*** The use of any type of debt relief program that requires you to stop paying your creditors each month can at least have a short - term negative
effect on your credit score.
However, paying off your revolving debt (aka credit card balances) and moving that debt into an installment loan may have a very
positive effect on your credit scores.
A consumer credit counseling company will often tell consumers that there won't be any adverse
effect on their credit from the program, but that is a lie.
If you are smart when consolidating credit card debt, and if you find a very experienced and professional company to help you, it can have a
good effect on your credit rating.
Having no savings or an emergency fund will not have a
direct effect on your credit score since credit bureaus do not collect information regarding your savings and income.
Basically, even if you had five credit inquiries, they will all together have the
same effect on your credit score as one credit inquiry.
After the financial crisis, global bank regulatory bodies established a number of new banking regulations which are having
important effects on the credit machine.
Despite higher costs and short - term
effects on credit reports, some borrowers can save money over time by shifting home equity loans to credit card accounts.
If your credit rating is more of a passing concern, then don't worry too much about this because it only has a short
term effect on your credit rating.
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