Understanding Your Credit Report
Filed Under (Money Management Tips) by admin on 21-01-2009
Your credit report is a record of your credit history and your financial stability. You may wonder, “What affects my credit score?”. Your credit report contains four parts basically: your personal details, your credit history, public records appertaining to your financial stability and finally, inquiries made by third parties as to your credit record. While you might not understand the need for this information, they are carefully examined by potential lenders.
You having good credit means that according to your past creditors, your record (credit report) is clean. You made payments, and paid off your past debts satisfactorily. Having bad credit is just the opposite. Your record (credit report) shows that you have not paid off your past debts as agreed. This could mean late payments, collections, non-pays etc. You have to improve credit score in order to be offered credit or pay a lower interest rate. A good credit score is the best method of impressing your money lenders.
However, it has been estimated that up to 90% of credit records are inaccurate, and that a large proportion of people are being wrongly refused credit. Therefore it is important to monitor your credit report regularly so you can remove credit report errors. Get a credit report now, so that you know where you stand.
