is so important.
Since the credit reporting agency is the standard of how the world determines credit worthiness, make sure that any lenders or retailers you want to do business with are reporting to one of the major agencies and that information gives a one-hundred percent correct picture of how you handle your personal finances.
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You may never see one, or visit one, but the credit reporting agency is always there in the background. These are the companies that assign credit ratings for both corporations and individuals. The credit rating is a way of measuring credit worthiness-or in other terms, the ability to pay back a loan.
You may envision a remote room in an unknown place where individuals in lab coats collect and collate personal data on people. Actually, in the earliest days of credit reporting, this was exactly the case. The ratings were compiled by hand and banks could call and check on anyone they wanted verbally. In modern times, the data is sent in via magnetic tape reporting or secure data transfer and the only times humans really involved is when there is an inaccuracy on your credit report that needs to be investigated.
There are hundreds of extensions of the “Big Three” Experian (formerly TRW), Equifax and TransUnion that are located all across the country. Because the credit bureaus competitors and do not share information with one another, it is a good idea to check the Big Three regularly to ensure there are no errors or omissions on your personal credit report.
Thus, it becomes the responsibility of the individual to check up on the people that are checking up on everyone else. Changes in the statutes for credit reports now make it possible for everyone to get one free report from each of the three major credit bureaus per year.
Looking at your own credit report will give you valuable insight on how your history is being rated. It would also help to understand the laws that govern how these agencies are able to do business. Know your rights! As the old saying goes, “If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.” There may be times that require you to challenge something inaccurate on your report. Since your credit report is the way many firms will “know” you, you want every item in it to be absolutely accurate.
You may think that you have a good credit report but a credit report that has something questionable contained within it may be the difference between getting that new credit card or auto loan and being denied. And if you’re in the process of applying for credit without this knowledge, you can be turned down. This is why checking up on your personal credit report and going through the complaint or correction process if necessary is so important.
Since the credit reporting agency is the standard of how the world determines credit worthiness, make sure that any lenders or retailers you want to do business with are reporting to one of the major agencies and that information gives a one-hundred percent correct picture of how you handle your personal finances.
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Question about TransUnion free credit report?
Ben K asked:
Hi everyone, I try to get a free credit report on annualcreditreport.com —-> TransUnion website. But I don’t know why it said:
Hi everyone, I try to get a free credit report on annualcreditreport.com —-> TransUnion website. But I don’t know why it said:
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The Identity Security System isn’t able to confirm your identity.
Explanation:
The Identity Security System confirms your identity through a series of questions based on accounts and personal information contained in your Personal Credit Report. The system was unable to get enough information from the Personal Credit Report to complete this process.
What to do:
Please return to annualcreditreport.com and order your Personal Credit Report by phone or mail.
I am sure all the information I enter is correct and I tried 6 times already, but I got the same message. I don’t want ot order by mail and phone, because I need to wait 2 -3 weeks. Can someone help me please?
PS: I got a free report on equifax few day ago(I want a new on from TransUnion because I want to compare them). Is this the reason why I can not get the new report from TransUnion.
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