Thanks to Saving to Invest for including this post in this week’s roundup of articles at Personal Finance Carnival #184. As a follow-up to my post about checking your credit, here are eight things you might not know about what affects your credit rating: 1. Your credit score is always changing. The three credit bureaus [...]
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8 Things You Don’t Know About Your Credit Score
December 17th, 2008 8 Comments
Tags: Credit bureau · Credit card · Credit history · Credit score
Five Things to Know About Checking Your Credit Score
December 15th, 2008 2 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Credit card companies are raising minimum payments, lowering limits, and closing dormant accounts — all of which can affect how you look to lenders, landlords, and potential employers. So check your score now if you haven’t lately. Here are some things that might surprise you about credit scoring: 1. Anyone can develop [...]
Tags: Credit score · FairIsaac · MyFico.com
Choosing Debt
October 30th, 2008 2 Comments
Cash Husband here: While talking to my brother recently about the financial double-whammy of having kids (higher expenses, lower income), he politely reminded me: “You chose to have kids, you know.” Which raises a legitimate and important question: If kids are so expensive, why didn’t we have a better plan in place before we had [...]
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