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If you are considering buying a home, check your credit first. Most credit reports have incorrect information. According to the US Public Interest Research Group as many as 79 percent of consumers have mistake on their credit report.
First step, I would recommend is get a copy of your credit report. The credit bureau can provide one free copy a year and you are entitled to a free copy if your credit is denied. There are three major credit bureaus, and they are:
- Equifax Post Office Box 740241 Atlanta, Georgia 30374 or call at 800 685 1111 www.equifax.com/fcra
- Transunion Post Office Box 1000 Chester, PA 19022 800 916 8800 www.transunion.com
- Experian Post Office Box 2104 Allen, TX 75013 800 493 1058 www.experian.com
When contacting the credit bureau by mail, please provide the bureau with proof of identity. Provide:
- Copy of driver license
- Copy of social security card
- Last five addresses
You will need to get all three credit report because to qualify for a mortgage all three credit bureau’s score are used. This is called a tri-merge report. The mortgage uses the middle credit score to qualify you for the loan, so you want to make sure all three is as high as you can get them.
Once you have your credit reports look to see if all the information is accurate. Dispute incorrect information through the credit bureau that is reporting the information in writing. Some bureaus provide a fill in the blank form for your convenience for this purpose. If one is not provide, write a letter that gives the name of the creditor, the account number, and the reason the information is incorrect. The creditor has 30 days to response to the credit bureau as to the accuracy of the information. If the information can not be verify it must be removed.
Along those same lines, all outdated information on your credit report is supposed to be removed after seven years.
Even if there is bad credit that is true. Time is the best cure for bad credit. If a foreclosure is on your credit your score will get better after three years and it has to be removed after seven years. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy has to be removed after ten years.
With the frequency of identity theft, I would also recommend checking your credit often because credit fraud is difficult and costly to correct.
Related articles on credit
- How to Remove Unauthorized Hard Inquiries (bargaineering.com)
- 5 Ways To Kill Your Credit Scores (creditra.blogspot.com)
- Credit, Risk Assessment Score and Budgeting (slideshare.net)
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