Jed C. Jones Ph.D. asked: Your FICO score determines everything from your eligibility for car and home loans to the interest rate on your loans. Before you refinance your home or car, you owe it to yourself to find out your current score and then improve it as much as possible. Improving your score by [...]
Archive of posts tagged Credit Reporting Act
Don’t Fall Prey to the Free Credit Report Lure
Ludwig E. Parker asked: The Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act has been amended, requiring each of the national consumer reporting companies, to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once a year. TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax are the three companies required to do so. Don’t pay for your credit [...]
How to Get Free Credit Reports in the Us, UK or Australia
Tristan Dunston asked: Consumers in the US, UK and Australia can all get their hands on a free copy of their credit report to do a credit check on themselves. The systems in each country are different, and this article explains how consumers can go about getting a free credit report if they live in [...]
Your Access To Free Credit Reports
Ben Cortese asked: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies – Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months.That’s right; you are entitled to receive one free credit report every 12 months from [...]