Most consumers will apply get a loan for new home, car or
have the need for a new credit card, only to find that their application has
been turned down. They learn, too late, that they have poor credit. They never
checked their credit report prior to applying. 41% of consumers have never
checked their credit report and credit scores according to the Consumer
Federation of America. Do you really know what is on your credit report and
what your REAL credit scores are? The Federal Trade Commission recently
conducted a survey only to learn that over 40,000,000 consumers have credit
mistakes on their credit reports.
You credit score will drop quickly if you have new negative
entries on your credit accounts but doesn’t it seem to take forever for the
scores to go back up? Part of what contributes to this is that your mistakes (or
someone else’s mistakes) can stay on your credit file for 7 to 10 years. While
they are there, they will cause your scores to be lower than they could be.
Most people have read the advice that FICO, the credit
Bureaus, and many news articles have told what must be done. I call it “the
FICO Mantra”.
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Pay your bills on time (and get current on ones
that are not current)
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Don’t apply for new credit unless needed
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Keep your balances low on your credit cards (or
pay down your balance)
All good advice, but this advice will not get your credit
scores to jump back up for a long, long time.
What many consumers don’t realize is that mistakes on your
credit report can’t be corrected immediately. The process takes time. You need
time to go after any errors well in advance of applying.
And, to make matters worse, the updating process is out of
the middle ages. You see, when your credit is pulled, what you are seeing can
be 15 to 45 days old! Creditors only update their files once a month. If you
paid an account off one day after they reported to the bureaus, the old balance
will be reporting for at least one month. If this balance was close to the
credit limit for a credit card you will still be losing points off your credit
scores.
You need to review you credit well in advance of applying
for major purchases to be able to take action to correct mistakes and for your
accounts to be reporting the status most advantageous to your credit scores.
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