Not exact matches
Those
accounts show up each time a
collection agency reports
debts to credit bureaus.
It's a good idea to consider settling with the original creditor before they sell the
debt and the
collection account shows up.
Although paying off the
accounts in
collections might not improve your credit score, it will
show lenders that you've made good on your past
debts.
The date of last activity will
show when a
debt was charged off or when an
account was sent to
collections in addition to late or missed payments.
Many times the
collection agency will
show incorrect information or numbers for your
account, so make sure you know how much the
debt was originally and where it came from.
Unsubstantiated
accounts can also be removed from your credit report under some circumstances, as
collection agencies are required to
show proof that the
debt belongs to you.
Without knowing the whole story, all I can tell you is that if those credit cards are still open and have not been sent to
collections, talk with the credit card companies to agree to either remove the negative
debt once you have made payment or reage your
account so that again that negative info isn't
showing.
The healthcare industry is the single biggest customer of the
debt collection industry, constituting 42 % of the
collection market, versus only 29 % for the banking & finance sector.34 One stunning statistic from a 2003 Federal Reserve study is that over half of
accounts reported by
debt collectors and nearly one - fifth of lawsuits that
show up as negative items on credit reports are for medical
debts.35 Moreover, often medical
debts are sent to
debt collectors for reasons completely out of the consumer's control, such as disputes between insurance companies and providers, or even the result of the provider's failure to properly bill the insurer.
If you owe money to a company that has sold the
debt to a
collection agency, both
accounts might
show on your credit report.
When gathering paperwork for the loan, the mortgage lender must include documentation that
shows «all disputed or
collection accounts are resolved, verified as not a
debt to the borrower, arrangements made for payment, or paid in full.»
Rennection's credit information contains a Experian ® credit report
showing the tenant's credit score, total
debt liability,
accounts currently in
collection, and total
debt past due.