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New financial tools offer a boost to credit ratings
Here’s some good news for anyone whose credit scores aren’t quite as high as they’d like them to be:...
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Credit bureau settlement shines light on scores
When is your “credit score” irrelevant in buying a house or refinancing a mortgage? A new federal legal settlement...
FAU research park in Deerfield Beach adds insurer
Boca Raton-based insurer People’s Trust Insurance Company has signed a lease at the Florida Atlantic University research park in...
National mortgage default rates drop in July
There has been a month-over-month decrease in national default rates for first and second mortgages, with second mortgage default...
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...
Rent payment tracker to impact credit ratings
For years, renters who fell behind on their payments weren’t concerned about the impact that a late payment would...
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...
The vexing case of strategic defaults
With tougher mortgage underwriting rules a virtual certainty under Congress’ new financial reform legislation, lenders have begun confronting still another vexing issue: Can homebuyers who have high credit scores really be trusted not to...
Low mortgage rates prove elusive for the average borrower
The record-low mortgage interest rates of late have been little more than a tease for many borrowers with less-than-stellar...
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