Frozen credit files can delay process of applying for a mortgage
Nearly a year after the catastrophic Equifax hack exposed 147 million Americans’ personal and financial data to cybercriminals, consumers...
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Protect yourself from lasting damage from Equifax theft
The catastrophic theft of 143 million consumers’ personal data from national credit bureau Equifax could cause financial grief for...
Big Brother is watching mortgage applicants, too
You can call it Big Brother. You can call it high-tech snooping. But be aware: If you are applying...
Medical debts that unsettle the housing score
Are medical bill collection accounts buried away inside millions of consumers’ credit files — even bills that were fully...
Strategic defaults force scoring fix
With foreclosures soaring — and homeowners with unblemished payment histories abruptly walking away from their houses with no advance warning to lenders — the two major producers of credit scores have begun changing how...
Beware the homeowner credit repair pitch
Recession-hammered homeowners’ credit scores are on the decline across the country, say scoring industry experts, and that makes more consumers vulnerable to scams that purport to erase delinquencies, judgments, foreclosures and other problems from...
Credit monitoring won’t end with mortgage apps
Buyers will need to list debts taken on during “the quiet period” before closing Despite earlier reports to the...
Credit monitoring won’t end with mortgage apps
Buyers will need to list debts taken on during “the quiet period” before closing Despite earlier reports to the...
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