Bad Credit

Survey: Consumers Want to Build Their Credit

Credit.com | Posted 05.01.2012

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In all, 56 percent of people said they want to build their score but don't know how to do it. In fact, the majority also said that they hadn't taken the time to order a copy of their credit report or credit score at any point in the past 12 months.

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Can Your Roommate Ruin Your Credit?

Credit.com | Posted 04.27.2012

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Jim is careful to always pay his bills on time, keep his credit balances low and has a pretty good credit score.  Rick, his roommate, is quite the opposite.

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Loren Berlin

Have Fair Credit And Looking For A Credit Card? Good Luck.

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 04.20.2012

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While the economy's fledgling recovery is reviving America's love affair with debt, many credit card companies remain surprisingly cautious in courtin...

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Catherine New

Where Do You Go When You Need $10,000?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 04.05.2012

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Where do you go for a $10,000 loan when you have bad credit? Don't try a storefront lender. Some are closing their doors. Folks with spotty credit his...

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Rent After Foreclosure? Yes, You Can.

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 07.27.2011

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Nicholas Carroll

News frequently portrays inability to rent as one of the gloom-and-doom scenarios awaiting people who have been through a foreclosure. In my surveys around the U.S., I'm not seeing this.

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Focusing on the Credit You Want

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeanne Kelly

Wishful thinking for a windfall to save you might be nice, but -- bottom line -- it's your daily habits that got you where you are now. If you want to get someplace better, you've got to begin by doing things differently.

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Credit CARD Act, One Year Later

Daily Finance | Sheryl Nance-Nash | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the battle over Credit CARD Act, much talk focused on what the legislation would -- and wouldn't -- do. A year after the two-phase law was roll...

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Bad Credit? For Corporate Borrowers, It's Not A Problem

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — With rising fears of a prolonged recession and stomach-churning moves in the stock market, corporate bond markets have performed so well ...

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Laura Bassett

Woman FIRED From Temp Job For Having Poor Credit

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four weeks after starting a temporary accounting position at Seattle Bank, Kristin Meaux, 36, says she received a call from the human resources direct...

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What's Wrong With This Picture?

Loral Langemeier | Posted 11.17.2011

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Loral Langemeier

While many are determined to cut expenses and save as much money as they can, they're still missing one gigantic point. Things will never be the way they were.

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