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- Protect yourself from credit fraud.
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Did You Know?
70% of credit reports contain inaccuracies. 29% of these could cause denial of credit.
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Your Credit Report
Checking your credit report regularly is very
important. Some say you should check your credit report as often as every 6
months and others suggest every year. If there are inaccuracies in your credit
report you could end up paying a higher interest rate on your car or mortgage as
well as be turned down by insurance companies. Employers are even using credit
reports now when making decisions on employment.
Who Can See Your
Credit Report?
There are a number of different people and entities
that are able to check your credit report including phone/utility companies,
landlords, medical institutions, stores, credit card companies, auto dealers and
investigators.
What's in Your Credit Report?
Your credit
report includes information such as marital status, changes in your name, your
job information, your spouse's job information for starters. The primary content
of your credit report contains information on your financial accounts including
lenders, credit cards, department store cards and more. Your account type,
payment history, joint owners, credit limit and balance information is listed
for each account.
Other accounts show up on your credit report when you
have defaulted on the account in some way. For instance, if you defaulted on
your rent payment, your landlord can report it and it will show up on your
credit report. Other people and companies can do the same including utilities,
insurance companies, stores and medical facilities.
Certain public
information can also appear on your credit report including bankruptcy, liens,
court judgments and lawsuits. Obtaining credit report online. Also included on your credit report are all the
people and companies that have inquired on your credit report within the last
year. Note: Having a large number of inquiries on your credit report can look
bad to some potential creditors.
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What is a Credit Report?
A credit report is basically a record of your credit history.
Different interested parties can obtain your credit report from the credit bureaus to make decisions about giving you credit.
Your credit report allows a credit provider to decide if they want to extend you credit based on your credit history.
Your credit report is created from your credit file located at the credit bureau and contains your credit history.
The three major credit bureaus in the US are Equifax, Transunion and Experian.
Millions of people in the US have a credit report on file.
The contents of your credit file can be requested from any company that has granted you credit in addition to agencies like the
government or the courts. Normally, your credit report will be "clean", but an honest error or a case of identity theft could
damage your credit profile causing you trouble the next time you apply for credit.
You can use a credit monitoring service to track any changes to your credit report.
Often times, you will get a free credit report just for signing up for a free trial of credit monitoring.
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