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Your Car Reveals Your Credit Score
3:37am, 31st July, 2019
Borrowing

Your Car Reveals Your Credit Score

It seems obvious. If you drive an expensive car, you must have an excellent credit score – but that's not always the case. Credit scores are calculated from factors in your , including and how much of your available credit you use. You could be...
How Home Equity Borrowing Affects Your Credit Score
5:37am, 9th May, 2019
Loans

How Home Equity Borrowing Affects Your Credit Score

Your home equity is the amount of your home that you own – in other words, the market value of your home minus the amount of principal that you owe on your loan. For many Americans, it's one of their largest financial assets. If you need money...
You Still Need A High Credit Score To Refinance
4:14pm, 7th February, 2019
Loans

You Still Need A High Credit Score To Refinance

Times aren't great in the mortgage refinancing market. According to the October 2018 Origination Insights Report from mortgage application software provider Ellie Mae, refinancing homes make up 32% of October's closed mortgages – continuing...
Have a High Credit Score? Banks Want to Reward You
9:03pm, 25th September, 2018
Borrowing

Have a High Credit Score? Banks Want to Reward You

Further Rewards for Good Credit You've worked hard to keep your credit score high. Why shouldn't you be rewarded for your effort? Banks agree and are looking for innovative ways to urge you to keep your credit score as high as possible. Fi...
From Foreclosure To 800 Credit Score
8:09am, 31st August, 2018
Loans

From Foreclosure To 800 Credit Score

"I raised my credit score over 800 – and you can, too!" So says Tiffany Aliche, a financial speaker and author better known as . Tiffany was working as a schoolteacher, and had excellent credit, until she lost her job in the Great Recession. "I had...