If
the only negative item on your credit report is an old $ 100 phone bill, pay the phone bill.
Not exact matches
I received a call today from a Sky Blue representative telling me that I
only have one
negative item on my
credit report.
On the other hand, someone with many negative items already listed on their credit report might only see a modest drop in their scor
On the other hand, someone with many
negative items already listed
on their credit report might only see a modest drop in their scor
on their
credit report might
only see a modest drop in their score.
Most
negative items and accounts can
only stay
on your
credit report a maximum of seven years (certain bankruptcies are 10 years), after which time they should automatically come off of your
reports.
So, if you believe that there might
only be a couple of
negative listings
on your
credit report, it still makes sense to get started with us to get those
items removed.
In your favor is your otherwise excellent
credit history and that you've
only experienced a single bad debt, not multiple
negative items on your
credit report.
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.
Tip: By law, an unpaid tax lien is the
only negative item that can remain
on your
credit reports indefinitely.
Additionally, we have cheaper pricing packages if you
only have a few
negative items on your
credit report.