These entries only show on your file for seven years after
the last delinquency date.
Not exact matches
Addressing old debt: If you find a collection account on your credit report that is older than seven years since the
date of
delinquency or the
date of the
last activity, dispute the item with the credit bureau reporting it.
As we said earlier, the «
date of
last activity» should report «when the
delinquency occurred» and not a
date of collection or not when they bought that debt or not just because they want to re-report every month.
Debts are reported from FIRST
delinquency or written off
date, not by
last activity or
last payment.
** The
date of
last activity / closed / status
dates have the most impact on the score, since they measure the time since the
last delinquency.
Closed accounts that were always paid on time remain on credit reports for 10 years from the
date of closure or
last account update, while accounts with late payments remain for seven years from the
date of first
delinquency.
According to the survey, the number of the nation's auto
delinquency rate, those borrowers who failed to pay their loans for more than 59 days past their due
dates have fallen to 0.36 percent in the first quarter of 2012 from this is 0.10 percent lower than the
last survey in 2011.