1. Make sure errors aren't hurting your credit
Reviewing your credit report can serve you head off costly errors. In one new study, more than 50% of the credit reports prepared took errors. Other studies have shown similar results with as high as a 70% error rate. The most average error occurs when the information of new person, with a similar name or account number, is recorded in your credit profile.
2. Track your history of payments
Potential lenders want to experience a history of punctual payments before they'll think offering you a lend or credit. See your report to see that your payments are being reported accurately to the credit covering agency (CRA). A history of late payments will result in high interest rates being charged or having your credit application or a loan abnegated. Late payments will also lower your FICO score.
3. Protect against potential identity thieving
Identity theft has become the fastest growing crime in our nation. Identity theft charges jumped 75% from last year according to a other Federal Trade Commission report. The monetary loss from identity element theft crimes skyrocketed to a compounded $53 billion in 2002! Accounts that seem on your credit report that weren't wide by you could be a sign of identity theft. Report any such occurrences to all three major credit bureaus straightaway and have them place a fake alert on your account.
4. Make sure all of the numbered interrogations were licensed
If there are informal queries, write to the credit authority and to the company that made the inquiry informing them that you did not authorize the inquiry and to remove it from your credit file. Potential creditors can regard too many queries within a short point of time (30-60 days) as a terrible and can answer in the refusal to carry further credit.
5. Remain on top of your credit without suffering your credit score
A credit score, also called a FICO score, is a numerical grade given to each consumer . Your grade or score is an analysis of your credit take chances based on your credit history. Credit scores range from 300 to 900, and those with scores in the range of 640 to 700 are seen excellent credit risks. Those with FICO scores below 500 are thought to have the broadest risk of defaulting on a loan and hence most lenders won't even consider them. Consumers with high credit scores get the best rates and terms on credit and loans.
