Get your Credit Score Straight for 08 !


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Your Credit Score for 07 may have been a little under the weather. Towards the end of the year, we all look at what we have accomplished, and what our new goals are for the New Year. Maybe increasing your Credit Score is one of your goals for 2008. In this article I will discuss and give advice on how you can accomplish just that. I still continually meet families that are not happy with there scores, or what is being reported on there Credit Report. The number one question I get asked is what can I do to improve my Credit. Here are three quick ways.

1. Reduce Debt
2. Increase your credit limits on Credit Cards
3. Get any inaccuracies on your report removed.

To reduce debt is easier said than done. But let's assume you have 3 credit cards with high interest rates.
Example:

American Express
Balance owed: $6,000
Minimum Payment: 100.00

Visa Card
Balance Owed: $4,500
Minimum Payment $75.00

Master Card
Balanced Owed: $2,300
Minimum Payment: $45.00

To pay off your debt fast, you make minimum payments on 2 cards and double payments on one card only. If you do this you will pay off your cards quicker. Start with the Smallest Balanced owed first and work your way up to the bigger balances owed. This is the fastest way to Reduce Debt.

Increasing your credit limits on cards, may sound crazy, but let's assume the following.

Credit Limit $12,000
Balanced Owed $9,000

This particular situation will drop your scores, because the balanced owed is more than 30% of credit limit. A big part of your credit score factor is Amount Owed-Extent of Indebtedness, which is 30% of the overall determining factor of your score. If you increase your credit limit on the card to where balanced owed is below 30% of the new credit limit your score will increase 15 to 20 points.

Get items on your credit report removed if it is incorrect. Typically when a item is reported on your credit report, it is reported with all 3 bureaus. Here is where you go to get items disputed by phone

Experian: (800) 583-4080 9am ' 5pm your Time Zone
Equifax: (800) 797-7033 9am ' 5pm your Time Zone
Trans Union: (800) 916-8800 8:30 -4:30 your Time Zone

When you call the Bureaus to dispute a matter over the phone, be prepared to fax over documentation backing the dispute. If the debt is yours and you are calling to dispute it, you more than likely will not get it removed. Make sure it is a legitimate inaccuracy. I believe this is a miss conception out there, that the 3 bureaus will remove an obligation that you actually owe. Well this is not true, you need proof you don't owe the debt, or some kind of documentation for the dispute.

Conclusion: If you follow this 3 step process, you will soon see that your scores will start to increase, and you will start putting money back into your pocket instead of someone else. Remember "your Credit is your Life."

About the Author: Mike Clover is the owner of www.my720fico.com . My720fico.com is one of the most unique on-line resources for free credit score reports, Internet identity theft software, secure credit cards, and a BlOG with a wealth of personal credit information. The information within this website is written by professionals that know about credit, and what determines ones credit worthiness.


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