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Find a Way to Clean Up Credit Scores

By Jackie Harsha

There are ways that you can clean up your credit report which will raise your score. These methods take time, but if you anticipate wanting to buy a house or car in the next 6 months to a year, it's a good idea to start working on improving your credit score now. Look over your credit report, and look for entries that may be mistakes. If there are, you can get those items deleted. By law,...

How to Find Credit Scores

By Sam Holder

Credit scores are a vital part of our lives. They determine a variety of outcomes for loans, mortgages and even employment. Securing and maintaining a high score necessitates a constant monitoring of your credit profile. To do this, you'll need to know where to find your credit score, and how looking at your own credit affects you. Understand that obtaining a credit report is free and...

Will Paying Off a Mortgage Help Boost Your Credit Score?

By Michelle Leach

Paying off your mortgage may seem like a no-brainer at first---after all, no more monkey on your back! But it's not such a straightforward decision. For starters, the credit-score boost you assume you're getting by paying off that hefty mortgage may not be such a big boost after all, if you experience a boost at all. In some cases, paying off the mortgage can actually hurt you by altering ...