The Biden administration’s recent rule to exclude medical debt from credit reports has sparked significant debate, with industry groups filing lawsuits to challenge the regulation. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized this rule to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans, aiming to enhance […]
Tag Archives: Credit Score
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Dec
Dec
Building Buying Power As the Spring months start peeking through, the home buying market is heating up! Have you been picturing the day when you can paint your own walls and mow your own grass? The dream of homeownership comes with great financial responsibility. Many first-time home buyers have questions about their down payment, and […]
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May
May
How Could You Be Hurting Your Credit? The more you know about how credit works, the better your score will be. This is because, without a lot of background knowledge, your own logic and reasoning will oftentimes fail you. There are a lot of factors that go into creating your credit score, so trying to […]
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Sep
Sep
Less Than Perfect Credit Scores and Living Situations. Many families deal with tough situations when it comes to rentals and the landlords that come with them. According to the Business Insider, more Americans are renting than at any time in the last 50 years. I can recall a time when I rented a home that had […]
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May
May
There are so many things that come into play to obtain a healthy credit profile. The hardest part of navigating the credit world however, is knowing what advice is accurate and possibly stumbling a few times in an effort to get back on track. Many times consumers think they have a good grasp on it […]
Building Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Repair Blogs, Credit Score, Debt
Millennials- Why do they have the lowest Credit Scores?
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Mar
Mar
What is a credit score? Most people would answer that this is how lenders see if you are able to receive a loan and at what interest rate. And that’s true. But really, it’s an algorithmic number telling a lender how likely a person is to default on a loan within the first 24 months. […]
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Mar
Mar
Whether you are looking to diversify your credit portfolio with a new line of credit or are searching for the best benefits from a lender, credit cards are normally the easiest way to do so. When most consumers begin looking for a new credit card, they are bombarded with multiple offers stating that their card […]
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Mar
Mar
I remember sitting around a bonfire one cool autumn evening with a few close friends from high school. We had all gone our separate ways after graduation, some of us went to acquire our degrees immediately, others went off to the military and some went to trade schools to prepare themselves for an apprenticeship. […]
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Mar
Mar
In 2023 it was reported that over 30% of Americans have an account that has recently gone to collections and that the average debt per person is a little over $9,000. Normally, when you hear that an account has gone to collections, you expect phone calls from unknown numbers asking to settle a […]
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Jun
Jun
Time For A New Car? Several years ago when I was broken down on the side of the interstate in my 92 Jeep Cherokee I thought to myself “My next car is going to be brand new so I don’t have to deal with this gain!” I knew that I would need to finance as […]