sharpcredit.com credit education

Sharpcredit.com was originally created as an educational source on credit for credit reporting agencies, mortgage lenders, credit brokers, and consumers.  An unbiased place where you could get the latest information on your FICO score and understand how it is compiled.  New laws, enactments and pending changes to the laws effecting your credit can also be found […]

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Repairing Credit After A Foreclosure
November 19, 2006Q.
My husband and I filed for bankruptcy, and our home went into foreclosure about a year ago. We want to own another home someday and have been trying to straighten up our credit by making an effort to pay our bills on time.
How long do you think this will […]

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Few of us know what credit scoring means, yet not knowing and understanding this score, can cost us thousands of dollars, and force us to settle for less than what we really want.
Just as we’re responsible for our own physical and mental health, we are ultimately responsible for our own financial health, for educating ourselves. […]

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Reporting Bureaus make it hard to use new law for fighting identity theft

How to freeze your credit

When a Pioneer Press reader heard about Minnesota’s new credit freeze law, he jumped at the chance to try it out. He found himself jumping through hoops instead.
So he asked the Watchdog to find out why credit reporting companies […]

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