It is a viscious circle that will always, unless eliminated, be eating
away at your credit rating through deteriorating credit scores reflected on your credit report.
Not exact matches
The other is that if a homeowner opens a HECM
credit line, but doesn't use it right
away, it can earn interest over time,
at the prevailing mortgage
rate plus 1.25 %.
All
credit cards holders pay interest right
away on cash advances
at higher than normal
rates.
You can have negative misinformation wiped
away from your
credit reports, you can negotiate with creditors to remove negative postings and lower your payments, and you can raise your score higher so you can get the loan that you want
at thelow interest
rated you deserve.
I manged to get a auto loan (
at a good
rate too), I got a secured card, and then a low limit straight -
away card and I've been hovering around the low to mid 700's due to
credit utilization.
The bubble was a combination of (a) teaser
rates on option ARMs which were like financial time bombs, (b) liar loans in which the rules of good mortgage underwriting (20 % down, 28/36 ratios) went out the window, (C) people
at rating agencies who decided that if one pools enough junk loans into one bond, it's magically AAA, and (D)
Credit default swaps which encouraged these bad loans, and when they collapsed a number of people walked
away with billions of dollars.
If you have multiple
credit cards, aim for working on the card with the highest interest
rate for the amount of debt, and chip
away at it each month.
Credit card interest
rates eat
away at your money, month after month.