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Thursday 20 October 2011

These Ten Credit Mistakes Can Stop You From Getting A Loan

By Danielle Russell


If you have poor credit, you are certainly not on your own in this predicament. Loans to people with bad, poor, or nonexistent credit are denied every day. The problem with these people is that they continue making the same mistakes, time after time.

The tips included in this article can help you raise your credit score and improve the type of interest rate you can secure.

Check your credit report. You must be sure that everything listed on your credit report is correct. Incorrect entries could negatively impact your score.

Make sure all your bills are paid on time. This is something people rarely think about, but late payments negatively affect your score. Even payments that are only a few days late can have a negative effect on your score. Also not paying on time causes unnecessary late fees and charges and can often lead to increased interest rates.

Make sure you notify creditors of address changes, so you won't have to worry about missing bills and being late with your payments.

If you ignore your credit problems, it will only cause more negative impact to your rating. If you are going to pay late, make sure you call your creditors and try to work out a strategy with them. This will avoid negative reports from being sent to the credit bureaus.

Avoid when possible from using expensive types of credit. You will have a lot of interest to pay back, and it can negatively affect your score.

Keep your charges within your budget. This will only lead to larger and larger debt and higher interest rates, fees and penalties. Also it puts you in a position where you may not easily be able to pay off these accumulated debts for years, or ever. If you need to charge anything, pay it back before the end of the billing cycle.

Do not spend more than your credit limit. Going over your limit will lead to fees and it will also impact your credit rating. If you borrow more than you can, you hurt your chances of being able to borrow money in the future at interest rates you can afford.

Avoid accumulating too much credit, ie; too many credit cards. If creditor feel that you will have a hard time paying off all your debt, your credit score will drop.

Avoid paying only the minimum amounts due on your credit cards each month. Paying only the minimum amount will lead to higher interest rates and will keep your balance high for an extended period of time, aside from impacting your credit score.

Don't max out your credit cards. This will cause you to be unable to borrow money in the future, and it will negatively impact your score.

While this is not an exhaustive list of credit mistakes, improve on some or all of these outlined above and you can improve your credit report score and your ability to gain the confidence of additional lenders in the future.




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