Sentences with phrase «damage to your credit score when»

Not exact matches

Both are notorious for the damage they could do to your credit score and so consumers avoid them when they really have no other choice.

When a judgement is filed it's reported to the credit bureaus, and will damage your credit score.

The long - term effect of a closed / $ 0 balance card is that damage can be done to your score when the account is eventually removed from your credit report and thus excluded from your score after about 10 years.

When the credit card chaos erupted in the last few years and people finally began to realize the damage they were doing to their credit scores by overextending their credit, many made the mistake of shutting down credit card accounts completely.

Though there are some differences among them in terms of severity and time required to fix the damage, there are no scoring benefits — long or short term — when negative items such as these hit your credit score.

A bad credit score can be its own protection when it comes to preventing further damage.

Just ignore the low introductory rate when you're picking a card unless you're planning to transfer a balance from another card so you can pay it off rather quickly (but transferring balances from one credit card to another on a regular basis can damage your credit score and cost you big in the long term).

And if your strategy is to put off paying some of your bills when you're strapped for cash, you could end up with penalties, lost services, and damage to your credit score.

As the strongest predictors of future credit risk, missed payments are the hardest mistakes for your score to overcome, particularly when compared to the damage from high card balances, new accounts, inquiries and other red flags to future trouble.

When a consumer becomes aware of negative information damaging their credit scores, it's best to pull all three reports and scores to review them with a credit expert before deciding to pay off the debt or contact the creditor / collection agency.

Dear Tom: Most of the damage to your credit score occurred during the six months when you were unable to make payments on your credit card.

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There ain't no cure for the bad co-signer credit score blues — When you co-sign, you agree to take on responsibility for the loan — and the credit damage that results if it's allowed to go into default... (See Co-signer credit score blues)