Sentences with phrase «material errors on their credit reports»

Brookings Institute researchers found that more than 20 % of Americans have a material error on their credit report that could affect their credit score — and many don't even know.

With an estimated 200 million Americans having credit reports, that would suggest around 52 million consumers have potentially material errors on their credit reports.

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Sixteen percent of the consumers found errors that either would have likely had a material effect on their credit score (3 out of 30), or the effect was uncertain (2 out of 30).42 In the second phase of the study, 31 % of participants (40 of 128) found errors in the credit reports, and 12 % (15 of 128) found errors that would have a material effect on their credit scores.